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The '''[[Frequently asked questions|Wikimedia Foundation]]''', Inc. is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of [[:w:en:free content|free]], multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these [[:en:wiki|wiki]]-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the [[Our projects|largest collaboratively edited reference projects]] in the world, including [//www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], a top-ten Internet property.
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As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.
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<span style="color:#0645AD; font-variant:small-caps; text-transform:lowercase; font-size:120%; margin-top:1em; ">'''Our Benefactors'''</span> support our mission around the globe. We rely on the expertise and generosity of thousands of people.&nbsp;<span style="color:#0645AD;">'''Thank you.'''</span></p>
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Have questions about our giving levels or donating to the Wikimedia Foundation? Please send an email to benefactors<span class="nowrap">[[File:At sign.svg|15px|@|link=]]</span>wikimedia.org.
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This page reflects gifts received between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. [[Benefactors/2009-2010| See 2009-2010 benefactors.]]
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received after July 1, 2008.''
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<h2 style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium; border:0; line-height:1em; margin-bottom:0; padding-top:0;">Major Benefactors</h2>
=== Major benefactors ($50,000 or more) ===
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* We are grateful to the '''Stanton Foundation''' for a generous grant of $890,000, made in November 2008. This grant will fund a project team that will make Wikipedia's writing and editing interface easier to use for first-time authors. The Stanton Foundation is a private foundation created to further philanthropic goals set by the late Dr. Frank Stanton. This funding is project-specific, and does not apply to the Wikimedia Foundation's annual fundraising goals. ([[Press releases/Wikipedia to become more user-friendly for new volunteer writers|Press release]])
* [//sloan.org Alfred P. Sloan Foundation] ([[Press releases/Sloan Foundation Support|Press release]])
* The Brin Wojcicki Foundation
* Craigslist Charitable Fund
* The David and Jamie Cummings Family
* The Ford Foundation
* Google Matching Gifts Foundation
* The James and Angela Thompson Foundation
* [//www.omidyar.com Omidyar Network]
* Shor Family Foundation
* Stanton Foundation
* The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
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* We would like to thank an '''Anonymous Donor''' for a generous gift of $250,000 in November 2008.
<h2 style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium; border:0; line-height:1em; margin-bottom:0; padding-top:0;"> Patrons </h2>
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* Christopher Ruddy
* John Caulkins
* Milonja Bjelic
* Ryan and Lisa McCorvie
* Two Sigma Investments, LLC
* Unz Foundation
* [//www.yardi.com/USHome/UsHome.aspx Yardi Systems]
* Anonymous donors
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* We are very thankful for the generosity of '''[http://www.arcadiafund.org.uk Arcadia]''', a grant-making fund based in the United Kingdom. Arcadia donated $177,376 (£100,000) to the Wikimedia Foundation via the Charities Aid Foundation in September 2008. These general-use funds have been donated by Arcadia "to help with Wikipedia's costs, in recognition of its remarkable achievement in diffusing knowledge and facilitating access to it on a worldwide basis."
<h2 style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium; border:0; line-height:1em; margin-bottom:0; padding-top:0;"> Leading Donors </h2>

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* We appreciate the generosity of the '''Stanton Foundation''', which has donated $262,000 to support the purchase of database servers, application servers, network equipment and other hardware. The Stanton Foundation is a private foundation created to further philanthropic goals set by the late Dr. Frank Stanton. This grant was made in July 2008.
* [//www.aidanproducts.com Aidan Products, LLC]

* Arlene and Arnold Goldstein Family Foundation
* On March 25, 2008, '''The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation''' announced an annual donation of $1 million for three years. A representative of the Sloan Foundation stated that "Wikipedia represents a quantum leap in collecting human knowledge from diverse sources, organizing it without commercial or other bias, and making it freely available to people everywhere." ([[Press releases/Sloan Foundation Support|Press release]])
* Elon Musk

