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'''Gracias. Merci. Shukran. ''' 谢谢你.</span> <span style="font-size:85%">In every language, it means </span><span style="color:#0645AD; font-variant:small-caps;">thank you</span><span style="font-size:85%">. Thank you for sustaining Wikimedia and benefiting readers around the world. We are proud to list your name on this page, which celebrates those who gave at a very high level. Thank you again. We are honored to have you with us.</span>
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<h2> Become a Benefactor </h2>
Have questions about our giving levels or donating to the Wikimedia Foundation? Please send an email to benefactors{{@}}wikimedia.org.
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<h2> Legacy Gifts </h2>
Your gift to the Wikimedia Foundation ensures that Wikipedia is here for the next generation. Learn more about [[Legacy Gift|Legacy Gifts]].
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This page reflects gifts received between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016. [[Benefactors/2014-2015|See Benefactors 2014-2015]].
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<h2> Major Benefactors </h2>
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* [http://sloan.org Alfred P. Sloan Foundation]
* Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Bello Antoine Bello]
* Brin Wojcicki Foundation
* [http://cardsagainsthumanity.com/ Cards Against Humanity]
* Charina Endowment Fund
* Craig Newmark Philanthropic Fund
* craigslist Charitable Fund
* Erasmus Foundation
* Google Matching Gifts
* Humble Bundle
* John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
* Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
* Princess of Asturias Foundation
* The Rothschild Foundation
* Richard Seidel
* [http://www.snf.org/ Stavros Niarchos Foundation]
* Anonymous Donors (7)
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<h2> Patrons ($15,000 – $49,999) </h2>
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* Apple Matching Gift Program
* The Blackburn Family Fund
* Fund for Second Nature
* Shaked Family, Tel Aviv
* Spencer Glendon and Lisa Tung
* Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching Gifts Program
* Keel Foundation
* Jack Little
* [http://www.mathworks.com/ MathWorks]
* Microsoft Matching Gift Program
* The Shor Family Foundation
* [http://www.teterevfond.org/ Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation]
* Tides Foundation
* Tripling Elephants
* Two Sigma Investments LLC
* Anonymous Donors (6)
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<h2> Leading Donors ($5,000 – $14,999) </h2>
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* The Aber D. Unger Foundation
* Brad Abernethy
* Argosy Foundation
* David and Margaret Bettner
* [https://bitcoin.org/en/ The Bitcoin Community]
* Tor Braham
* [http://www.brickellanalytics.com/ Brickell Analytics LLC]
* Annette Campbell-White
* James Chambers
* Anurag Acharya and Madhuri Chattopadhyay
* [http://www.crossref.org Crossref]
* Carl de Marcken
* The Donnelley Foundation
* Donors to the National Combined Federal Campaigns
* The Durst Organization LP
* Eagleridge Foundation of Community Foundation, Sonoma County
* Peter Francati
* Becky & Brian Geisel
* The Grainger Foundation
* Holly Gray
* Urs Hölzle
* [https://www.homeimprovementleads.com/ Home Improvement Leads]
* John Horne
* Dave Humm
* William F Hummel
* PJ & Kendra Hyett
* Jay Jones
* Steve Kass
* Igor Kopylov
* Saori & Takashi Kousaka
* The Lehoczky Escobar Family
* [http://www.level39.co/ Level 39]
* Markle Foundation
* Darrin Massena
* Lloyd McAulay
* Bill & Marilyn McCune
* Metz Family Foundation
* Frederick A. Miller III
* Sheila Mossman
* Anton Murashov
* Pale Blue Dot
* Shyam Patel
* P&C Collins Fund at the Bessemer Trust
* [http://pediapress.com/ PediaPress GmbH]
* Perforce Foundation
* Drew Perkins
* In memory of Pedro Petersen
* Pinion Street Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
* Ed Reed
* [https://plus.google.com/102591823881851233346/about Philip Rogers]
* Bow & Erina Ruggeri
* Ruth & Peter Metz Family Foundation.
