Giving
No matter what your passion is, the Lowell Alumni Association can be an effective instrument for change. At the school, gifts of all sizes can make a positive difference in the lives of students and the greater community. Every dollar of support from each donor contributes to our mission of providing lifelong learning to students.
Gifts enhance the Lowell High School experience and at the same time help our donors effect meaningful change in issues important to them. They can also provide generous income tax deductions and savings opportunities through planned giving.
How to Give
The Lowell Alumni Association accepts gifts in a variety of forms. If you would like to learn more about these and other giving opportunities, please contact us at (415) 759-7830 or at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org
Credit Card
To make a credit card donation to your Lowell Alumni Association, click here.
Personal Check
To make a donation by personal check, print out and complete the donation form. Mail this completed form with your check made payable to the Lowell Alumni Association to:
Lowell Alumni Association
PO Box 320009
San Francisco, CA 94132
Gifts of Securities
Gifts of appreciated securities, stocks and bonds are a great way to support Lowell High School while reducing your taxes. The process for making a stock gift is easy: Gifts may be transferred directly by your broker to our brokerage account or certificates may be given to the Association. For more information about making a gift of stocks and securities, please contact the Lowell Alumni Association at (415) 759-7830 or lowellaa@lowellalumni.org. For detailed information regarding transferring securities to the Lowell Alumni Association, please see our FAQs.
Gifts of securities such as stocks, mutual fund shares, or other appreciated assets can be a great tax-efficient donation. In most instances, you can take a tax deduction for the full market value and avoid capital gains taxes.
Planned Giving
Planned gifts can be designed to meet your personal philanthropic and financial goals. Some planned gifts, such as bequests, require no current outlay of funds. Other planned gifts, such as the charitable remainder trust, make it possible to support our work, enjoy a tax deduction, and receive a lifetime income at the same time.
Visit here to learn more.
Matching Gifts
When you give to the Lowell Alumni Association, you can multiply the effects of your generosity by taking advantage of a corporate matching gift program. Contact the Human Resources or Employee Benefits Office at your company to find out whether they will match your gift. You may also qualify under the matching gift program of a company where your spouse works or from which you or your spouse retired.
Major Donors
2023-2024 Annual Fund Campaign
Donations received July 1 ’23 through June 30 ’24
SUPERSTARS ($50,000+)
Caroline Simmons & Warren Simmons '45 Trust
VALEDICTORIANS ($10,000-$19,999)
Anna Nicora (Faculty)
Patrick F Quan '76
