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Supporters | San Diego Automotive Museum
Supporters | San Diego Automotive Museum
Your generosity fuels the San Diego Automotive Museum. Your
donations
ensure we can preserve history, ignite passion, and keep car culture thriving in our community.
$1,000,000
Dorothea Laub
Jim & Jill Berg
$500,000 – $999,999
The Sharon & Skeets Dunn Foundation
$100,000 – $499,999
Denny Sanford
Discount Tire
Papa Doug Manchester & the Manchester Family
Peter Aardema
Ray Brock
$50,000 – $99,999
Barnhart-Reese Construction
The City of San Diego and the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
The Conrad Prebys Foundation
The Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation
Douglas & Nancy Barnhart
Susan and Bill Hoehn
Dick Barbour Racing
$20,000 – $49,999
John Ball, Jenifer Ball and Richard Reinebach
Las Patronas
Peter Mullin
The Warren-Neely Foundation
$10,000 – $19,999
Brad and Gigi Benter
California Humanities
Carl Burger Dodge • Chrysler • Jeep • Ram World
Claire Reiss
Debra Turner
Greater San Diego Air Conditioning
Craig Venter and Heather Kowalski
Jeanne Jones
Judith Grobbel
Karla Keller
The Kijora Family
Michael and Hannah Step
The Mansfield Companies
Precious Metals Fine Motorcars of San Diego
Reena and Sam Horowitz
Steve and Lynne Wheeler
Sycuan Casino Resort
Terry and Mary Pat Tilton
The Thursday Club Foundation
Thor Eakes / Eakes & Company, CPAs
$5,000 – $9,999
Banc of California
Evelyn Heald
Hank and Robin Nordhoff
HomeStead Bank
The J C Foundation Inc.
The Lewis Family Charitable Foundation
New Car Dealers Association, San Diego County
Drs. Robert and Julie Novak
Samuel I. and John J. Henry Fox Foundation
Thomas Carr
US Bank
Wheelhouse Credit Union
$1,000 – $4,999
Alan and Sharon Taylor
Barry and Nancy Appelbaum
Carl Strona
Don and Lynn Prudhomme
Frank and Kathy Bongiovanni
Hagerty
C. and Susan Dumas
Jack and Patty Queen
Jere McInerney
Jolene Andersen / Walter Andersen Nursery
Kirby and Terri Horrell
Maurice Ortega
Dr. Myron and Doreen Schonbrun
Peter and Judy Corrente
Robert and Celia Schlotter
Sharon and Arjay Smith
The Georges and Germaine Fusenot Charity Foundation
Vince Heald and J. Clinton Walters and Beck Ellman Heald
In-Kind Partners
Hoehn Family Motors
Nissan Design America
Dave Stall
Dr. James Lee and Dr. Tess Mauricio
GivingBack Magazine
JBA Speed Shop
Knockaround Sunglasses
KUSI News
Legacy Auto Spa
The Vault© Veloce Motors - Car Storage + Event Venue
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FOUNDING DONORS
The Wheels 100
The Wheels 100 are the founding donor members who each bestowed $10,000 on the San Diego Automotive Museum upon its opening in the late 1980s. In addition to their financial contributions, they rallied to lead the Museum to a successful grand opening.
Over 30 years later, we are honored to pay tribute to the Wheels 100 members. Through you and your families, we continue telling stories of motorized vehicles' social and technological past, present, and future throughout our collections, exhibitions, and educational programs.
Gil Klecan, Park West Real Estate Corp
Joe Drew, Drew Ford
John McCallan Jr. & Donnell Reid, Pearson Ford
John Hine and John Hine Junior, Hine Pontiac/Mazda
Dean Mansfield, Motor Car Dealers Assoc of SD
Philip Gildred Jr, Gildred Building Co.
Doug Fuller, Fuller Ford
Tom Sefton, San Diego Trust & Savings
Gene Trepte, Trepte Investment Co.
Dan & Norma Biggs, Biggs Engineering
Ralph & Betty Englestad/Richie Clyne, Imperial Palace Collection
Bill & Anne Evans, Evans Garage-Bahia Resort Hotel
Steve Brooker, Cal. State Auto Parts
Dick Barbour Racing
Tony McCune, McCune Chrysler/Plymouth
Frank Fornacca/Gary Fenelli, Frank Lincoln/Mercury
San Diego Co. Toyota Dealers Assoc., Lou Jones, George Trenfel, Charles
Ellinwood, Daniel Grubb, Tom Devany, Jim Granby, E.L. White
Bill Moylan, KFMB Radio AM, FM & Television
Kenneth Miles, American Uniform & Towel Supply
Jim Cooper & Ken Ellergard, San Diego Co. Hyundai Dealers
Packards International, S.D. Region
Sandy and Lucina Sanford
Robert Townsend, No. County & Townsend Lincoln/Merc.
Kevin & Greg McAree, Escondido Lincoln/Mercury
Roque De La Fuente, Sr., De La Fuente Cadillac/Peugeot
William Schack Jr., Miramar Lincoln/Mercury
Rug & Allan Cunningham, Cunningham BMW/Pontiac
James & Vicki Bittle, J. Bittle American Inc.
Harold F. Carpenter
Alan & Pat Holmes, The Fine Car Store
Michael Dever, Performance Jaguar
Bill & Jeanelle Brecht, Brecht BMW
Ross Roberts, Lincoln/Mercury Div. Ford Mtr. Co.
Gil J. Barnes, Stewart Title Co.
S.D. Antique Motorcycle Club
Richard Burns, Far West Bank
Dan & Bruce Harmer, No. Coast Tarpaulin Works
Bill & Joan Vollmer
The T.E. Gildred Family
Leslie Fox, Fox Foundation
Escondido Motors LTD, Angelo Damante
Matthew & Jean McLaughlin
Craig & Andrea White
Jack S. Barry, WD-40 Company
Jay Goodwin, Mission Hills Radio & TV
Chris Carroll, Antique Automotive of S.D.
Elliot Rabin, Ridout Plastics
Skeets & Sharon Dunn, J.C. Bradford & Co.
Nancy & Wayne Baker, Personalized Autohaus
Craig & Andrea White
Peter Aardema
Bilstein Corporation of America
Mark A. Battaglia, Parking Company of America
Allen & Tamara Glick
Ted & Dorothy Burke
Kenneth Corum
A. Cue
Flo & John Cummings
Dee House
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