* In memory of Jerry Salo
* Isai Scheinberg
* Scooter Software
* Selz Foundation
* The Shifting Foundation, in honor of Samuel M. Seaman
* Silicon Valley Community Foundation
* Mark Heising & Liz Simons
* Russel Simmons
* Susan Isabel Foundation
* The Montgomery Family Foundation
* Tungare Manohar Family Foundation
* Jaime & Elliot Turner
* William Van der Kloot
* Keridy and Geoffrey Williams
* Samantha Xu
* Donors of YourCause
* Anonymous Donors (63)
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<h2> Sustaining donors ($1,000 – $4,999) </h2>
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* ACON Laboratories, Inc.
* AIG Matching Grants Program
* Alex Aizman
* Amina Omar Assem Akil
* David R. Albrecht
* AmazonSmile Foundation
* America's Charities
* American Express Company Employee Giving Program
* Amgen Foundation
* Mashrur Anam - [http://www.lifeharmonized.com/ Life Harmonized]
* In memory of Sam & Lillian Anderman
* Ansel, Alison & Alden Ashby
* Greg Apodaca
* Maite Arango
* Etienne Ardant
* Dimitris Armaos
* Jesse Ausubel
* Sam & Sylvia Autrey
* François Badelon
* Prabhu & Rina Balasubramanian
* Juliana & James Bancroft
* R & A Bandela
* Cori Bargmann
* Kevin Barone
* Douglas Bates and Mini Pathria
* Kathy Bates
* Peter Baumann
* Stefan Bengtsson
* Peter Bing
* Graeme Birchall
* [https://libertyvps.net/ Bitcoin VPS by LibertyVPS]
* Brent Blumenstein
* Boeing Co. Matching Gifts
* Barry William Boehm
* David C. Bohnett
* Artem Bolgar
* Honoring Beverly & George Bond
* James S. Bostwick
* Bill and Joann Boyd
* Bright Horizon Fund
* Daniel Brönnimann
* Phil Brown
* James Buckingham
* In honor of Saeed Buraik
* Barry Buzan
* David Bydeley
* Brian Cairns
* Craig Campbell
* Rob Capps
* Timothy Carey
* Raul Carmenate
* Jason Carroll
* Sally Cartwright
* William Cassidy
* Caithness Foundation
* Ian Chan
* Nathan Chan
* Charles Maxfield & Gloria F. Parrish Foundation
* Jim Chervenak
* Howell Chickering
* Chevron Humankind Matching Gifts Program
* James Cho & Sophia Kim
* In loving memory of N.Gandhi Chowdary, Penumuli
* Michael Choy & Shannon Moffett
* Nicholas Chu & Vivian Fuh
* Michelle Chuang
* Anne Marie Cole
* In Memory of Giuseppe Colnaghi
* Luke Comer
* Ryan Conlon
* Guy Connolly
* Ryan Coonan
* Christopher Cowart
* In memory of Deborah Cowan
* Stone Coxhead
* Meg Coyle
* [http://www.criticalmass.com/ Critical Mass]
* In memory of Oliver Cromwell
* Daboosh Family, Israel
* Database Consulting Group
* Dauber Foundation
* Laszlo Deak
* Carole Deitrich
* Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation U.S. Matching Gifts Program
* Joshua S. Dillon
* Alex Dingle
* Sibbald Doan
* Anne Doerr
* William Dougherty
* Frank H. Douglas
* Dr. Jack Wildrich Foundation
* Matías Duarte
* Philippe Dunsky, Dunsky Energy Consulting
* Edgar Durbin
* Susanne Durst
* The Durst Family
* Mark Duttweiler and Christine Pajak
* Kenneth Eddings
* Ron Bailey & Bill Edwards
* Evgenia Emets
* Ryan Ericson
* Alan Eustace
* Timo Ewalds
* [http://abefaragfamilyfoundation.org/pages/wikimedia-foundation.html Abe Farag Family Foundation]
* Megan and Matthew Feinberg
* Yoseph Feit
* Arlen Feldman & Adriana Wood
* [https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/ Feral Interactive]
* Anne & Russ Fernald
* Renée B. Fisher Foundation
* John Fisher
* Gerald & Nancy Fishman
* In memory of Joseph A Fleck Jr
* Margaret Flickinger
* Norman & Jill Fogelsong
* David Ford
