The Community of Writers is made possible by the generosity of friends, former participants, teaching staff, and with grants from institutions. We also rely on the goodwill of our neighbors in Olympic Valley and our friends who help us make it all happen.
Thank you!
Financial Supporters
PATRONS
Anonymous • Eddy & Osvaldo Ancinas • Amy Tan & Lou DeMattei • Michael Carlisle • Nancy Cushing Evans • Bobbie Kinnell • Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman • Robin Radin • Steve & Michele Rempe • Jason Roberts • Albert & Elaine Borchard
BENEFACTORS
Anonymous • Kevin Arnold • Reagan Arthur • Jodie Ireland • Ted Lardner • Jessica O’Dwyer & Tim Berger • Nancy & Fred Teichert • Dora-Linda Wang
LEADERS
Anonymous • Jeffrey Burbank • Susan Einowski • Blas Falconer • Patrick Farley • Katherine & John Gravendyk • Mary & Mark Hester • Brenda Hillman • Thomas & Elizabeth Jones • Lester & Debbie Lennon • James & Susan McClatchy • Carlin & James Naify • Michael & Janet Pietsch • Howard Price • BJ Robbins • Deborah Dashow Ruth • Nicholas Tolkien • LaVerne woods • University of Notre Dame
CONTRIBUTORS
Anonymous • Kristi Crutchfield Cox • Amy Asay • Laura & Emmett Bergman • Brookes Byrd • Ann Close • Frances Dinkelspiel • Jennifer Dorrell • Alex Espinoza • Margot Glide Miller • Robert Hass • Yeva Johnson • Dana Johnson • Michelle Latiolais • Fitzgerald Miller • James Miller • Mary Miller • Powell Wingfield Miller • Kimberly Nunes • Brick & Steel Properties • Gini Savage • Christophe Sindt • Josh Weil
SUSTAINERS
Anonymous • Wendy Ackrell • Joan Baranow & David Watts • Dan Bellm • Susan Cohen • Carol H. Eding & John Eding • Don & Karen Fisher • Janet Fitch • Ann Foley • Charlie Haas • Charles Halsted • Katy Hays • Lauren Howard • Marty Krasney • Megan E McDonald • Andrew Nicholls • Evie Shockley • Jacqueline Hughes Simon • Melanie L. Sovine, PhD • Celina Spiegel • Sheila Davies Sumner • Patrick & Julia Park Tracey
PARTNERS
Anonymous • Eugene Berson • Lucy Biederman & Brian Guadino • Toby Bielawski • Denise Bostrom • Jeffrey Chang • Eric Chang • Don Mee Choi • Brian Chung • Kirk Colvin • Judy Crowe • Victoria Dalkey • Tracy DeBrincat • Tyler Dilts • Mark and Sandy Ebner • Seth Fleisher & Emily Baldwin • Forrest Gander • Dagoberto Gilb • Sands Hall • Susan Henderson • Sara J. Henry • Pia Hinckle • Lorri Holt • Edward Iwata • Molly Jackson • Major & Didi Jackson • Arthur Just Jr. • Marilyn Kallet • Brian Karfunkel • Stephanie Kegan • Marilyn Kriegel • May Kuroiwa • Joe Lamb • Ronald Lauderbach • Michael Lavigne • Margit Liesche • Cynthia Lim • Deanna Kern Ludwin • Maggie McKaig & Luke Wilson • Hon. Anthony J. Mohr • K M Howard • Sameer Pandya • Susanne Pari • Marianne Porter • Rick Reiken • Gail Reitano • Lisa Richter • Sara Joyce Robinson • Yiskah Rosenfeld • David Rosenheim • Wendy Scheir • Katherine Seligman • Wei Shao • Jen Siraganian • Lisa Sitkin & Aaron Simon • 3/4Kymberly Taylor • Karen Terrey • Maria Teutsch • Nikki Thean • Lori Tobias • Jano Tucker • Oscar Villalon • David Weddle • Tim Wendel Leonore Wilson • Mark Winburn • Bill & Megan Wolpert • Tom Zoellner
FRIENDS
Anonymous • Jan Askin • Danny Bellinger • Jill Bergantz • Michelle Bitting • Teresa Breeden • Susan Browne • Mark Brunst • Dominique Buono • Joseph Cadora • Sheila Carter-Jones • Elizabeth Chapman • Cynthia Cima-Ivy • Cheryl Clayton • Jonathan Cohen • Jessica Cohn • Leslie Daniels • Amy Davis • Hilary Davis • Lucille Lang Day • Allison DeLauer • Peggy Dobreer • Tom Dowe • Mimi Drop • Gayle Early • Shaquam Edwards • Deb Felio • Molly Fisk • Kevin Fitchett • Clinton Fleener • Edith Friedman • David Fry • Steve Fujimara • Diana Fuller • Whitney Fuller • Vishwas Gaitonde • Kathleen Gilbert • Kirk Glaser • Amy Gottlieb • JP Grasser • James Patrick Gunshinan • David Guy • Quinton Hallett • Forrest Hamer • Brett Hamilton • Ginger Hanchey • David Hoag • Amy Hoffmann • Laura Hooper • Jodi Hottel • Kelly Houle • Laura Howard • Rachel Howard • Vanessa Hua • August Huerta • Sarah Jefferis • Norman