* [//www.edwardtufte.com/ Graphics Press, LLC]
=== Patrons ($15,000 to $49,999) ===
* Jeffrey N. Dauber

* J. Willis Jarvis
: '''Mr. Ron Unz''' $15,000
* Purnendu Ojha

* Kevin O'Shea
: '''Anonymous''' $25,000
* Mark Heising and Liz Simons

* Nora Roberts Foundation
: '''Anonymous''' $25,000
* Scott Banister

* Shaked Family, Tel Aviv
: '''Anonymous''' $31,000
* [//witizen.org Witizen.org]

* Anonymous donors
: '''Mr. Ron Unz''' $20,000
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=== Leading donors ($5,000 to $14,999) ===
<h2 style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium; border:0; line-height:1em; margin-bottom:0; padding-top:0;"> Sustaining Donors </h2>
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* Adam Fila
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* Alex Poon

* Anna Scott
: '''USA Networks''' $10,000
* Anup Mantri

* Bernhard Friess
: '''Anonymous''' $10,000
* Betty Harrell Gerlack

* Bill Edwards and Ron Bailey
: '''Anonymous''' $10,000
* Brian McInnis

* Brian White
: '''Anonymous''' $5,000
* Christopher J. Lingle

* Dalibor Antonic
: '''Anonymous''' $10,000
* David Bydeley

* Don Husby
: '''Elon Musk''' $10,000
* Don and Jill Knuth

* Douglas Ferguson
: '''Anonymous''' $10,000
* En souvenir de Réal Labelle

* Fred Hipp
: '''Anonymous''' $10,000
* Greg and Liz Lutz

* Gabe Newell
: '''[http://www.edwardtufte.com/ Graphics Press, LLC]''' $8,000
* Heather Bendler

* Hiromasa Nagase
: '''Ryan + Lisa McCorvie''' $7,500
* The IEEE Electron Devices Society

* In memory of Seymour Durst
: '''[http://www.savings.com Savings.com]''' $5,000
* Jacob Albrecht

* Januaca Tjandra 张贻新 and Family
: '''Anonymous''' $5,000
* Jeffrey Lamkin

* Jhilmil & Punchhi Pandit
: '''Anonymous''' $5,000
* John G. Dove, Arlington, Massachusetts

* John and Lenore Cooney
: '''A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks''' $5,000
* Johnson Watts

* Julien Basch
: '''Anonymous''' $5,000
* KeepCalling

* Kenneth Eddings
: '''Anonymous''' $5,000
* Linda Lee

* Manoj Padki and Manisha Kher
: '''Anonymous''' $5,000
* Marc Forand

* Mathew Donovan
: '''Anonymous''' $5,000
* Murtada Elkhalifa

* Raghavan Srinivasan
: '''Anonymous''' $10,000
* [//www.ravikalidindi.com Ravi Kalidindi]

* [//www.kandarian.com/ Richard Kandarian]
: '''Anonymous''' $5,000
* Richard Yonash

* Rob and Anna Prestezog
: '''John Babcock''' $5,000
* Robert Wares

* Roland Digital Group Africa
: '''Mitchell Kapor Foundation''' $10,000
* Steve Kass

* Steve and Marty Schlossstein, Princeton, New Jersey
: '''Arlene and Arnold Goldstein Family Foundation''' $10,000
* Susan Woodward

* Takashi Kousaka
: '''Ruth Ann Harnisch''' $10,000
* Tetsuya Isozaki

* Timothy Mott
: '''Anonymous''' $5,000
* Vadim Asadov

* [[Staff|Wikimedia Foundation Staff]]
: '''Jonathan Starr''' $5,000
* Anonymous donors
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=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 to $4,999) ===
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* Cisco

