Bring Extraordinary Books to Life
Heyday’s authors and books embody California’s most singular and precious resources: its unsung voices, suppressed histories, and the wondrous intricacies of its unplumbed wild places.
As an independent nonprofit, we’re not beholden to corporate stakeholders. We care about our readers and our community: that’s you.
Your support gives us the freedom to take risks on books that are exhilaratingly original: each one a unique and immersive journey. Books revealing the secret magic of seaweed, water, and backyard birds. Evoking everyday heroes speaking truth to power. Honoring and sharing the indelible languages, art, and lifeways of California Indians.
Chip in by making a tax-deductible gift or becoming a member today, and start a chain reaction. Your gift will become books, and those books will become bridges connecting people, places, cultures, ideas, and worlds.
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Support our mission with a secure, tax-deductible contribution. Because of your generosity, we can continue publishing important work and sponsoring events that deepen civic engagement.
Heyday is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and our EIN is 94-3268357.
To designate your gift to Heyday’s Berkeley Roundhouse Program (California Indian Publishing), please select the corresponding button above.
If you have any questions, please contact:
development@heydaybooks.com or (510) 549-3564 ext. 312
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Join our Membership Club! As a member, you’ll receive new releases throughout the year, discounts on other books, and invitations to special events with authors.
2025 Annual Report
In all our fifty-one years, we’ve never been beholden to corporate stakeholders telling us what to publish. The reason we’re able to take bold creative risks is simple. Your support and belief in the power of great literature make it possible.
You can learn more about our good work by taking a look at our 2025 Annual Report.
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Thank you to our supporters. You help Heyday thrive as a nonprofit, and we are deeply grateful for your generosity.
$10,000+
Anonymous (1); Clara Bingham; Estate of Edwin Blue; Bruce De Benedictis and Caroline Kim; Marilee Enge and George Frost; Dick and Gretchen Evans; Bruce Goldsmith; William Hearst; Guy Lampard and Suzanne Badenhoop; Kat Taylor, in honor of Malcolm Margolin; Alan Rosenus; Katrina vanden Heuvel; Sherry Wasserman and Clayton F. Johnson; and Peter Booth Wiley.
$5,000–$9,999
Judy Mistelske-Anklam and William Anklam; Don and Dale Franzen, in honor of Steve Wasserman; Zachary Karabell; Thomas Lockard and Alix Marduel; Karen and Tom Mulvaney; John Ptak and Margaret Black; V. R. Ferose; and Megan Vered and Marcus Thygeson.
$1,000–$4,999
Rick and Rickie Ann Baum, in memory of Malcolm Margolin; Chris Desser and Kirk Marckwald; Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne; Jennifer Francis Fearon; Susan Friedenberg; Whitney Green; Lizbeth Hasse and Joe Orrach; Adam and Arlie Hochschild; Louis Jaffe and Kitty Whitman; Catherine Kanner; Barbara and Ron Kaufman Philanthropic Fund; Charity Kenyon; Richard Kluger; Karen Meryash, in honor of Megan Vered; Linda Ronstadt; Bruce Ryan; Dina Saalisi; Olivia Sears, in honor of Malcolm Margolin; and Steve Wax and Teresa Book.
$500–$999
Judith Auth, in memory of Malcolm Margolin; Kim Bancroft; John Cassidy; Graham Chisholm, in honor of Marilee Enge; Genevieve Fong, in honor of Malcolm Margolin; Rudolph Geary; Michael Horn, in memory of Gary Horn; Karen M. Paget; George Rehm; Blaine M. Robinson; Wendy Ruebman; Deborah L. Sanchez; and Tik Thurston.
$250–$499
Susan Aaron; Damon B. Akins; Kathryn Anderson; James Austin; Jake Bassett; Beverly Becker, in memory of Malcolm Margolin; Lili Beggs; Catlan Brinsley; Margaret Butcher; Therese Cannon; Anne Chambers; Diana Cohn; Anne Convery; Diane Cornwall; John Donatich; Jodie Evans; Bill Fabre; Cheri Forrester; Karen Ginsberg Beroldo; Suzanne Goode; Nicola Gordon; Mary Griffith; James Hirst; Sara Horner; Earl James; Paul Jenkins; Julie Johnson; Brian J. Kenny; Stephen Kerford; Janice Klein; Aaron Kreisberg; Olivia Lewke; Daniel Liebler; JiaJing Liu; Sue Marchant; Rina Margolin; William Marioni; Robin Mitchell; Patricia O’Brien; Mark Pearson; Robyn G. Peterson, in memory of Malcolm Margolin; Alyssa Rasmussen; Lana Raymonde; David Reid; Lenore L. Roberts; Margit Roos-Collins; Laura Scott Sellers; Ann King Smith; Raquel Smith; Martha Stampfer; John Tateishi; Emily Taylor; Alice Waters; Carolyn West; Doug Yamamoto; and Paul Yamazaki.
This list corresponds to contributions made in 2025.
ACLU of Northern California; Alameda County Arts Commission; Amazon Literary Partnership; Another Planet Entertainment; Art for Justice Fund; Autodesk Foundation; The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley; The Benevity Community Impact Fund; California Arts Council; California Humanities; California Native Plant Society; The Campbell Foundation; Candelaria Fund; Center for Biological Diversity; Central Valley Community Foundation; Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco; City of Berkeley Civic Arts Program; Creative Industry Law; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria; Fieldstead and Company; The Ford Foundation; Walter and Elise Haas Fund; Hearst Corporation; Humboldt Area Foundation’s Native Cultures Fund; Jiji Foundation; JKW Foundation; Keysight; Jonathan Logan Family Foundation; Matthew London and Sylvia Wen Gaia Fund; The Marisla Foundation; Milligan Family Charitable Fund; Monterey Bay Aquarium; Moore Family Foundation; Network for Good; Oldwin Family Foundation; The Presidio Trust; Quitiplas Foundation; San Francisco Foundation; San Francisco Heritage; San Manuel Band of Mission Indians; San Mateo County Parks Foundation; Santa Fe Community Foundation; Save the Redwoods League; Kenneth and Priscilla Scott Charitable Fund; Sierra College Press; Stanford University and The Bill Lane Center for the American West; the State of California; California State Library in partnership with the California Department of Social Services and the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs as part of the Stop the Hate program; Tappan Foundation; The Thendara Foundation; Roger J. and Madeleine Traynor Foundation; and the Uplands Family Foundation.
As you make your will or estate plan, please consider including Heyday. You can make a lasting contribution to California’s cultural life, and your foresight will ensure Heyday is always here to amplify voices that might otherwise be lost or unheard. Each person’s financial considerations are different, and the laws applicable to estates and trusts vary from state to state, so please consult with an attorney or financial adviser with respect to any gifts you may wish to make. Our legal name is Heyday and our address is: PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709. We are a nonprofit corporation, and our EIN is 94-3268357.
To discuss making a planned gift to Heyday or to receive additional information, please contact us at (510) 549-3564 ext. 312 or development@heydaybooks.com.
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