The pages of this report are full of inspiring stories and demonstrations of Burning Man’s impact in the world. We place great importance on the voices and words from our community, so in 2018 we invited donors to answer the question: What inspires you about Burning Man? In response, donors sent many heartfelt notes about their personal experiences and their observations about the global positive effects of Burning Man culture and principles.
As a nonprofit, it is our mission to facilitate and extend the culture of Burning Man to the wider world. We are seeing how this culture creates kinder, more connected citizens. People donate to Burning Man Project to support our mission, to give back to the culture that has given them so much, and to provide the opportunity for others to experience it.
Burning Man Project receives donations from individuals, foundations, matching gift programs, organizations, theme camps, and more. Their generosity supports all of Burning Man’s nonprofit programs, from Black Rock City, to the Regional Network, Burners Without Borders, Art and Civic Engagement, Education, and more.
“I am continually amazed and delighted by what our community is creating in the world, and in Black Rock City. I don’t just mean the artistic creations and celebrations, but that we are all using the power of this community to unite instead of divide, and to heal instead of harm. I think this is the much-needed medicine of our time.”
– recent donor
Burning Man wouldn’t happen without the thousands of people who participate, volunteer, build art, inspire others, and share their expertise. We are deeply appreciative of every volunteer, participant, organizer, artist, and donor in 2018. As we continue to fulfill our mission as a nonprofit, we’re thankful to the following supporters who donated $100 or more in 2018 in support of our mission.
- Aaron Land
- Abbey Banks
- Abdul Jibran
- Adam Belsky
- Adam Pozek a/k/a The Guy – Camp Honest MiSteak
- Adam Warren
- Adib Samara aka Dibo
- Affinity Mingle
- Airpusher Collective
- Al Topel
- Alexander Green
- Alexandre Eckmann
- Alfred Bea
- Alicia Hugh-Fisher
- Allison Harrell
- Amit Mizrahi
- Amy & Michael Grable
- Amy Meyers
- Anat Agmon
- Andrea Chung
- Andrew Wheeler
- Andrii Bozhok
- Anna Crosbie
- Annabelle Frankl
- Anonymous Fund of Community Foundation Sonoma County
- Arizona Burners AZ Artistic Conflagrators LLC
- Ashlie Beringer
- Austin Santomauro
- Barbara Alison Walecka
- Barbara Beerstein & George Badger
- Barbro Moran
- Barry Cogbill
- Bart Rademaker
- Bart Seidler
- Beatrix Wilkerson
- Beatriz del Rio Perez
- Becky Stillwell
- Beller Moses Family Foundation
- Ben Martinek
- Betsy Twitchell
- Big Red Machine
- Bill Breithaupt
- Bill Murray
- Bill Spencer
- Black Rock East: Boston Decompression
- Bobby Sarnoff
- Brad Peik
- Breanna Alexander de Geere
- Brian Kirschenmann
- Brian Wirtz
- Brittany McNabb
- Brodey Clifford
- Bruce Steiner
- Bubbles and Bass
- Bucky
- Bunnywood Tank Corps
- Butthatsjustme
- Byron Sheardown
- Cait Clarke
- Carlton Midyette
- Carol Baardsen
- Center Camp Cafe Volunteers
- Charlie Dolman
- Charles Peters
- Charles Riser
- Charlotte Burns
- Chelsey McKrill
- Cheryl Edison
- Cheyenne Shasky
- Chip Conley
- Chris David Kerner
- Chris Kemp
- Chris Kollaja
- Chris McCullough
- Chris Paine
- Chris Trahman
- Christina Karagias
- Christina Pettigrew
- Christine Moran
