Archive:Benefactors/2011–2012
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Major benefactors
- Stanton Foundation (Press release)
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Press release)
- Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing
- Pavel Durov (Announcement)
- The Brin Wojcicki Foundation (Press release)
- John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
- Michael Chastain
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Charina Endowment Fund
- Craigslist Charitable Fund
- Google Matching Gift Program
- Anonymous Donors
Patrons ($15,000 – $49,999)
- Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation
- de Ramel Foundation
- Elmira Choopani & Khanh Vu
- George Jankovic
- Indigo Trust
- In Memory of Timothy J. Cronin
- JoeBen Bevirt and Jennifer Barchas
- Keel Foundation
- Kimberly Sweidy & Raymie Stata
- Microsoft Matching Gift Program
- Newsmax Media
- Shor Family Foundation
- Two Sigma Investments, LLC
- Yardi Systems
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Leading donors ($5,000 – $14,999)
- Aaron Swartz
- Annette Campbell-White
- Apple Matching Gift Program
- The Brightwater Fund – Gloria Jarecki, President
- Charles Vollum
- Christopher Seiwald
- CNCRepair.com
- Disruptor Foundation
- Fenwick & West LLP
- Frank Palmans
- Greg & Liz Lutz
- In memory of Dr. Bhanu Thakrar by her children
- In memory of Tim Allen
- James Heilman
- James and Angela Thompson Foundation
- Jizo, Tallulah, Heathcliff and Bob
- John Caulkins
- John Templeton Foundation
- Joseph K. McLaughlin
- Kevin O'Shea
- Marc Haas Foundation
- Mark Heising and Liz Simons
- Michael & Xochi Birch
- Milonja Bjelic
- NEUBOX LLC
- Pat and Eva Condon Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation
- Peter Wheeler and Elizabeth Munro
- Ravi Kalidindi
- RetailMeNot
- Richard Lounsbery Foundation
- Scott Wolf
- Shaked Family, Tel Aviv
- Takashi Kousaka
- Toni Godfrey
- Tripling Elephants
- Wisdom & Compassion
- Witizen.org
- Anonymous Donors
Sustaining donors ($1,000 – $4,999)
- 邱文涛 and Family
- Aaron Hung
- Ad Davidse & Cathie Schrier
- Adam Carte
- Adrian Holovaty
- Alex Ezra Cable
- Alex and Lily Wang
- Alex Rigopulos
- Alexandre Haag
- Alisa O'Leary
- Altaire Productions and Publications
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- Anatoly Milashevich
- Andrea F. Carret
- Anna Scott
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- Bill Edwards and Ron Bailey
- Billy Zhao
- Brendan Dyson
- Brian Cairns
- Brian McInnis
- Bryan Culbertson
- Bryce and Shonni Peterson
- Candace O'Denver
- Card Hub
- Carl de Marcken
- Chad & Kim Wagner
- Charles Engelke and Laurie White
- Charles Morgan
- ChatContacts.com
- Chris Anderson
- Chris and Nicole Heathwood
- Christopher J. Lingle
- Cindy L. Barber
- Claudia and Joseph Walter
- Cookie's Bustle
- CouponAlbum.com
- Credit Card Forum
- Crystal Chen, MD
- Dalibor Antonic
- Damian Farry
- Dave Arneson
- Dave and Dani Coleman
- David and Michele Joerg
- David Bydeley
- David Mumford
- David Weiler
- De Giorgi
- Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology
- Diya Obeid, JobDiva, Inc.
- Don Husby
- Donald and Jill Knuth
- Doug and Carrie Standley
- Douglas Jaffe
- Dr. Jack Widrich Foundation
- Dr. Robert E. Williamson
- Drew Perkins
- Duane Phillips
- Dylan Parker
- Eddie Wu
- Elon Musk
- En souvenir de Réal Labelle
- Eric Koegler
- Eugene Mesgar
- Fatima Al-Sabah
- For Tejas and Taarika Raghuram
- Franck Pion
- Franz Heinsen
- Freeman Foundation
- Friends of The Web
- Gheorghe R. Ganea
- Gil Michaels
- Good Bear Corp
- Grattan Institute
- Graeme Birchall
- Greg Zeschuk
- Gregg and Libby Lindahl
- Hamilton Foundation
- Henry Bean and Leora Barish
- H.N. Hoffman, III Foundation
- Igor Kopylov
- In honor of B. Hesper
- In honor of Charles F. Hebert
- In honor of H.W. Roberson
- In honor of Jimmy Wales and SJ Klein, Jr.
- In honor of Kellie Wilson
- In honor of Master Choa Kok Sui
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- Jacob Taylor and Jean Park
- Jack Baylis
- James Cho
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- Januaca Tjandra 张贻新 and Family
- Jason D. Simar
- Jason Ursaner
- Jay Jones
- Jeffrey Lamkin
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- Jeffrey Lamkin
- Jeffrey Werbalowsky
- Jennifer Kapila and Anis Qizilbash
- Jesse Ausubel
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- Joan Sherman
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- John Babcock
- John Cameron
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- Ken Geib
- Ken & Hara Durkin
- Kenneth Eddings
- Kenneth Holden
- Kent Janér
- Kenton Varda
- Kenya Kura
- Kevin Gamble
- Khris Krepcik
- Kim Spitznagel
- 'Knowledge is power. Power to the people.'
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- Lars Markhus
- Laurent Tu
- Lena Pepper
- Leong and Richards
- Lestat de Lioncourt
- Lloyd McAulay
- Luigi Tempini & Family
- Marc Forand
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- Marilyn Lucht
- Mark Duttweiler and Christine Pajak
- Mary Beth Guard
- MassageSchool.org
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- Michael Choy and Shannon Moffett
- Michael and Denise Doyen
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- Mike Estee
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- Monique Lusse
- Muhammad Dawood
- Murray Stevenson
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- Philip Rogers
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- PSW GROUP
- Puduvankunnil Udayakumar
- Purnendu Ojha
- R & A Bandela
- Raghavan Srinivasan
- Raul Carmenate
- Reservoir Labs, Inc.
- Rich Warner
- Richard and Suzanne Liu
- Richard Goldman
- Richard Kandarian
- Richard Saada
- Richard Yonash
- Rob and Anna Prestezog
- Rob Knapp, Helena Meyer-Knapp, and Alex, Emily & Malcolm Knapp
- Robert Ford
- Robert Wares
- Roger Canter
- Roger J Bamford
- Roger E. Broughton
- Rui Ueyama
- Russel Simmons
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- Sami Vanhatalo
- Sara and Josh Margulis, Honeyfund.com, Inc.
- Sara Smollett
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- Sean Hammons
- Shawn Ligocki
- skiprobert
- Soham Mazumdar
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- Stephen Fleming
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- Stephen A Sacks, MD
- Stephen Woolverton
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- StrongAuth, Inc.
- Stuart Gray
- Susan Woodward
- Suzanne and Richard Liu
- Takeshi Yoshino
- Ted Naleid
- Terry Tai
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- The Anderson Family
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- Tim Thousand, Scooter Software
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- www.ski-epic.com
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