
The opportunity to name the Orange Coast College Planetarium is available for a donor making a leadership contribution of $5 million to the campaign.
The following distinguishing donorship recognition opportunities are available for leadership donors:
- 129-seat Presentation/Lecture Hall - $2 million
- Lobby/Exhibit Hall - $750,000
- Entry Courtyard - $500,000
Donations are also being accepted for engraved name plaques on the seats in the planetarium theater for $1,000 each.
As of February 1, 2019 over $2.9 million in private support has been received and pledged to support the Planetarium and the Astronomy Village/Telescope Farm. Leadership donors to the project include:
OCC Astronomy Village Telescope Farm
Foucault Pendulum
Science on the Sphere Flat Screens
Science on a Sphere NOAA Display Globe
Planetarium Immersive Theater
- Mary Lynn and John Rallis
Gifts of $1,000 or more will be acknowledged by a unique donor recognition display in the lobby/exhibit hall of the Orange Coast College Planetarium. Gifts to date in these categories are as follows:
Galactic $50,000 or above
- David & Barbara Cline
- Marisla Foundation
Cosmic $25,000 - $49,999
Stellar $10,000 - $24,999
- Blair Carty
- Marilyn Flint
- Murphy West Family Foundation
Meteoric $5,000 - $9,999
- David A. Grant
- Jane Hilgendorf
- Judith & Willis Longyear
- A. Patrick Munoz
- Linda I. Smith Foundation
- Doug & Mailei Bennett
Solar $1,001 - $4,999
- Cheryl Baker
- Doug Benoit
- Barbara Cooper
- Fluor Foundation
- In Memory of Cherry Gundry – Anne Gundry
- Dennis Harkins, Ph.D.
- Val Hayward
- George & Cathleen Hill
- Marshall & Dolores Johnson
- Rich Pagel, Ed.D.
- Liz & Steve Parker
- Phi Delta Kappa
- Lorraine Prinsky, Ph.D.
- Julie Simer
- Marilyn Sion
- Steve Tamanaha
- Carolyn Thomas
- UCMI, Inc.
- John Weispfenning, Ph.D.
- Albert Wong
If you would like to contribute to the building fund please call the Orange Coast College Foundation office at (714) 432-5126 or
email us at occfoundation@occ.cccd.edu or contribute by mail at:
Orange Coast College Foundation
2701 Fairview Rd
Costa Mesa, CA 92626