- Christine Waage (Thorina)
- Christopher Breedlove
- Christopher Ihlefeld
- Christopher Larson
- Ciaran O’Sullivan
- Cindy Carano
- Cipher
- City of Reno
- Claire McAuliffe & Sallie Griffith
- Claire Werner
- Clara Markowicz
- Clayton Bain
- Clueless
- Cody Swift
- Colin O’Donnell
- Collin Copenhaver
- Craig Harmer
- Crispell Wagner & Katie Hazard
- Cullen Rotroff
- Dana (“DaDa!”) Ullman & Clare Ullman
- Daniel Porter
- Daniel Watkins
- Danielle Wyss
- Darian Shapiro
- David Adamson
- David Alley
- David Best
- David Denberg
- David Eshe
- David Gottlieb
- David Goulden
- David Katz
- David Levin
- David Reuter
- David Walker
- David Walliams
- David Womack
- Denis Perelyubskiy
- Dolores Kent
- Donald R. Proctor
- Doretta Bonner, aka Dusty Girl
- Douglas Habersaat
- Douglas Jones
- Dr. Kristen Berg & Wilfredo Sánchez Vega
- Dr. Margot & Charlie Kirschner
- Drexl Spivey
- Drs. Deb Windham & Brian Herman
- Eeva Pinky Doherty
- Eleanor & Bob Preger
- Element 11, Utah’s Regional Burn
- Elizabeth Betsy O’Neill
- Elizabeth Lowe
- Elizabeth Zbinden
- Emily Dvorin
- Emma Bowes
- Emmanuel Di Donna
- Eoghan McCabe
- Eric Brisson
- Erica Mirich
- Etkin Family Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- Eugene Katz
- Faceblind
- Fannie Allen & George Cogan
- Fernando del Sol
- Fleur Bresler
- Florent Masurel
- Frances Hellman & Warren Breslau
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Frank Sippel
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Freddy Hahne
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Friends of Black Rock
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Gabrielle Enfield
- Gary Staebell
- Gary Zaremba
- Géniusz
- Gib Bulloch
- Giovanni Arcadu
- Grant D. Van Every
- Greg Schafer
- Gregory Malin
- Grover Norquist
- Gustavo Cardenas
- Half Angel
- Hanouf Nass
- Hans Hannus
- Hans Peter Maassen
- Harley K. Dubois
- Harold Baize (Silver Man)
- Harris Faberman
- Heather Gastelum
- Heather K. White
- Heather Thompson
- Henk Rogers
- Hesham Hauter
- Hillary Perelyubskiy
- Hope (Spiral) Davita
- Hugh Ryan
- Hunter Dehn
- Ian Sobieski
- Ingrid Daubechies
- J.O. Tobin II
- Jack Rubinson
- Jailbait & Tony Bagodonuts
- James Tananbaum
- Jan Ellison Baszucki & David Baszucki
- Jana Richey
- Jason Swartz
- Jeff Bailey
- Jeff King
- Jeffrey Levine
- Jennie Frisby
- Jennifer & Frances Rainin
- Jennifer Kile
- Jennifer Oldland
- Jennifer Raiser
- Jenny Boyle
- Jenny Stefanotti
- Jeremy Crandell
- Jerry Bernie
- Jerry Crabtree
- Jessica Donald
- JETT
- Jim Toole
- Joe Gebbia
- Johannes Swart
- John Catoline
- John Marx
- John Wendt
- John Whitaker
- Jon La Grace
- Jonathan Segal
- Jonathan Y. Teo
- Joon Yun
- Joseph Hanono
- Joseph M. Cychosz
- Joseph Vardi
- JP Harbour
- Justin McBaine
- Justin Shaffer
- Kamilla Amirova
- Kareena Love
- Karen Brennan
- Karen L. B. Benedict
- Kars Veling
- Kate Burns
- Katherine Bleich
- Kay Morrison
- Keith Morris
- Kelsey Carbone
- Ken Williams
- Kenneth Minn
- Kevin Menninger
- Khalil Amry
- Kim Cook
- Kostume Kult
- Kristi “Fancipants” Wood
- Kristin Hudson
- Kyle Casey
- Laurent Cooreman
- Lawrence Blume
- Lee Austin
- Leiasa Beckham
- Leo Villareal
- Leon Benrimon
- Lightning Clearwater III
- Linda Drucker
- Linda Spencer
- Lindsay Schaefer
- Lisa Thai
- Lora Johnson
- Lorne Shiff
- Louis Belhoste
- Lyla Rose Holdstein
- Madelyn Yeung
- Marc Mehli (Ricola)
- Marcus Segal
- Mardi Jackson
- Marian Goodell