SALUTATORIANS ($5,000-$9,999)
John Blume '28 Foundation
Lee Cheng '89
Connie Chung '07
Kenneth Kelly '57
James K Lau '77
David Lieu '73
Celeste Low
Joseph Mayer
NorCal Lacrosse
Steven Swig '59
Top Trot Productions
YMCA of San Francisco
DEAN'S LIST ($2,500-$4,999)
Michael Bien
Hon. Charles R Breyer '59
Doris Cheng '90
Jay Cutler
Elyce Edelman Melmon '55
James Esteves '95
FIRST Robotics
Deborah Grubb Moskovitz '87
Jonathan Hoff '73
Robert Hom '63
Sunil Ramesh Kapadia '92
Nancy Keane
Kenneth Kozakura '08
Margo Levy Vignola '66
Helen Louie Wax '66
Richard Morgenstein
Mike Susoev '76
Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
Rose Wang
Jaclyn Wong Chou '96
Xu Zhou
HONOR ROLL ($1,000-$2,499)
Kim Amini Frederickson '76
Kenneth & Jeanette Anders
Vincent Anderson '79
Apple Matching Gifts Program
Nancy Batiloro Felder '84
Linda Berry Stewart '65
Denis Binder '64
Joceline Boucher '76
Janet & Micah Broude
Jason Bryant
Hon. Gerald Buchwald '66
Steve Carlson '69
William C Chan '67
Christine Chase Reynolds '64
Paul Cheng (Faculty)
Roberta L Chew '67
May Choi '68
Chris Coughlin '74
Jeffrey Davis '62
Katrina Dodson '96
Stephen Dodson '95
Charles Dvorak '64
Deborah Ellingsen Stebbins '67
Janet Engelbrecht '67
Marco Esposito '80
Jerome Falk '57
Linda Feng '93
William Floyd '52
Michelle Garcia Winner '78
Patrick Gee '71
Google Matching Gifts Program
Louise Gould
Paul Gustafson '72
James K Han '03
Richard Hassman '63
Carol Heinecke Johnson '51
Gary Joe '63
Loan Leblo
Nellie Lee '70
Peter Ho Lik Lee '94
Mary Ann Lee Sing '57
Terrence Leong '67
Allan Lerch '60
Baldwin & Sue Sun Louie '65/'65
Jason Macario '79
Katherine Mackintosh Cuneo '53
Mark Manber '75
Philip C Mezey '77
Dennis Patrick Moy '02
Grace Muller Edinboro '79
Barbara Mundy '80
Linda Nanbu '73
Nha-Ai Nguyen-Duc '89
Roger On '70
Mark Palange
Rex Palarca
Gregory Paraskou '63
James Chinsoo Park '82
Reva Paslin Segall '58
Anita Payton '74
Julie Petersen Croker '57
Mimi Pichey '68
Jennifer Poulakidas '84
Carl Quong '52
Anne Rosenthal
Kenshin Sakura '96
Barbara L Schulz '74
Victor Seeto '61
Timothy & Irene Ong Seto '94/'94
Susan Shain '67
Valerie Sopher '70
Kenneth Styles '80
Mae Tai O'Malley '90
Terry Trosper Schaeffer '57
Derek Aaron Van Orden '00
Mary Ann Walker
Betty Wan '76
Randall Warwick '69
Karissa Wong '67
Elisa Chia Yao '97
Gaymond Yee '73
Joseph Yeun '83
Hui Zeng
CARDINAL SOCIETY ($500-$999)
Anonymous
Mikail Al-Aidroos
Allan Alcorn ’66
Ronnie Ancheta ’83
Christopher Aronson ’73
Assoc. Builders & Contractors NorCal
Wendy Bailey Crisafulli ’77
Mark & Peggy Peterson Bley ’75/’74
Leon Blum ’52
Mark Blum ’65
Shea L Bond ’91
Scott Brenneke ’66
Grace Briones
Morris Budak ’66
Elizabeth Carl Murphy ’77
James Carmack ’62
Tom Chambers (Faculty)
Kenneth & Alice Lee Chan ’71/’71
Jenny Chan Gehrke ’96
Mingyi Chen
Calvin Chew ’62
Stephen Chin ’83
Melissa Choy
Susana Choy
Virstan Choy ’67
Joyce Cook ’67
Brian J Cruz ’72
Custom Ink
Milton Dare ’60
Howard Elliott ’62
Philip Fehlen ’53
David Fellows ’74
Lenore Fleschler Davis ’53
Garwood & Kathleen Fong Gee ’73/’73