[http://www.merchantos.com MerchantOS Point of Sale] <br />
* [//www.comscore.com comScore]
* Electronic Frontier Foundation
Anonymous <br />
[http://www.couponit.com www.couponit.com] <br />
* [//www.evoswitch.com EvoSwitch]
* Exbrook Design
Anonymous <br />
* Kennisnet Amsterdam
Anonymous <br />
* [//www.leaseweb.com LeaseWeb]
Devan Reddy <br />
* [//nostarch.com/ No Starch Press]
Anonymous <br />
* Perkins Coie
Anonymous <br />
* Tele2
Anonymous <br />
* [//www.teliasoneraic.com TeliaSonera International Carrier]
Anonymous <br />
* WatchMouse
Anonymous <br />
* [//www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Index.aspx Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati]
Anonymous <br />
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Anonymous <br />
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Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
[http://www.since1910.com Since1910] <br />
Allen Berry <br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Paul Johansen <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc. (December 2008)<br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
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Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
[http://www.singlehop.com SingleHop Dedicated Servers] <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk] <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Adam Fila <br />
Alexander Lindsey <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Laurelle Wildman <br />
Susane Woodward <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Tetsuya Nagase <br />
Mark Melton <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project] <br />
Anonymous <br />
William A Linton <br />
Lawrence Lessig <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
David Bydeley <br />
Anonymous <br />
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Sorin Cismas <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Anonymous <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Anonymous <br />
Douglas Ferguson <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Alan Huber <br />
Anonymous <br />
Don Husby <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br/>
Paul Trickey <br/>
Anonymous <br/>
John Baldridge <br/>
Christian Boiron <br/>
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund <br/>
Edgar Durbin <br/>
Orville Baggett <br/>
Jacob Malmberg <br/>
Anonymous <br/>
Marc Labelle <br/>
Anonymous <br/>
John Prikkel <br/>
Jennifer Kapila <br/>
Anonymous <br/>
Anonymous <br/>
Anonymous <br/>
William Benter <br/>
Jeanne Busch <br/>
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Anonymous <br/>
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://CouponCabin.com/ CouponCabin.com] <br />
Anonymous <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Anonymous <br />
Koyama Ryusuke <br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
Alex Dingle <br />
Anonymous <br />
Lincoln Cassady <br />
Tetsuya Isozaki <br />
Joichi Ito <br />
Anonymous <br />
Motohisa Oono <br/>
Anonymous <br />
Anna Scott <br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Anonymous <br />
Derek Sivers <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
Anonymous <br />
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=== Special Thanks to our Chapters ===
The Wikimedia Foundation would like to thank the following chapters for their donations:
The Wikimedia Foundation would like to thank the following chapters for their donations:
* [[File:Flag of Australia.svg|22px|border|Australia]] Australia: ''[//www.wikimedia.org.au/ Wikimedia Australia]''
* [[File:Flag of Austria.svg|22px|border|Austria]] Austria: ''[//www.wikimedia.at/ Wikimedia Österreich]''
* [[File:Flag of France.svg|22px|border|France]] France: ''[//www.wikimedia.fr/ Wikimédia France]''
