The LES Fund powers everything that makes a Los Encinos education extraordinary – the moments beyond the traditional classroom where big thinking, big opportunities, and big fun come to life, made possible by staying small.
The 2025-2026 campaign was launched in the fall at our annual Book Buddies event. We screened a fun video based on the book, If I Built a School.
This annual campaign sustains the experiences that turn childhood into a deep and lasting love of learning, funded through philanthropy rather than tuition. And because Los Encinos School is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, your gift is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
We're proud that 100% of our Board of Trustees and 100% of our employees give to the LES Fund every year. In 2025–2026, 90% of our families gave as well, joined by alumni families, grandparents, and friends across our community. Every gift is an investment in the power of small – bringing joy to our students, strength to our community, and the promise of childhood fully lived.
(above) Alumni parent Adam Gibgot launches the LES Fund giving campaign at the Book Buddies event by explaining why he prays for red lights on Ventura Blvd.
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We are deeply grateful for the generosity of our community. Every gift helps bring meaningful programs to life, inspires a love of learning in our students, and reflects the joy of giving that makes our community so special.
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# Alumni Student
* Alumni Parent
+ Board Member
^ Grandparent
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. If you notice an error or would like to request a correction, please email us at lesfund@losencinosschool.org.
The Leadership Circle, $25,000 and above
Anonymous
The Founders Circle, $15,000 - $24,999
The Hankey Family
Sarah Larson
Meg Marinis & Taylor Vernon
The Head of School Circle, $10,000 - $14,999
Disney
Neil Gibgot^
Akemi Topel & Matthew Murphy
Christine & David ZeBrack +*
The Red Gates Circle $5,000 - $9,999
Andrea Anders & Jason Keller
Anonymous
Talia Avisar & Dan Berger
Ani Demirchian & Armand Begian
Robin & Jonathan Hytowitz
Cait & Josh Kamins
Neal & Francine Kaufman+^
Nancy & Larry Levitt^
Maja & Jeffery List
Nate & Kate Mendel
Netflix
Christine Nguyen-Buckley & Jack Buckley
Alex & Tara Piper+
Lindsay & Brad Powell
Stephanie & Ryan Schneider
Julian & Summer Stone
Kristin & Michael Tom
Jennie & Jamie Urman+*
Laura Vichinsky & Joe Schneier+
Nicole & Seth Weinger+
The Mighty Oak Circle, $3,500 - $4,999
Jaclyn & Skip Clark
Zsofia Oblath & Aaron Ryder
David & Judy Shore Foundation^
Sylvain & Meena White+
Stacey & Adam Witten
The Acorn Circle $1,500 - $3,499
Olympia Ammon
Anonymous
Claudia Athanassopoulou & Chris Athanassopoulos
Brooke & Ari Avishay
Benevity
Catherine Bridge+*
Lindsey & Mitchell Cameron
Andrea Chapelle & Rick Levy
Tamara Levy Eromo & Erdolo Eromo
Kimberley Fernandes & Chris Porsena
Stephanie Fishman
Evan & Caitlin Foito-Bleiweiss+
Alicia & David Freedman
Sara & Brett Goldman
Sara & Jonah Kaufman
Erica & Brian Kenison
Ilene & Neil Kusens
Bess & Avi Leibzon
Helen & Michael Leonidas
Sari & Aaron Lipsett
Julie Miller
Heather Morris & Mike Cohen
Megan Moss & Silas Pachon
Shelby Nicholas & Alex Sharrigan
Northrup Grumman
Lauren & David Parsly
Meghan Pearl & Daniel Hernandez
Megan & Tiffany Phelps
Jill & Michael Rabin
Light Rand & Frank Military
Taylor Jenkins Reid & Alex Reid
Lindsay & Dar Rollins
Kristin & Tom Schnauz
Liz Sczudlo & Kenny Bravman
Lisa Shannon and Peter Rieveschl
Lindsey & Evan Simovich
Manuela Testolini & Eric Jordan
The Wonderful Company
Jennifer & Dustin Zahn
The Think Big Circle, $500 - $1,499
Aisling Ackerman and Andrew Mittman
Anna Almada & German Perez
Annika & Jon Barinholtz
Anonymous (4)
Leann Bowen & Daniel Ryan
Ashley & Rory Brown
Kathyrn & Johnny Cheng
Sandeep & Sruthi Doma
Lindsay & Shane Donovan
Logan Eisenberg
Erika Estocinova & Farshid Manafipirabdolmaleki
Alex Flores & Fred Cavalieratos
Missy & Jimmy Fox
Lital Gilboa & Celso de Melo
Merav & Ken Goldman
Nicole & Scott Halle
Nancy Parish Jones & Kirk Jones
Michelle & Jordan Kajan*
Samya & Patrick Kiely
Anna & Jonathan Kramer
Joelle Martinec & Matthew Thompson
Christine Meredith & Jaie Neubauer
Ingrid & Ron Milkes*
NBCU
Elissa & Will O'Kane
Lily Pahlow
Jane Parker & Travis Stassart
Barbara Pearl^
Melissa Pomerantz & Christopher Guidry
Roberta & Marc Poster^
Sabrina & Jean-Michael Powell
Juanita Recor
Glenda Richardson & Darryll Scott
Errin & Andre Riley
Ashley & Alex Rochestie
Jacqui Romano & Greg Stern*
Amy Rosoff & Jamie Davis
Owen & Beverly Sloane^
Gemma Stafford & Kevin Kurtz
Alexis & Maury Sterling
Sarah Vaill & Alejandro Morales
Kathy & Paul Wasilewski
Annie Weingold & Patrick Menerey
Lynne Witmer
Leila & Robin Woo
The Eagle Circle, Up to $499
Valerie & Brian Albert
Jessica & Wolf Amer
Anonymous (2)
Alan & Peggy Barinholtz^
Michael Brill^
Eleonore & David Buffington
Amy & Stewart Bunton
Drive Wise Auto
Luana & Colin Giffen*
Barbara & Marc Glucksman^
Kathy & Marc Gordon*
Anna Hopkins
Carla & Bryan Johnson
Diana & Andreas Krankl
Candra & Lucas Kulma
Jenny & Ivan Lapidus
National Christian Fund
Georgie & Damian O-Hare
Kathy Remo^
Devra & Michael Richman
Leslie & Mitch Schneider^
Meagan Sleeper
Susan Sleeper^
Brooke & Scott Sloane
Jenna & Grant Stern
Susan & Brent Stoller
Linara Washington & Andrew Jones
Emily Williams & Michael Scheer
Alexis Zimbalist & Jonathan Melber
The Employee Circle
Patricia Anthonyson
Jonathan Beckmann & Steven Uhrin *
Bill Birch *
Timi Birch *
Nate Blanchard
Ashanti Bruce
Lindsay Byer
Jordan Calderon
Juan Campos
Mercedes Chavez
Terry Clark
Enzo De Palma
Justine Delos Santos
Michael Eastburn
Jay Falk
Candie Felshaw
Daniel Gonzalez
Eric Hutchinson
Bonnie Kroh
Rachel Lewis
David Lopez
Terri Lotts
Jenna Marshall
Bri & Jordan Miller *
Chris Myers
Sarah & Mitch Nelson
Nicole Pennington *
Alexa Peterson
Nicole Pinkus
Ayron Quiazon
Ilene Reinfeld
Yosselyn Rodriguez
Debbie Seidel *
Mita Son
Joanne & Boris Vaisman *