Donate to Build Community, Civility, and Intelligence
Please consider becoming a partner of the Ojai Chautauqua. By doing so, you will facilitate the intelligent expression of ideas and enable our community to participate in meaningful conversation. You will help to spread an environment of civility, thoroughness, compromise, and patience… Qualities needed so much in this divisive age.
Thank you.
Founding Members – $5,000 per year +
Founding Members elevate hearts and minds by enabling the Ojai Community to participate in forums examining a broad spectrum of important but controversial ideas.
They receive tickets to all events, special invitations to small dinner discussions with panelists and moderators, and are invited to participate in all content and strategy planning meetings. Founding Members are recognized in all Chautauqua printed materials, the website, and at all events.
Contributing Members – $2,500 per year
Contributing Members enrich the discussion opportunities by underwriting participation of the best and brightest panelists. They receive special invitations to private dinner discussions with the Chautauqua panelists and moderators and are recognized in all Chautauqua materials, the website, and at all events.
Supporting Member – $1,000 per year
Supporting members are the economic engine of these idea forums. They provide the student and teacher scholarships available at each Ojai Chautauqua event. This rare opportunity turns emotional debate into an educational discussion that encourages mutual understanding and respect. They are recognized in all Chautauqua materials, the website, and at all events.
Sponsors –
Please give at whatever level you can. We will be able to continue this quality programming with your support. Thank you!
| Supporting Foundations |
| The Shanbrom Family Foundation |
| The Constance Eaton and William Hart Fund |
| The Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce |
| The Ventura Community Foundation |
| Founding Members |
| Allen and Marilyn Camp |
| Lynn Carter |
| Maurice Chasse and Marilyn Wallace |
| Tom and Cathryn Krause |
| Mike and Ann Morris |
| Lois Rice |
| Ester and Tom Wachtell |
| Supporting Members |
| Kate Barnhart |
| Jamie and Carolyn Bennett |
| Lynn Gardner |
| Stephen Lesser |
| David Korse and Sally Matteson |
| Sponsors | |
| George Berg | Mary Bergen |
| Curt Biern | Carl Bobkoski |
| Sharon Bushman | Vance Carney |
| Leslie Clark | Sean Clark |
| Roger and Patrick Essick | Karen and Bill Evenden |
| Karen Farr | Duane Georgeson |
| Barbara Gibson and William Shields | John Hidley |
| Johnny Johnston | Irmgard Lake |
| Cathleen Lynch | Arthur Marquis |
| Pam Melone | Laurel Moore |
| Christopher Newell and Gillian McManus | Simone Noble |
| Ron and Linda Phillips | Suzanne Pidduck |
| Porch Gallery | Barry and Donna Rabe |
| Stephen and Rosarie Pronovost | Judy Pugh |
| Barry and Donna Rabe | Jan Rains |
| Ann Ralston | Julie Rischar |
| John and Peggy Russell | Tanya Sandberg |
| Geoffrey Schneider | Pierra and Beverly Schuberth |
| Laura Seigle | Ruth Seigle |
| Carol Shaw-Sutton | Paula Spellman |
| Eugene Stemm | Beth Stephens |
| Michael Swimmer | Tony Thacher |
| Guy and Leone Webster | Guy and Leone Webster |
| Marion Weil | Merrill Williams |