* [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|22px|border|Germany]] Germany: ''[//www.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland]''
* [[File:Flag of Hungary.svg|22px|border|Hungary]] Hungary: ''[//wiki.media.hu/ Wikimédia Magyarország]''
* [[File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|22px|border|The Netherlands]] Netherlands: ''[//nl.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Nederland]''
* [[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|22px|border|Sweden]] Sweden: ''[//se.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Sverige]''
* [[File:Flag of Switzerland.svg|22px|border|Switzerland]] Switzerland: ''[//www.wikimedia.ch/ Wikimedia CH]''
* [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|22px|border|United Kingdom]] United Kingdom: [//www.wikimedia.org.uk Wikimedia UK]
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* [//amex-casinos.com Amex Online Casinos]
* [//www.avago.com.au Avago]
* [//www.aweber.com AWeber]
* [//www.blackfriday2010.com Black Friday]
* [//www.blueskyscrubs.com Blue Sky Scrubs]
* [//www.impactsigns.com/bronze-plaque Bronze Plaques]
* [//www.carinsurancecompanies.com/ Car Insurance Companies]
* [//en.casino-lemonade.com/ Casino Lemonade]
* [//www.cheap-buys.com Cheap-Buys.com]
* [//www.clicktime.com ClickTime]
* [//www.cnaclasses.org CNA Classes]
* [//www.shop.cookmax.de Cookmax]
* [//www.couponchief.com/ CouponChief.com]
* [//www.couponcommando.com/ CouponCommando.com]
* [//www.couponloco.com Coupon Loco]
* [//www.creditloan.com/ Credit Loan]
* [//www.customessaymeister.com/ Customessaymeister.com]
* [//www.cybermonday2010.com Cyber Monday]
* [//www.data-recovery-software.net Data Recovery Software]
* [//www.dentalinsurancecare.com Dental Insurance Care]
* [//www.dentalinsurancetips.com Dental Insurance Tips]
* [//www.dessertrecipes.org Dessert Recipes]
* [//www.thebreedsofdogs.com Dog Breeds]
* [//www.e-goldprospecting.com e-goldprospecting.com]
* [//e-mortgage.org e-Mortgage]
* [//www.easy-dessertrecipes.com Easy Dessert Recipes]
* [//www.expo-max.com expo-MAX]
* [//flowersofdx.wordpress.com/ Flowers of DX]
* [//www.freeshipping.org Free Shipping]
* [//www.gasnaturaldistribucion.com Gas Natural Distribución]
* [//www.gopromotional.co.uk Go Promotional]
* [//www.herpesalliance.org Herpes Alliance]
* [//www.herpesdoctor.com Herpes Doctor]
* [//www.homemaderecipes.org/ Homemade Recipes]
* [//www.impactsigns.com Impact Business Signs]
* [//www.impactsigns.com/memorial-plaques Impact Memorial Plaques]
* [//www.impactsigns.com/custom-office-signs Impact Office Signs]
* [//www.kitchenbakeware.org Kitchen Bakeware]
* [//www.kitchenwaredirect.com.au Kitchenware Direct]
* [//www.lasvegashotels.com/ Las Vegas Hotels]
* [//www.LCautoinsurance.com LC Auto Insurance]
* [//www.miinto.dk/ miinto]
* [//www.nobelcom.com NobelCom]
* [//www.online-druck.biz Online Druckerei]
* [//www.outdoorkidz.de/ OudoorKidz.de]
* [//www.planrover.com PlanRover.com]
* [//www.ratedetective.com.au/insurance/income-protection Rate Detective]
* [//www.rpower.com RPower Restaurant POS]
* [//www.rulearts.com RuleArts]
* [//www.seefido.com SeeFido.com]
* [//www.selfstorageco.com/ Self Storage Company]
* Smart Balance Transfers
* [//www.Tlifeinsurance.com T Life Insurance]
* [//www.theravive.com Theravive]
* [//www.vimo.com Vimo.com]
* [//www.vitavalida.de/ VitaValida]
* [//websiteservers.com/ Website Servers]
* [//www.worldtvradio.com World TV and Radio Tuner]
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: [[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|22px|border]] '''{{{ch|Switzerland}}}: Wikimedia CH'''
<h2 style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium; border:0; line-height:1em; margin-bottom:0; padding-top:0;"> Contact </h2>
::: $29,173.00
Have questions about our giving levels or donating to the Wikimedia Foundation? Please send an email to benefactors<span class="nowrap">[[File:At sign.svg|15px|@|link=]]</span>wikimedia.org.

