2022 Impact Report

Putting A Passion For Justice Into Action

Giving Circles: Collective Impact Through Philanthropy

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Liberty Hill’s Giving Circles are self-directed groups of dynamic individuals who pool their donations to make a greater impact on the issues that matter to them.

These Donor Activists collaborate and research targeted opportunities for grantmaking that leverage their collective power as philanthropists.

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We have millions of people who live here in L.A. so organizations that bring people together around shared values are critically important. My siblings and their families have Donor Advised Funds at Liberty Hill, and we feel like of all the places you might choose to be philanthropic, Liberty Hill is a place where we can identify our values.
Julia Meltzer
Donor Activist
Hill

Angelenos for LA Donors


Gigi Barsoum

Celia Bernstein, Brad Kesden & Lena Kesden

Jon Christensen



Erika L. Green

Kafi Blumenfield

Brendan Peterson



Eula M. Toca

*1 Anonymous Donor

BLACC Fund Donors


Kaci Patterson (Co-Chair)

Felicia Jones (Co-Chair)

Karen Alexander

Celia Bernstein, Brad Kesden

& Lena Kesden

Kafi & The Honorable

Bob Blumenfield

Jon Christensen



& Ursula K. Heise

Marguerite Davids

Winona Dorris

John Drachman

Sabrina Espinoza

Sandra Fluke

Laresha Franks

Sonya Glover



Eric Hubbs

Arnetta Mack

Soma Sharan

Allison Simon

Amy Turk

Kim Watson

*1 Anonymous Donor

Environment + Justice Donor Circle


Jon Christensen (Co-Chair)

& Ursula K. Heise

Paula Litt (Co-Chair)

Michele Asselin

Miriam Bar-Zemer

Celia Bernstein, Brad Kesden

& Lena Kesden

Stephanie & Harold Bronson

Barbara Cohn

Gabrielle Crowe



Lisa Friedman

Kay Gilbert

Adam Gunther

Sean Hecht

Jon Hicks

Katharine King

Lorraine Lundquist

Cassie & Garo Manjikian

Daniel Melling

Julia Meltzer & David Thorne



Jane Paul

Grant Sunderland

& Katherine Vaughters

Dominique Tan

Allison Thomas

Sam J. Vinal

Renee Dake Wilson

Machiko M. Yasuda

Claire Zeigler

OUT Fund Donors


Wendy Chang (Tri-Chair)

Bill McDermott (Tri-Chair)

Rachel Roth (Tri-Chair)

David Ambroz

Rachel Barchie

Philip & Muriel

Berman Foundation

Celia Bernstein, Brad Kesden

& Lena Kesden

Sheri Bonstelle

Harold & Stephanie Bronson

Diana Buckhantz

Jon Christensen

Jennifer Dawson



David de Figueiredo

Ranney B. Draper

Eric C. Egaas

Sophie A. Fanelli

Jennifer Gregg

Susan Van Horn & Chris Hershey

Todd Hovsepain

Anne-Marie Jones

Alicia Lara

Grant Lee

Sally Lew

Robbie Martin

Weston Milliken, Ph.D.

Paul Moore



Gamal Palmer

Bradford Pollard

Robert M. Saltzman

Brad W. Seiling

David Sheldon

Woody Sides

Mitch Singer Sparks

A. Sparks

Kara Steffen

Tony Valenzuela

Matty & Andrew Wilder

Rabbi Barbara Zacky

*4 Anonymous Members

Pobladores Fund Members


Teresa Cisneros Burton & Sean Burton

Susan Genco & Mitch Kamin

Julie Hermelin



Beatrice Hsu & Andrew Glazier

Yasmine & Matthew Johnson

Andrea & David Nevins



Amy Elaine Wakeland & Eric Garcetti

Shana Weiss & John Silva

Abby Wolf-Weiss & Daniel Weiss

Susan’s Circle Founders


Bob Blumenfield

Kafi Blumenfield

Kim Pattillo Brownson



Omar Brownson

Ed Sanders

Ayanna Scott



Effie Turnbull-Sanders

David White

XX Fund Executive Committee


Teresa Cisneros Burton

Susan Genco (Co-Chair)

Tracy Gray



Julie Hermelin (Co-Chair)

Andrea Nevins

Amy Elaine Wakeland



Shana Weiss

Meiko Takayama

Sarah Vaill