ON THE OCCASION OF RITA SEMEL'S 100TH BIRTHDAY
SFIC SURPASSES $100,000 ENDOWMENT FUNDRAISING GOAL
A moment of brightness in 2021 was the joyous celebration of San Francisco Interfaith Council (SFIC) Founder and Past Chair Rita Semel's 100th Birthday. To honor Rita on
the capacity to perpetuate her vision for interfaith harmony and service to our City,
the SFIC set a goal to raise $100,000 toward the SFIC Rita R. Semel Endowment Fund. Thanks to the generosity of a multitude of donors that goal was met and surpassed.
By January 12, 2022, the amount raised for the drive totaled $110,000!
The SFIC owes a true debt of gratitude to the
Joan and Robert McGrath Celebrate Foundation
who initiated this drive with a generous challenge gift
in the amount of $50,000
A heartfelt THANK YOU is extended to those who contributed
and helped surpass the $100,000 goal
Rabbi Dan Ain
Archdiocese of San Francisco
Father Mesrop Ash
Nancy Ayalon
Dr. Randal Baier
Biff Barnard
Louise and Lou Barnett
Wilma Batiste
Orli Bein
Eve Bernstein
Bigglesworth Family Foundation
Judy Bloom
The Blum Family
The Boldt Company
Ardis and Alfred Breslauer
Rev. John Buehrens
Lynn Bunim and Alexander Fetter
Donna and Brian Cahill
Dr. James Campbell
Bishop Minerva Carcaño
Deanna Cheng
Church Women United
Diana Conan
Congregation Emanu-El
Congregation Sherith Israel
Adele Corvin
Valerie Crane Dorfman
Thomas Culp
Deborah Dacumos and Ken Eisen
Pam and Larry Dannenberg
Mary Liz DeJong
Jeanne Dinkelspiel
Norm Dito and Steve Weiner
Betsy Dodd and Jim Boddy
Rev. Elaine Donlin
Jennifer and Bob Edwardson
Maha Elgenaidi
Margi English
Episcopal Community Services
Episcopal Diocese of California
Laurel Feigenbaum
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
Rev. Victor Floyd
Rabbi Pamela Frydman
Jerilyn Gelt
Eliza Gibson
Rev. Marci Glass
Barbara and Peter Gleichenhaus
GLIDE
Grace Cathedral
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco
Rev. Tova Green
Iftekhar Hai
Ruthellen Harris
Rev. Maggi Henderson
Marilyn Herand
Helen Ho
Dr. Mikiko Huang
Catherine Huston
Japanese American Religious Federation of San Francisco
Jewish Community Relations Council
Martha Johnson
Ellen and Rabbi Doug Kahn
Linda Kalinowski
Joan Karlin and Paul Resnick
The Karlin-Resnick/Cheng Family
Jennifer Kaufman
Susan Kirsch
Dr. Howard Kleckner
Rev. Ronald Kobata
Keith Kojimoto
Sherie Koshover
Terry Kraus
George Krevsky
Arlene Krieger
Anne Kronenberg
Diane Lawrence
Janet Levy
Loretta Litke
Love A Child Missions
The Rev. Canon Debra Low-Skinner
Martin Luther Tower
Lois and Steve Matusow
Hydra Mendoza and Eric McDonnell
Russ Miller and Kirk Pessner
Cathy and Howard Moreland
Tom Nolan
Ramesh Pamula
Juliet Pao
Michael G. Pappas
Abby and Jason Porth
Mary and Patric Powell
Presbyterian Church in Chinatown
Ken Reggio
Susan and Alan Rothenberg
San Francisco Zen Center
Gabriella Schultz
Rev. Dr. Carolyn Scott
Elisabeth Semel and James Thomson
Nancy Sheftel-Gomes
Ralph Sinick
Erica Skinner
Camilla Smith
Suzanne Smith
Nancy and Charles Stanton
Louise and James Stirpe-Gill
Jennifer Summit
Sutter Health San Francisco
Roselyne Swig
Eileen and Paul Tichauer
United Religions Initiative
University of San Francisco
Diane Valente
Rabbi Eric Weiss
Ashley Wells and Joshua Karlin-Resnick
Anne Wilson and Richard Cohn
The Wolven Family
Cynthia S. Zamboukos
Mary J. Zamboukos
David Zebker
Victor Zue
(We sincerely apologize for any omissions).
Those wishing to add their names to the generous supporters
of the SFIC Rita R. Semel Endowment Fund
may contribute online at:
Or make a gift by check payable to the San Francisco Interfaith Council
with the notation "Rita R. Semel Endowment Fund"
in the memo line of the check and mail to:
San Francisco Interfaith Council
P.O. Box 29055
San Francisco, CA 94129
(Please note that public acknowledgement of other donations,
both financial and in kind, will be made in a future electronic communication).