Johnson • Alice Jones • Hunter Jones • Eileen Jorgensen • Len Joy • Beth Kanter • Jacinta Kaplan • Muriel Karr • Lynn Keller • Ann Keniston • Jeffrey Kingman • Erik Kongshaug • Suzanne LaFetra Collier • Elizabeth Lapin • Wendy Leigh • Paulette Livers • Sarah Maclay • Moira Magneson • Sarah Manya • Toni Martin • Irene Martinez • Mark Maynard • Sally McClellan • Lilliana Mendez-Soto • Lori Meyer • Sara Michas Martin • Louise Moises • Holly Montgomery • Curtis Nelson • Camille Norton • Kathleen O’Toole • Coco Owen • Laura Paster • Katharine Paull • Theta Pavis-Weil • K Perlman • Ben & Elissa Preston • Lisa Rappaport • Sarah Ray • Ramona Reeves • Louise Renehan • Allie Rigby • Dana Roeser • Martha Ronk • Kalima Rose • Larry Ruth • Stuart Sailer • Janelle Saito • Evan I. Schwartz • Catherine Seton • Kerry Sherin Wright • Scott Sparling • Gregory Spatz • William Spongberg • David Stallings • Jeanine Stevens • • Scott Stevenson • Clay Stockton • Janice Stone • Jeanine Strong • Celia Stuart-Powles • David Tager • Regina Tenorio • Phillip Timpane • Rebecca Trounson • Ed Vidri • Eleanor Vincent • Kate Vollrath • Laurette Wall • Katrine Watson • Bruce Willard • Naomi Williams • Mary Winegarden • David Womack • Nina Yamamoto • Brenda Yeager • Deborah Young • Lisa Zerkle • Jesse James Ziegler
Grant Sponsors
Anonymous • Albert & Elaine Borchard Foundation • James & Susan McClatchy Fund • Marin Community Foundation • Sacramento Community Foundation • San Francisco Community Foundation • InkWell Management Literary Agency • The Lojo Foundation
Corporate Matches and Sponsors
Benevity Giving Platform • Google • TechSoup
Writers’ Annex Sponsors
BOA Editions • Copper Canyon Press • Emily Dickinson Museum • T.S. Eliot Society • Molly Fisk • The Slowdown Show • The Estate of Ursula K. Le Guin • Shambhala Press
Elves
Leif Bonfils • Jacob Bradford • Irish Ely • Tracy Hall • Lindsey Jones • Graham Knibb • Michaelyn Logue • Emma McCandless • Jaz Nguyễn • Zach Peach • Rumi Petersen • Elias Preszler • Gyana Roberts • Kate Rogers
NonProfit Scholarship Partners
The Community of Writers thanks our scholarship partners for their help designing and publicizing our scholarships to their constituency.
EVENTS
Benefit Poetry Reading
Many thanks to the poets who read and participated in the Benefit Reading: Blas Falconer, Brenda Hillman, Major Jackson, Patricia Spears Jones, Brynn Saito, and Matthew Zapruder.
BENEFIT SPONSORS
Beers Books • Copper Canyon Press • Nevada County Arts Council • Palisades Tahoe • Wesleyan University Press • Word After Word Books
Paul Radin Memorial Dream Wagon Donors
Dream Wagon Founding Donors
David Radin and Robert Radin
With A Generous Grant From
The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation
Vardo
Eddy and Osvaldo Ancinas • René & April Ancinas • Michael Carlisle • Michael and Janet Pietsch • Steve & Michele Rempe • Cecile Weaver
Caravan
Reagan Arthur • Adam Cole • Nancy Evans • The Hall Family • Sands Hall • Joy Harris • William Haxton • Pam Rorke Levy • John Roberts II • Carlin & James Naify • Beth Ruyak & Mike McWhirter • Julia Flynn Siler & Charlie Siler • Nancy Teichert • Cora Yang & • Myron Marx • Pat Woeber • Vonetta Young
Wain
Marcia Bradley • Elizabeth Chapman • Susan Call • Charmaine Craig • Leslie Daniels • Thomas Ennis • Margot Garcia • Harriet Garfinkle • Jim Hill • Joy Johannessen • Calvert Morgan • Cynthia Newberry • David Paul • John Pula • Barbara Ristine • Logan Robertson • Greg and Caridwen Spatz • Elizabeth Tallent & Gloria Rogers • Mary Winsor • Kent Wright
And thanks to Jim Seely for his design and care of this project he built from scratch.
Board of Directors
And a big thank you to our wonderful Board of Directors and Program Directors for their constant guidance and support.
This page is updated annually at the beginning of each year. It was last updated on January 7, 2025.
The Community is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. Donations are be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.