Genentech Employee Giving Program
Allan P Gold ’63
Linda Grady ’68
Benjamin Gulli ’78
Francisco Gutierrez ’87
Jake Hadary
Daniel Handler ’88
David L Harris ’72
Kate Haskin Brostoff ’69
Joel Hausman ’75
Irene Hilton ’76
Craig & Deborah Stein Hoffman ’75/’75
Linda Hom Jung ’65
Stephen & Adrienne Cohn Horn ’58/’58
Linda Hoskins Mauzy ’77
Alvin Ja ’66
David Kaiser ’77
Lloyd & Terri Misrack Klein ’73/’75
Ethan Aaron Kogon-Schneider ’15
David W Kuperstein ’61
Eric Lau
Ana Lau ’88
Kate Lazarus ’01
Helen Lee ’82
Tony Lee ’69
Ke Jing Amy Lei ’99
Ken T Leong ’76
Kirk Leong ’67
Kenneth & Darlene Won Leung ’73/’73
Jane Liebman Goichman ’62
Deborah Lim ’74
Christine Linnenbach ’89
Lawrence Louie ’77
Daniel J Louie ’01
Whitnie Low Narcisse ’03
Sharon S M Lum Medina ’91
Betsey Mar Ho ’76
Philip Matthews ’70
Margaret C Mazzetti ’02
Annie Miu Wasacz ’82
Yvonne Wah Ng ’82
Don Ng ’72
Wilson Ng ’76
John H Ngai ’74
Cathal O’Kelly
Michael R Peevey ’55
Anton Alexander Peterlin ’05
Sebastian Peterlin ’07
Mary Louise Phillips Schleicher ’62
Rozell Preddy Overmire ’62
Penelope A Preovolos ’73
Peter Preovolos ’58
Moss Prescott ’92
Wendy Lee Quan ’70
Kennedy Richardson ’67
James Douglas Ripley ’63
David Rytand ’58
Vera Safronoff Ginotti ’73
Barbara Scalabrino Moriel ’53
Benjamin Satosh Seab ’00
Vanessa See ’15
Dennis & Diane Suen Shew ’83/’82
Michael Anthony Tan Sim ’93
Jared Herman Sinasohn ‘20
Julie D Soo ’78
Sherrill Stern Laszlo ’67 & Janos Laszlo
Noel Straus Hanford ’50
Roland Tang ’89
Vallery Tennenbaum Feldman ’67
Christine Tong Tso ’67
Lillian Trac ’92
Tammy Vung Truong ’96
Norman Tse ’66
Ken Ungar ’79
Ray Van Der Horst ’74
Jonathan M Vapnek ’78
Cris Wedekind ’75
Stein & Lenore Person Weissenberger ’55/’58
John Michael Whisman ’70
Patricia Willard Leicher ’66
H Ward Wolff ’66
Lillian Wong ’83
May Wong ’70
Pauline Wong ’66
Denise Wong Peck ’75
Brian & Cindy Gok Wong ’69/’69
Wayne Woo ’88
Lloyd Wood ’60
Pamela Janie Yee ’94
Barbara Yee Chan ’67
Maggie Yue Yee ’73
Jay Zemansky ’68
PATRONS ($250-$499)
Anonymous
Bruce Agid ’73
Patricia Aleck ’55
Linda Arcellano Shaw ’73
Noel & Reina Arias
Robert Arrick ’68
Susan Au ’87
Beverly Au Eng ’62
Arlene Basin Corsetti ’68
Bruce Batten ’74
Bertil Bergstrom ’66
William Bialek ’77
Russell Bohne ’65
Richard Brandis ’78
Louise China Brotsky ’67
Mark Budak ’73
Vincent Chan
Angela Chan ’72
April Wai Yee Chan ’85
Joy Chang ’70
Sandra Chiang Yee ’76
Maya Ching ’81
Wendy Chiu
Noreen Chiu Greenhalgh ’77
Janice Fay Chow ’62
Collin S Chu ’64
Alan Huynh Chung ’99
Catherine Cicerone Fawcett ’66
Barbara Clark Steffey ’55
Kelly Kevin Cline ’73
Bruce Cohen (Faculty)
Steven William Comber ’68
Janet Comber Mendez ’65
James Connolly ’74
Dana Corvin ’67
Lisa Coughlin Clay ’74
John Crittenden ’74
James Culp ’71
Robert DiGrazia ’58
Liling Dong
John Ehrlich ’73
Guy F Erb ’56
Richard Brent Faye ’62
Don & Jackie Goldberg Feinstein ’50/’51
Betsy Fletcher Glikbarg ’54
Edward Fong ’72
Cynthia Foo Irissou ’85
Friends of SF Public Library
Jeffrey & Jessica Kuzmanich Gaynor ’66/’67
