Archive:Benefactors/2016-2017

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This page reflects gifts received between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017. See Benefactors 2015-2016.

Major Benefactors

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Apple Inc. Matching Gifts Program
• Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing
• Antoine Bello
• Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation
• Brin Wojcicki Foundation
• Cards Against Humanity
• Charina Endowment Fund
• Craig Newmark Foundation
• craigslist Charitable Fund
• Google Matching Gifts
• Humble Bundle
• Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
• Siegel Family Endowment
• Anonymous Donors (3)

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Patron Donors ($15,000 – $49,999)

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Matching Gift Program
• The Bitcoin Community
• Stephen Bernard Browne
• Donors to the National Combined Federal Campaigns
• Carl de Marcken
• Spencer Glendon and Lisa Tung
• Intel Corporation Matching Gifts Program
• Keel Foundation
• Jack Little
• MathWorks
• Drew Perkins
• The Shor Family Foundation
• Russel Simmons
• Tripling Elephants
• Two Sigma Investments LLC
• VMWare Foundation Matching Gifts Program
• Anonymous Donors (11)

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Leading Donors ($5,000 – $14,999)

• Adobe
• Argosy Foundation
• Bank of America Matching Gifts Program
• Kathy Bates
• Peter Bing
• The Boeing Company Gift Match
• Tor Braham
• Timothy Carey
• James Chambers
• Chevron Matching Employee Funds
• Ranae DeSantis
• Jack Dorsey
• William Dougherty
• The Durst Family
• The Durst Organization LP
• Eagleridge Foundation
• William Forrest
• GE Foundation
• Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching Gifts Program
• The Grainger Foundation
• Holly Gray
• The Gray Family (Calgary)
• Hewlett Packard Company Foundation
• John Horne
• William H Hurt
• Amy Jernigan
• John Templeton Foundation
• Jay Jones
• Scott Eric Jordan
• Steve Kass
• Ficus and Beth Kirkpatrick
• Igor Kopylov
• Saori & Takashi Kousaka
• The Lehoczky Escobar Family
• Darrin Massena
• The Montgomery Family Foundation
• Sheila Mossman
• Newgen KnowledgeWorks, Chennai
• Newsmax Media, Inc.
• Oracle Corporation Matching Gifts Program
• Shyam Patel
• PediaPress GmbH
• Pinion Street Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
• Qualcomm Matching Gift Program
• Red Oak Foundation
• Rick & Susan Goings Foundation
• Philip Rogers
• Bow Ruggeri
• Ruth & Peter Metz Family Foundation
• Salesforce.org
• Isai Scheinberg
• Scooter Software
• Mark Heising & Liz Simons
• Sprague Foundation
• Stack Exchange, Inc.
• Susan Isabel Foundation
• Richard S. Sutton
• Paul Sween
• Rabbi Rob and Lauren Thomas
• Tradebot Ventures, Inc.
• Tungare Manohar Family Foundation
• Jaime & Elliot Turner
• UnitedHealth Group
• William Van der Kloot
• Jason VanWees
• Peter Wheeler and Elizabeth Munro
• Tony Wheeler
• Bill and Cynthia Wilby
• Samantha Xu
• Yardi Systems, Inc.
• YourCause, LLC
• David and Monica Zwirner
• Anonymous Donors (85)

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Sustaining Donors ($1,000 – $4,999)

