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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.

  1. Gil Klecan, Park West Real Estate Corp
  2. Joe Drew, Drew Ford
  3. John McCallan Jr. & Donnell Reid, Pearson Ford
  4. John Hine and John Hine Junior, Hine Pontiac/Mazda
  5. Dean Mansfield, Motor Car Dealers Assoc of SD
  6. Philip Gildred Jr, Gildred Building Co.
  7. Doug Fuller, Fuller Ford
  8. Tom Sefton, San Diego Trust & Savings
  9. Gene Trepte, Trepte Investment Co.
  10. Dan & Norma Biggs, Biggs Engineering
  11. Ralph & Betty Englestad/Richie Clyne, Imperial Palace Collection
  12. Bill & Anne Evans, Evans Garage-Bahia Resort Hotel
  13. Steve Brooker, Cal. State Auto Parts
  14. Dick Barbour Racing
  15. Tony McCune, McCune Chrysler/Plymouth
  16. Frank Fornacca/Gary Fenelli, Frank Lincoln/Mercury
  17. San Diego Co. Toyota Dealers Assoc., Lou Jones, George Trenfel, Charles 
 Ellinwood, Daniel Grubb, Tom Devany, Jim Granby, E.L. White
  18. Bill Moylan, KFMB Radio AM, FM & Television
  19. Kenneth Miles, American Uniform & Towel Supply
  20. Jim Cooper & Ken Ellergard, San Diego Co. Hyundai Dealers
  21. Packards International, S.D. Region
  22. Sandy and Lucina Sanford
  23. Robert Townsend, No. County & Townsend Lincoln/Merc.
  24. Kevin & Greg McAree, Escondido Lincoln/Mercury
  25. Roque De La Fuente, Sr., De La Fuente Cadillac/Peugeot
  26. William Schack Jr., Miramar Lincoln/Mercury
  27. Rug & Allan Cunningham, Cunningham BMW/Pontiac
  28. James & Vicki Bittle, J. Bittle American Inc.
  29. Harold F. Carpenter
  30. Alan & Pat Holmes, The Fine Car Store
  31. Michael Dever, Performance Jaguar
  32. Bill & Jeanelle Brecht, Brecht BMW
  33. Ross Roberts, Lincoln/Mercury Div. Ford Mtr. Co.
  34. Gil J. Barnes, Stewart Title Co.
  35. S.D. Antique Motorcycle Club
  36. Richard Burns, Far West Bank
  37. Dan & Bruce Harmer, No. Coast Tarpaulin Works
  38. Bill & Joan Vollmer
  39. The T.E. Gildred Family
  40. Leslie Fox, Fox Foundation
  41. Escondido Motors LTD, Angelo Damante
  42. Matthew & Jean McLaughlin
  43. Craig & Andrea White
  44. Jack S. Barry, WD-40 Company
  45. Jay Goodwin, Mission Hills Radio & TV
  46. Chris Carroll, Antique Automotive of S.D.
  47. Elliot Rabin, Ridout Plastics
  48. Skeets & Sharon Dunn, J.C. Bradford & Co.
  49. Nancy & Wayne Baker, Personalized Autohaus
  50. Craig & Andrea White
  51. Peter Aardema
  52. Bilstein Corporation of America
  53. Mark A. Battaglia, Parking Company of America
  54. Allen & Tamara Glick
  55. Ted & Dorothy Burke
  56. Kenneth Corum
  57. A. Cue
  58. Flo & John Cummings
  59. Dee House