: [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|22px|border|Italy]] '''{{{it|Italia}}}: Wikimedia Italia'''
::: $ 4550.00

=== Equipment and Services ===
; [http://www.sun.com/ Sun Microsystems]
: A contribution of a next-generation platform comprising of Sun server and storage systems (Sun Fire(TM) X4100, X4150 and X4500 servers and Sun StorageTek(TM) 2530 disk arrays) work with an open source MySQL(TM) database to allow Wikimedia enhance its test and development capabilities and to create a better and faster user experience.

; [http://www.kennisnet.nl/ Kennisnet]
: Hosting capacity for Wikimedia projects in Amsterdam. (PR: [[Press releases/Kennisnet supports Wikimedia Projects|EN]], [[Press releases/Kennisnet supports Wikimedia Projects/Nederlands|NL]])

; [http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo!]
: Hosting capacity for Wikimedia projects in Yahoo's Asian facilities. Wikipedia content integrated into French-language Yahoo Search [http://fr.search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&p=guatemala&meta=vl%3D shortcuts] as a test project. (PR: [[Press releases/Wikimedia Foundation annonce le soutien de Yahoo!|FR]], [[Press releases/Wikimedia announces Yahoo support|EN]])

; [http://www.ams-ix.net The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX)]
: Two free Gigabit Ethernet ports for [[w:peering|peering]] in Amsterdam.

; [http://www.init7.net Init7]
: Partial IP transit in Amsterdam.

== Past Donors ==
=== Major benefactors ($50,000 or more) ===
* We would like to thank an '''anonymous donor''' for a generous gift of $500,000 in December 2007. Currently, it is our policy to assume donations to be anonymous unless otherwise stated by the donor.

* On March 24, 2008, '''Vinod and Neeru Khosla''' announced a $500,000 donation to the Wikimedia Foundation, calling Wikipedia "a valuable global education resource." ([[Press Releases/Khosla Gift|Press release]])

* Special thanks to a '''friend of the Wikimedia Foundation''', who has made a matching donation of $286,000 in stocks, and who has chosen to remain anonymous. (December 2006)

* We are grateful for the ongoing support of '''Alan Bauer''', who has generously given a total of $145,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation since 2006, including a gift of $125,000 made in May 2008.

* A generous donation of $100,000 was made to the Wikimedia Foundation by '''Stephen J. Luczo, Chairman of the Board of Seagate Technology''' in March 2007.

* The '''Virgin Foundation''', operating under the working name of '''[http://virginunite.smartchange.org/ Virgin Unite]''', is the charitable arm of Virgin Group. The "Virgin Unite" campaign was launched in 2004. The Wikimedia Foundation would like to thank Virgin Unite for its generosity in matching donations during this fundraiser. (December 2006)

=== Patrons ($15,000 to $49,999) ===
: '''Jeff Moe (en.wikipedia [[:en:user:jebba|user jebba]]) (2003 - July 2008)''' $29,750 (in multiple donations)

: '''[http://www.twosigma.com/ Two Sigma Investments LLC] (December 2006)'''$25,000

: '''[http://www.retailmenot.com RetailMeNot.com] (November 2007)'''$20,000

: '''[http://philip.greenspun.com Philip Greenspun] (August 2007)''' $20,000

: '''Burt and Diana Cutler Family Foundation (December 2006, November 2007)''' $15,000 (from two donations)

: '''John and Frances Beck (September 2007)''' $15,000

: '''Richard E Merit (September 2007)'''$15,000

: '''[http://www.cfsv.org/ Community Foundation Silicon Valley], Nicholas Palvesky fund (January 2007)''' $15,000

=== Leading donors ($5,000 to $14,999) ===
: '''Crown Clothing Corporation, in honor of Mr. Jim Branam (December 2007, May 2008)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)

: '''The Sims/Mae's Foundation, Inc (December 2006, December 2007)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)

: '''[http://www.seznam.cz/ Seznam.cz, a.s.] (May 2006)''' $10,000

: '''[http://www.edwardtufte.com/ Graphics Press, LLC] (December 2006, December 2007)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)

