It really is donors who make the music happen — who enable us to bring our Music in the Schools program to 2,000 or more elementary school children each year, and to bring the likes of Joshua Bell, Pink Martini, Anderson & Roe, We Banjo 3, Perla Batalla, Joey Alexander, Ranky Tanky, Tommy Emmanuel and other great artists to the Ventura Music Festival.
2023 VMF Sponsors
IMPRESARIO ~ $50,000+
Miriam Schwab Legacy Fund
PLATINUM ~ $20,000
Jordan Laby
Hammer-Hewson Associates
GOLD ~ $15,000
Freddie Contarino
Joseph P. Reardon Funeral Home & Cremation Service FD 883
Boyko & Reardon Telegraph Road Mortuary & Cremation Service FD 2390
SILVER ~ $5,000
Barbara Meister
E.J. Harrison & Sons
Barbara & Randolph Hinton
The Hemming Family
Pierpont Racquet Club
Dr. Richard & Lori Reisman
Rosalind C. Warner M.D. & Michael Hogan M.D.
BRONZE ~ $2,500
Limoneira & Limco Del Mar
Petra & Al Lowe for Al Lowe Construction
Brett, Arianna, Jared and Olivia Ashkar & Family
Betsy Chess
Community Memorial Health System
Halter-Encinas Enterprises
Susan Van Abel & Eric Oltmann
Tim O’Neil & Family in honor of Virginia Mendoza-O’Neil
Debbie & Bill Gohlke
To become a festival sponsor, please call us to discuss options: 805-648-3146 or click to view:
VMF Donors
GRANTS
City of Ventura – $11,000
Ventura Music Hall – $10,000
Smith-Hobson Fund – $10,000
Julius Gius Memorial Rotary
Foundation – $1,000
FOUNDERS
DIAMOND ~ $5,000
Jordan Laby
EMERALD ~ $ 2,500
Bob & Mary Braitman
Barbara Fitzgerald
Bill & Elise Kearney
RUBY ~ $1,000
Ann Ahlstone
Pete & Diane Dowler
Jim & Mary Harrison
Lydia Hopps
Patricia Lathrop-McPherson
Steven & Diane Perren
Dr. Richard & Lori Reisman
Timothy & Diana Smith
Blake & Charles Wade
David & Jennie Whaley
COMPOSERS CIRCLE ~ $250+
Mary Ann Cohen
Charles Elliot
Mark & Judith Fleischman
MONTHLY SUSTAINING DONORS
(Sustainers select the amount they will give monthly – e.g. $10, $15, $25 – and the credit or debit card to be charged. Processing is secure and sustainers can cancel any time.)
Penelope Barnds
Regina Barnes
John Biggs
Judith Delanerolle
Diane Ellis
Lois & Roy Fischman
Mary Kerrigan
Sheila McCollum
Irma Paramo
Russell Richardson
Marta Smith
Rose Thot
Elaine White
FIRST CHAIR
John Baker
Eloise Cohen
Ivor Davis
Johanna Gabbard
Delia Gorey
Joshua & Mary Kay Kaufman
MacFarlane, Faletti & Co
Larry & Linda Matheney
Linda Morgan
Mary Saputo
Carissa Smith
Berta Steele
Judith Streamer
FRIENDS ~ $50+
Ann Huston
Alan Kirschbaum
Charles Lawrence
William Mitchell
Kevin Welsh
In Memory or Honor of…
IN MEMORY OF VIRGINIA MENDOZA O’NEIL
Anonymous (several) $1,200
David & Anna Abdouch $250
Elena Brokaw $100
Larry & Catherine Robinson $100
Ivor Davis $50
Lois Simpson $50
IN MEMORY OF ANN WILLARD BEVANS
Barbara Fitzgerald $100
Bob & Mary Braitman $100
IN HONOR OF RICHARD & LORI REISMAN’S 50th ANNIVERSARY
Barbara Meister $100