* Robert Ford
* William Ford
* Gregory Fox
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethfraley/ Elizabeth] and [https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-fraley-1975a71/ Paul Fraley]
* Bill & Peri Frantz
* David Fry and Meidee Goh
* Paul Funk
* In memory of Mikhail Galperin
* Kevin Gamble
* Marjorie Gasser
* Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Matching Gifts Program
* GE Foundation Matching Gifts
* Ken Geib
* George & Alice Rich Charitable Foundation
* James George
* James S George
* Betty Harrell Gerlack
* John Giannandrea
* Tyson & Elizabeth Gill
* Sam & Emily Glick
* Jeff & Kelly Glisch
* Lisa & Evan Goldberg
* J. Alex Graeffe
* Grainger Matching Gifts Program
* Brad Grantham and Kris Ingram
* Green Bicycle Fund
* Lawrence Greenfield
* Dan Grossman
* Mary Beth Guard
* Frans Guepin
* In memory of Chandrashekhar Gupta, Udaipur, from Prakhar Prerak Akta Pravin
* Linne Ha
* Alexandre Haag
* Joanna Haas
* Pauliana and Eric Hall
* The Hamilton Foundation
* Robert Hanek
* Janet and Richard Hart
* Wayne Hathaway
* Marshall Hawks
* Philipp Haydn
* Healers Who Share
* [https://www.healthinsurance.org/ healthinsurance.org]
* Joachim Heck
* Vanessa Heckman and Brett Babin
* James Heilman
* Paul Henry
* Nick Hodulik & Jonathan Taylor
* David Hoff
* Kenneth Holden
* Jay Hormel
* Celia and Daniel Huber
* Hulston Family Foundation
* PJ & Kendra Hyett
* IBM Employee Donations
* Carla and Philippe Ifrah
* [http://www.intetics.com/ Intetics Co.]
* Douglas Jaffe
* Micah Jaffe
* Dirk Jagdmann
* Kent Janér
* Donald Jaycox
* Amy and Josh Jernigan
* Mark Johnson
* Boyan Jovanovic
* In honor of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam APJ Abdul Kalam], former President of India
* Kae Kanya 清鸿 / Januaca 张贻新 and Family
* Hans Kaper
* Mitch Kapor
* Jane Ilene Katims
* Pritam Kaur
* Aruna & Sudhakar Kaveeshwar
* KeepCalling
* Austin & Ashley Kelmore
* Kelly and Jeff
* The Keough Family Foundation
* Jack Kessler
* In memory of Charles Kettering
* Michael W. Kidd
* Bennett Killmer & Julie Hirschfeld
* Donald King Jr
* Sam King
* The Kipping Family
* Ficus and Beth Kirkpatrick
* Robin Kirkwood
* Igor Kliakhandler
* Jeffrey Knauth
* Keen Yung Kong
* Hal Krisbergh
* Gene Kusmiak
* En souvenir de Réal Labelle
* Jeffrey Lamkin
* Laurence Lapeyre
* Diane and John Laxmi
* 乐进会
* Leo Model Foundation
* The Leon Levy Foundation
* Leon and Helen Church Family Foundation
* Hedi Lieberman
* Gregg and Libby Lindahl
* Michelle Linden & Cameron Cavalier
* Christopher J. Lingle
* John Longres & Jeff Graham
* Joseph Love & Laurie Reynolds
* The Lowry Family
* Marilyn Lucht
* James & Katherine Luedke
* Jennifer Luft
* Inspired by Robert Lukasiak
* Lyman and Kathryn Lyons
* [http://www.mabtools.eu/en/ MABTOOLS]
* Matthew Mackall
* Anup Mantri
* Sara and Josh Margulis
* Lars Markhus
* Jason May
* Elizabeth McGlynn
* June Medina
* [http://www.meltwater.com/ Data Science team at Meltwater Group]
* Steve and Carol Memishian
* Merck Foundation
* Sally Merfeld
* Marc Mezzacca
* Helen and Stephen Mildenhall
* Steven Miller & Pat Meyer
* Ryan Mills
* Craig Minassian
* Dr. L. David Mirkin
* Mildred & Radhe Mohan
* Moneta Asset Management
* Miles Morland
* Brynn Mow
* The Mudd Foundation
* Amy D. Mullen
* David Mumford
* Jasmine Nabi
* Greg Nasmyth
* Naida S. Wharton Foundation
* Nathaniel P. and Lacy Edmundson Turner Fund of The Dallas Foundation
* Nead Werx, Inc.