: '''Michael Minor (November 2007)''' $10,000

: '''Select Equity Group Foundation (April 2007)''' $10,000

: '''[http://craigslist.org/ Craigslist, Inc.] (December 2006)''' $5,000

: '''Mr. William Richley, P.A. (December 2006)''' $5,000

: '''The Zephyr Charitable Foundation, Inc (December 2006)'''$5,000

=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 to $4,999) ===
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Skinner Fund (May 2008)<br />
Christopher Ruddy (December 2007, May 2008)<br />
Donald and Jill Knuth (April 2008)<br />
Gail O'Brien (March 2008)<br />
Fabio Rossello (March 2008)<br />
[http://www.talkgold.com Kevin Klinekole] (February 2008)<br />
[http://www.sklatch.net Michael Webb] (January 2008)<br />
Charles Tilford (December 2007)<br />
Kaz Foundation for Social Advancement (December 2007)<br />
Frank Rothacker (December 2007)<br />
Titicomb Foundation (December 2007)<br />
M. Amy Batchelor (December 2007)<br />
Gary Steinmetz (December 2007)<br />
Robert D Hall &amp; Ana F Barreto (December 2007)<br />
Brooke Burgess, Ubermind, Inc. (December 2007)<br />
RuthAnn Harnisch (December 2007)<br />
Joseph Goodman (December 2007)<br />
Francis Hogle (December 2006, December 2007)<br />
[http://lessig.org/ Lawrence Lessig] (December 2006, December 2007)<br />
Ross Mayfield, [http://www.socialtext.com Socialtext] (December 2006, December 2007)<br />
Dahms (November 2007)<br />
John Dash (November 2007)<br />
Steven Dauber (November 2007)<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Weston (November 2007)<br />
National Philanthropic Trust (November 2007)<br />
Max Pucher (November 2007)<br />
Alex Poon (November 2007)<br />
Max Levchin (November 2007)<br />
Robert Keeley (November 2007)<br />
Andrew MacMillan (November 2007)<br />
Bill Liao (November 2007)<br />
Joichi Ito (July 2007, August 2007, October 2007)<br />
Tyko Strassen (October 2007)<br />
David M. Grubb (October 2007)<br />
Stanley Eisenberg (October 2007)<br />
The Biegelesen Foundation (September 2007)<br />
Jill Efting (August 2007)<br />
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Nitin Agarwal, [http://www.misk.com/ Misk] (July 2007)<br />
Konstanty Martyniuk (June 2007)<br />
Duc Vu (June 2007)<br />
[http://www.fizber.com For Sale By Owner] (June 2007)<br />
Alla Kapralova (May 2007)<br />
Royce Family Foundation (May 2007)<br />
[http://www.viaden.com Viaden-Media] (May 2007)<br />
Elecia White (May 2007)<br />
Coutts and Co (April 2007)<br />
Michael Tardy (April 2007)<br />
Jan Pedersen (March 2007)<br />
Ms Elaine B Fortowsky (September 2006, February 2007)<br />
[http://www.gbtco.com/ Greater Bay Trust Company] (February 2007)<br />
Andreas Maladinski (February 2007)<br />
Takao Nakamura (February 2007)<br />
Peter Flamini (January 2007)<br />
Bennett Lewis (January 2007)<br />
Lyons (Januray 2007)<br />
[http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia, Inc.] (January 2007)<br />
John Baldridge (December 2006)<br />
Andrew Bloch (December 2006)<br />
Bridgewater Associates, Inc (December 2006)<br />
David Bydeley (December 2006)<br />
Michael E Chastain (December 2006)<br />
Eamon Daly (December 2006)<br />
John Eckstein (December 2006)<br />
Gary Frisch (December 2006)<br />
Mr Dominic J Froio (December 2006)<br />
Hitz Foundation (December 2006)<br />
Lawler (December 2006)<br />
Elon Musk (December 2006)<br />
Garry Osgood (December 2006)<br />
Pickar Family Foundation (December 2006)<br />
Harrity Snyder, LLP (December 2006)<br />
Michael Webb (December 2006)<br />
Ali Webster (December 2006)<br />
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