- Marion Müller
- Mark Costella
- Mark Evans
- Mark Higbie
- Mark Radcliffe
- Mark Sinclair
- Mark Taylor
- Martin Banks
- Mathias Korder
- Matsby
- Matt Goldberg
- Matt Scott
- Matt Tamaki
- Matthew Graham
- Maximilian Claussen
- Mayssam Sayyadian
- Megan Miller
- Melanie Craft & Ted Barnett
- Melissa “Syn” Barron
- Mercedes Martinez
- Michael Cruz
- Michael Gfeller
- Michael Halverson
- Michael Kinsley
- Michael Leedom
- Michael Murray
- Michael T. Crane
- Michel E. W. Gaille
- Michelle Behrend
- Mike & Sally Fitzhugh
- Mike Cardellini
- Mike Farrah
- Mitch Davis
- Mitzi Wainhouse
- MK Duke
- Mosey
- Nabiel Musleh
- Nacho Mazzini
- Near Rhyme
- Neill Zimmerman
- Nicholas Blackwater
- Nicholas Boulis
- Nicholas Cutler
- Nicholas Sanchez
- Nick & Bianca Heyming
- Nick Stone
- Nicolas-James Black
- Nina Lalic
- Noah Felk
- Noodle
- NYC Decompression Event
- Orli Rinat
- Pasha Knight
- Pat Giamanco (gummy)
- Patricia Rusich
- Patricia Sylvana
- Patrycja Mulawa
- Paul Bacchi
- Paul Labrusse
- Pearl Renaker
- Penelope Reine de la Savane
- Peter Dwyer
- Peter Luce
- Peter Ruprecht
- Petr Valov
- Philippe Mullens
- Ping Fu
- Pizza Burrito
- Popeye
- Precious (Ron Vidal)
- Primavera Salva & Katia Bouazza
- Priya Aswani
- RainBow Boy!
- Randy George Herrera
- Randy Macan
- Renee LeBaron
- Ricardo
- Ricardo Goldfarb
- Richard Horn
- Ripple, Kamp Karaoke
- Rob van Nieuwkerk
- Robert & Linda Spencer
- Robert Becker
- Robert Bienstock Charitable Foundation
- Robert Oestreich
- Roger Hamilton
- Roger Mathews
- Roger Wu
- Ron Carn Risadoc
- Ronit Stern
- Rose & David Miles
- Ross Tweedy
- Ruedi “Cheesus” Noser
- Ryan Unger
- Sabrina Sari
- Sagi Paul & Iris Kaganovich
- Salto Bueno
- Sam Goldman
- Samir Hammami
- San Francisco Grants for the Arts
- Santa Cruz Burners LLC
- Sarah Barbour
- Sarah Fisk, PhD
- Sarah Marshall
- Saunter Lezak
- Scott LeFevre
- Scott Stapert
- Seth & Sharon Leslie
- Sharma Hendel
- Shelby Stark
- Shellstar
- Sidney & Phyllis Bresler
- Simone Ravaioli aka Psykoreactor
- Skip & Ellie Smith
- Sloane & Nick Morgan
- Slobodan Randjelovic
- Spanky Schubert
- Stephanie Anderson Pugash
- Stephanie Blach
- Stephen Grana
- Stephen Heinen
- Steve Engel aka Ra
- Steve Sanford
- Steven Queen
- Sue Holland
- Sue Silver
- Susan Toland LeFevre
- Suzi & Dennis Bartels
- Svetlana Isaeva
- Syd Gris
- Synchro
- T-bone
- Tacy Hahn
- Taylor Tobin
- Ted Wang
- Teeny Tiny Tonya
- TF Matt Cheney
- The AFC Camp
- The Darby Foundation
- The JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation
- The Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Foundation
- The Martini Man
- The Stocker Foundation
- The Thelma B. and Thomas P. Hart Foundation
- The Walrus
- The Wy’east Foundation
- Thelma Jarman
- Theresa Duncan
- Tiana Dustow
- Tillman Pearce & Gayle Maccia
- Tim Cull
- Tim Degraye
- Tim Matusch
- Tito Love
- Toby Short
- Tom McClimon
- Tom O’Brien
- Torin Monet
- Tornillo
- Touchbass
- Transformus
- Travis VanBrasch
- Tsuyoshi Kubota
- Turnkey
- Tyler Norris
- Vanessa Franking
- Vernii Sluga
- Vickie Nauman
- Vincent Tamariz
- Vitalii Zemskov
- Volkert Doeksen
- Warren Trezevant
- Will Roger Peterson & Crimson Rose Peterson
- Will-Bertolt Hirsch
- William B. Hulsey
- William Rogers
- Wm Sutterfield
- Woody Monkwood
- Ysiad Ferreiras
- Z & Olympia
- Zach Stern
- Zachary Gervais
- Zachary Smith
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