* Seth Neiman
* Gregory Nelson
* Jerrold Newman/Willowridge Partners, Inc
* Benjamin Novak
* Diya Obeid
* Purnendu Ojha
* Lennox Olney
* In honor of the Oviatt Library at Cal State University, Northridge
* P&C Collins Fund
* Pale Blue Dot
* Jhilmil Pandit & Punchhi Pandit
* Paradox Interactive
* Philipp Patch
* In memory of my beloved mother, Pravina Patel
* Terrance D. Paul
* Ahmet Peynircioğlu
* Drew Perkins
* Bryce and Shonni Peterson
* In memory of Andrew Phillips
* In memory of Donald R. Pieper
* Gustavo Pierini
* Rahn Pitzer
* William Pollock
* Dan and Gail Powell
* Stephen Powelson
* Rob and Anna Prestezog
* Thomas G. Pretlow II
* William Prinzmetal
* Joseph Pristritto
* Lawrence P. and Teresa L. Pulliam
* Qualcomm Matching Gifts Program
* Robert Quillin
* Christine Raimondi
* [http://sabdam.com Venkat Ramdass]
* Tom and Xiaoling Rawson
* Raymond Family Foundation
* Rear Admiral Gametools
* Richard and Lisa Reichman
* Ax T. Remus
* Nancy B. Coleman & Paul M. Resch
* Paul Resnick and Caroline Richardson
* Sean Rhea and Lucy Almers
* Tom Rocklin, in memory of Kim Ephgrave
* Kathleen Rogers & Rick Teller
* Ileana Roman & Sam Roman
* Ellen Rory
* Donald Rosenfeld
* Jesse I Rosenthal
* Wayne Rosing
* Dennis Rossman
* Richard Royce
* Lorne Runge
* M. Duane Rutledge
* [http://www.rtda.com Runtime Design Automation]
* Barbara Ryan
* Richard Saada
* Yacine Saidji
* Thomas Salander
* Salesforce.com Foundation Matching Gifts
* Dr Steven G. Sanders
* David Sassen
* Scott Satterwhite
* Steve Schlossstein
* E. Schmale
* Richard Schmidt
* Roy Schneiderman
* Robert Schroeder
* Mick Seaman
* In memory of Judy Sena
* Jiseon Shin
* Michael Shimoide
* Edward and Elaine Shoben
* Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
* skiprobert
* Dick Smith, Sydney, Australia
* Walt Smith
* Sara Smollett
* Anne Soder
* The Solera Family
* Jordan Sorensen
* Sprague Foundation
* David Squire
* James Stanard
* G. & M. Swaminathan
* The Swift River Fund
* Yew-Koon Tan
* Yael Taqqu and Jeremy Levine
* Peter Taubkin
* [http://www.teslagovernment.com/ Tesla Government Inc.]
* Texas Gulf Bank
* Thanksgiving Fund
* Thatai Family
* Lloyd L. Thoms Jr.
* Rabbi Rob and Lauren Thomas
* Tikvah Philanthropic Fund
* Stephen Todd
* Kit Transue
* Timothy Tully
* Bobby and Natalie Tulsiani
* [https://plus.google.com/116196845534543846033/about Rui Ueyama]
* Peter Ungar
* Jason Ursaner
* In Memory of Mary and Theodore Urzy
* James Uttley
* Evelien & Maarten Vaandrager
* Erik Vaaler
* David L. Van Brunt
* In Memory of Caryl Van Houten
* Jason VanWees
* David Vaughn
* Barbara Vdovc
* VMware Foundation
* Robert Wares
* Jim and Judy Warner
* Rich Warner
* Thomas Wentzler
* Kaz Westen
* The Wexler Family, Maryland
* Janet White and Michael Clark
* Robert Whitehair
* William Wilby
* Ms. Caryl and Janice McNeilly and Dr. Robert E. Williamson
* James & Denise Wilson
* Wil Wilstro
* In memory of Frank and Helen Wolf
* The Wolff Family
* Daniel Wong - Stand back, I'm going to try SCIENCE!
* Oliver Wright
* Yahoo Employee Funds Matching Gifts
* Stanley Yamane
* Lisha Yang
* Xuejun Yang
* Alice Young
* Jonathan Young
* Zephyr Charitable Foundation
* Jianhong Zhou & Ben Escoto
* Anonymous Donors (463)
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