Robert Gee ’89
Mark Gilberg ’71
Robert Gooyer ’66
Hayley Green ’83
Vicki Green ’57
Leon Hallacher ’66
Timothy Hanford ’73
William Hanson ’61
Fred Hartwick ’74
Sabrina Hernandez ’81
Roger Herst ’55
Lucille Hesse ’77
Judy Tsing Hom ’71
Bonnie James St James ’68
Lydia Jasielum Martinez ’70
Paul Jensen ’73
Huan Ji
Thomas W Johnson ’49
Sam Jones ’73
Zafar Kaharov
Nancy Kahn Stanton ’65
Joshua & Sarah Kaminker
Jeffrey Kawaguchi ’75
Myrna Kelso Klassen ’61
Lawrence Kenney ’64
Stephan & Arlene Epp Krieger ’55/’55
Brian Kunz ’83
John & Brenda Hui Lam ’81/’81
Andrew Lam ’84
Kitty Lam ’70
Wilson Lee ’65
Laurance L Lee ’88
Robert Lee ’72
Clayton & Lucy Fong Lee ’78/’83
Dorothy Lee ’68
Edna Fay Lee ’80
Brooks G Leffler ’50
Lucy Fung Leong Chen ’87
Linda Leong Wang ’61
Ka Wai Leung ’77
Pauline Leung ’05
Gerald Levin ’52
Richard Levin ’64
William Levin ’61
Leland Levy ’52
Boris & Maya Lieberman
Nancy Lim-Yee ’70
Marcus Lowe ’73
John Lum (Faculty)
Janet Mah ’72
Leo Richard Martinez ’57
Bruce McMillen ’61
Emily Flora Moon ’17
Patricia Morehen ’62
Mark Mosheim ’73
Janet Cheu Chu Ng ’95
Samantha Nguyen Bruno
Barbara Nicol Donnelly ’61
Harvey Ong ’85
Diane Petersen Sibley-Origlia ’58
Thomas Peterson ’73
William Pope ’54
Marie Purisima ’74
Stuart Quan ’67
Tony Quang ’92
Katherine Rao
Jono Reksoatmodjo ’80
Jane Elizabeth Reynolds ’06
Richard Risbrough ’58
Elizabeth M Robinson
Dolph Rosekrans ’49
Tycho Rosenfeld ’91
Laura Rosenman Ghielmetti ’65
Catherine Rossi-Roos ’68
Robert & Susan Cherin Rushakoff ’73/’76
Syta Saephan ’96
Jose Santos & Ana Seabra-Gomes
Deborah Schafer Ballati ’68
Thomas Schrag ’59
Selina Shek ’92
Mark Shelub ’73
Phillip Shinn ’76
Martha Shumway ’77
Khalil & Amal Sirhed
Charles Slater ’84
Terry Smith ’67
Lisa Spiegel
Steven & Stephanie Stanko
Mark A Steiner ’72
Jerome Stroumza
Alan Shau Tak Sun ’80
Janet Surkin ’69
Rupert Tagnipes ’93
Lisa Tartikoff Rosenthal ’69
Josi Taylor
Marc Taylor ’58
Calvin Tilden ’53
Greg & Rosalind Winters Tolson ’61/’66
Wesley Tom ’61
Jocelyn Tom ’73
Wisetheary Tran ’82
John Trasviña ’76
David Clark Tseng ’77
Greg Tung ’69
Michael Ugawa ’76
Elizabeth Varnhagen ’75
Jose Villavicencio ’61
VISA
Bartholomew Voorsanger ’55
Melissa Walker Kubiak ’59
Weinreb Pilecki Segal Family Foundation
George Westermark ’68
Norman Westhoff ’65
Horace Wheatley ’57
Stephen Wiel ’56
Andrew Williams III ’79
Robert H Winthrop ’68
Steven Wong ’84
Albert Wong ’68
Douglas Wong ’64
Hamilton Wong ’62
Irene Pui Lai Wong ’00
Helen Mar Wong Lee ’65
Nora Woo Gee ’75
May Yung-Fun Woo Wang ’53
Kara Wright
Robert Hsin Hsien Wu ’15
Helen Yan ’80
Hamilton Hung Chiu Yu ’91
Joyce T Yuan ’03
Stephen Yuen ’83
Larry Zemansky ’63
Louise Zonis
Planned Giving
Planned gifts can be designed to meet your personal philanthropic and financial goals. Some planned gifts, such as bequests, require no current outlay of funds. Other planned gifts, such as the charitable remainder trust, make it possible to support our work, enjoy a tax deduction, and receive a lifetime income at the same time.
