RESTAURANTS DE FRANCE

2025–2026 Fundraising Campaign

This year’s fundraising theme is Restaurants de France! Join us on a symbolic culinary journey through France, from cozy Parisian bistros to Michelin-starred palaces and legendary dining rooms. At the Alliance Française, we are dedicated to promoting knowledge and appreciation of the French language and Francophone culture within our community. As a small independent non-profit, we rely on the generosity of our members to carry out this mission.

Your donations are essential to maintain high-quality teaching supplies, provide training and certifications for our staff, and offer inspiring cultural programming. Please consider contributing any amount. We truly value our members and students, and consider them the heart of l’Alliance Française de la Riviera Californienne.

Now, let the feast begin! 🍷🍴

  • Your generosity last year made a real difference. We welcomed a full-time trainee who enriched our calendar of events and helped build new partnerships benefiting our members. We launched new cultural activities such as Sip ’N Paints, Pastry Talks, and Petit Bonjour for young learners and their parents. We also waived the fee for our movie nights, keeping them open to the widest audience — including local university students of French. We were able to finance two DELF certifications. Finally, we upgraded our classrooms and honored our dedicated teaching corps with well-deserved recognition.

  • Your donations are needed to refresh our classrooms with new chairs and soundproofing, to finance books, toys, and safe furniture for our children’s programs, and to build a dedicated library for the precious collections we’ve received. Your generosity could also help us create a welcoming coffee corner, so that our students and teachers can enjoy an even better learning environment together.

  • Thank you to all our donors during our 2024-2025 Fundraising Campaign : Paris 2024 !

    LEON MARCHAND

    Anonymous

    Jennifer Brown

    Jane Buchan

    Jane Egasse

    TEDDY RINER

    Robert Lindquist

    Michael Volchok

    MANON APITHY-BRUNET

    Jacqueline Hill

    Leslie Terpin

    Nancy Werth

    KAULI VAAST

    Jacqueline Hill

    Arthur Marquis

    Hieu Nguyen

    Michael Petersen

    Reshma Ramdoss

    OTHER DONORS:

    Regina Sih-Meynier

    Nancy Werth

 
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As soon as a donation level is unlocked — or featured in a newsletter — we will lift the curtain on the restaurant behind it!

Discover its signature dishes and regional charm to mark on your map for your next visit to France!

 
 

Thank you in advance for donations of any amount to your Alliance Française!

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your gift is tax-deductible. Checks can be mailed to:
2618 San Miguel Drive, Suite 482, Newport Beach, CA 92660

 
 
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Merci, thank you, for being part of our journey.

a letter from our executive director

Chers amis,

As we launch our 2025–2026 fundraising campaign, Restaurants de France, I wish to express my deepest gratitude for your past generosity and steadfast support. Since 1982, the Alliance has been devoted to sharing the beauty, elegance, and spirit of the French language and culture. Thanks to you, our dedicated instructors and staff are able to bring passion, knowledge, and care to every class and cultural program. Your support ensures that each experience with us is inspiring, attentive, and memorable.

Every donation—large or small—sustains our mission. It allows us to create meaningful cultural events, support our devoted teachers, and nurture a vibrant community of Francophiles year after year. Truly, our members and students are the heart of the Alliance Française de la Riviera Californienne, and your generosity makes it all possible.

Together, let us continue to celebrate French culture with elegance, joy, and flavor.

Avec toute ma gratitude,
Isabelle Kelman, Executive Director