Visit here to learn more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to commonly asked questions about alumni contributions.
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How can I donate to the Annual Fund Campaign?
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You have two options — make an online donation via credit card or a traditional donation via check. To make an online donation, just click the “Donate Online” button on the left. For donations by check, click the “Donate by Mail” button on the left, print out the donation form and mail it in along with your check (made payable to “Lowell Alumni Association”) to the address shown on the form.
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Are donations to the Lowell Alumni Association tax-deductible?
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Yes, to the full extent allowed under federal law. The Lowell Alumni Association is recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization by the IRS.
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What is the Lowell Alumni Association’s federal tax identification number?
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94-6125408
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Does the Lowell Alumni Association qualify to participate in my employer’s matching gift program?
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Although the answer to this question depends upon the particular rules of your employer’s program, the Lowell Alumni Association receives numerous corporate matching gifts each year. Matching gifts have recently been received from the following corporations: Adobe Systems, Bank of America, Boeing, Charles Schwab & Co., ChevronTexaco, Cisco Systems, Dolby, Edison International, Gap Inc., McDonald’s, Merrill Lynch, Nike, PG&E, Philip Morris, Providian Financial, SBC, Wells Fargo and others.
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Can I donate stock/securities to the Lowell Alumni Association?
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Gifts of appreciated securities, stocks and bonds are a great way to support Lowell High School while reducing your taxes. The process for making a stock gift is easy: Gifts may be transferred directly by your broker to our brokerage account or certificates may be given to the Alumni Association. For more information about making a gift of stocks and securities, please contact the Lowell Alumni Association at (415) 759-7830 or lowellaa@lowellalumni.org
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Yes, several alumni each year donate stock/securities to the LAA. [Note that there are special tax advantages involved in donating appreciated stock/securities.] To donate stock/securities, have them transferred to the following account:
Lowell Alumni Association
Account number 5083-2902
Charles Schwab & Co.
IS Document Control
PO Box 982600
El Paso, TX 79998-2600
Additionally, the DTC (Depository Trust Company) number for such transfers is 0164 and, if asked, the code number is 40.
You should also be sure to contact the Lowell Alumni Association, at (415) 759-7830 or lowellaa@lowellalumni.org, to let us know that you have made a transfer, in order to assure appropriate acknowledgment for your donation.
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Does the Lowell Alumni Association accept credit card donations?
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Yes, you can now make an online donation using your Visa, MasterCard or American Express Card. Just click here.
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Can I designate my gift for a specific program or purpose?
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Yes, donors may certainly do so, but keep in mind that unrestricted donations to the LAA allow us to direct alumni dollars to those uses that provide the greatest benefit to Lowell’s students.
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If I wish to endow a permanent fund with the Lowell Alumni Association, should I designate my gift to establish a scholarship fund?
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Although many generous alumni donors have endowed college scholarships through the LAA (often in honor of or in memory of a husband, wife or classmate) and those funds have directly supported many Lowell graduates, the LAA also encourages donors to consider other options to benefit Lowell students while they are enrolled at Lowell. Examples include endowed funds to benefit a particular academic department or program or endowed scholarship funds supporting summer study opportunities for students during their tenure at Lowell. To discuss these and other options, contact the LAA at (415) 759-7830 or lowellaa@lowellalumni.org (email preferred).
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Who should I speak with if I want to make a planned gift (bequest, charitable gift annuity, etc.) to the Lowell Alumni Association?
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Contact the LAA at (415) 759-7830 or lowellaa@lowellalumni.org (email preferred) and we will be happy to work with you and your financial or legal advisor regarding planned giving opportunities.
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If you would like to learn about other giving opportunities, please contact the LAA at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org.
Lowell Alumni Association
Phone: (415) 759-7830
Email: lowellaa@lowellalumni.org
P.O. Box 320009
San Francisco, CA 94132