• Abt Electronics / Abt.com
• Dianne Adelberg
• In honor of Yousef A. Alsager
• Ameriprise Financial
• Amgen Foundation
• Mashhur Anam - Life Harmonized
• The Anderson Family
• Dalibor Antonic
• Maite Arango
• Ram Darshan Arora
• Jesse Ausubel
• Autodesk Foundation Employee Engagement Fund
• Sam & Sylvia Autrey
• Axiom Works, Inc
• Prabhu & Rina Balasubramanian
• R & A Bandela
• Leora Barish and Henry Bean
• Michael Barnstijn
• Douglas Bates and Mini Pathria
• BD Group
• David Beck
• Belay Foundation
• Stefan Bengtsson
• John and Nancy Benson
• William Benter
• Jayashree and K.S. Bhaskar
• Graeme Birchall
• Claude Blackburn and Family
• BlackRock Matching Gifts Program
• Carson Block
• On behalf of BMO Financial Group
• BP Foundation, Inc.
• Barry William Boehm
• Trace Bond
• Olivier Bonnet and family
• The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
• Bill and Joann Boyd
• Brickell Analytics LLC
• Bridgeville Animal Hospital
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Giving Program
• Daniel Brönnimann
• Brian and Melissa Brothers
• Phil and Valerie Brown
• Ernest L. Bruns Jr. & Sue Ann Kendall
• James Buckingham
• Sailesh Buddhavarapu
• Thomas Buhr
• Chica Burnett
• The Burnett Family
• Burt and Diana Cutler Family Foundation
• Buy Now Signal
• Barry Buzan
• David Bydeley
• Kevin C.
• CA Technologies Matching Gift Program
• Brian Cairns
• Cameron Foundation
• Craig Campbell
• Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
• Rob Capps
• Raul Carmenate
• In Memory of Andrea F. Carret
• Linda Carver & Wayne Hathaway
• William Cassidy
• Century Arts Foundation
• Charles Schwab Foundation Employee Matching Gifts Program
• Viola Chen
• Stuart Cheshire
• James Cho & Sophia Kim
• Nicholas Chu & Vivian Fuh
• Elmira Choopani & Khanh Vu
• In loving memory of N.Gandhi Chowdary, Penumuli
• Frank O. Clark, Ph.D.
• Mayree Clark
• Kathleen Collins
• Ryan Conlan
• Guy Connolly
• Conoco Phillips Gift Matching
• John and Lenore Cooney
• Thomas Cooper
• CouponBuffer.com
• CouponCause.com
• CouponFollow
• CouponLab.com
• Christopher Cowart
• Ardelle Cowie
• Stone Coxhead
• Meg Coyle
• Oisin Crawley
• Critical Mass
• In memory of Oliver Cromwell
• Cyan
• Daboosh Family, Israel
• Dauber Foundation
• Danny Dawson
• Phil and Jenni Deamer
• Carole Deitrich
• Dell Employees Giving Program
• Stephen & Elizabeth Detwiler
• Jude Deveraux
• Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation U.S. Matching Gifts Program
• Hester Diamond
• Joshua S. Dillon
• Alex Dingle
• A Sibbald Doan
• Anne Doer
• David Donoho
• Mathew Donovan
• Frank H. Douglas
• Dropbox, Inc.
• Matías Duarte
• Edgar Durbin
• Susanne Durst
• Mark Duttweiler and Christine Pajak
• eBay Foundation
• Jennifer Ann Eckstine
• Kenneth Eddings
• Ron Bailey & Bill Edwards
• Mats Stafseng Einarsen
• Gretchen Eisenach
• James Elam
• Larry and Kas Eldridge
• Ellen Coopers Paris
• Ericsson Employee Engagement Fund
• Davide G. Erro
• Exelon Employee Giving Campaign
• Expedia Inc.
• ExxonMobil Foundation Matching Gifts Program
• Peter Farrell
• Damian Farry
• Yoseph Feit
• Russell Fernald
• John Fisher
• Gerald & Nancy Fishman
• Margaret Flickinger
• Norman & Jill Fogelsong
• David Ford
• Wesley Ford
• William Ford
• Elizabeth & Paul Fraley
• Luigi Francia
• Bill & Peri Frantz
• Freeman Foundation
• Zsupun Frigyes
• David Fry and Meidee Goh
• Jackson Gabbard
• Gartner (The Matching Gift Center)
• Genentech Employee Giving Program
• George & Alice Rich Charitable Foundation
• Betty Harrell Gerlack
• Tyson & Elizabeth Gill
• Sam & Emily Glick
• Jeff & Kelly Glisch
• Globalgiving Foundation Inc
• Jack Goodman
• Richard Gorton
• J. Alex Graeffe
• Grainger Matching Gifts Program
• Ulf Grenander
• Dr. Marie R. Griffin
• Caroline and Dan Grossman
• Lisa and Chris Gruwell
• Mary Beth Guard
• Joshua and Meggan Guberman
• Frans Guepin
• Alan Guth
• Linne Ha
• Alexandre Haag
• Joanna Haas
• Ian Hall
• Pauliana and Eric Hall
• Mark D Halperin
• Lang Hames
• Sean Hammons
• Ellen Hanson and Richard Perlman
• The Harrity Family
• Janet and Richard Hart
• Healers Who Share
• Vanessa Heckman and Brett Babin
• Dick Heiser
• Stephen Henderson and James LaForce
• Paul Henry
• Nick Hodulik & Jonathan Taylor
• Kenneth Holden
• Christopher and LuAnne Hormel
• HP Inc
• HSBC
• Celia and Daniel Huber
• David Humm
• Jeffrey Hutchins
• Carla and Philippe Ifrah
• Illinois Tool Works Foundation
• International Monetary Fund
• Intetics Co.
• Intuit Foundation
• Roy Jablonka
• Douglas Jaffe
• Dirk Jagdmann
• Jalam
• Kent Janér
• The Joh Family Charitable Fund
• JP Morgan Chase Foundation
• Juniper Networks' Company Matching Gifts Program
• In honor of APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India
• Kae Kanya 清鸿 / Januaca 张贻新 and Family
• Mitch Kapor
• Danny Kaufman
• Aruna and Sudhakar Kaveeshwar
• KDSM Fund
• KeepCalling
• Susan S Kelly
• Peter Kelsey
• The Keough Family Foundation
• Jack Kessler
• Michael W. Kidd
• Donald King Jr
• In honor of Harold D. King
• Sam King
• Louise Kinkel & William August Boehmke
• Nora Klein, MD
• Igor Kliakhandler and Ekaterina Podossinnikova
• Jeffrey Knauth
• Don & Jill Knuth
• Elliott Krause
• Joshua Kwan and Angeline Protacio
• Thomas Kwiatkowski
• En souvenir de Réal Labelle
• Robert and Vivian Lamb Fund
• Jeffrey Lamkin
• Lam Research
• Laurence Lapeyre
• Lawrence Livermore Labs
• Diane & John Laxmi Family
• Jaebum Lee
• Leo Model Foundation
• David Levy
• Richard Li
• Li Lu Humanitarian Foundation
• Richard Lin
• Greg Linden
• Yonghong Lily Li
• Christopher J. Lingle
• LinkedIn Matching Gifts Program
• John Longres & Jeff Graham
• Joseph Love & Laurie Reynolds
• Jennifer Luft
• MABTOOLS
• In honor of Pessie Madan
• Williams & Christina Maddox
• Anup Mantri
• Gary Marcus
• Greg Marra and Elizabeth Dixon
• John Marx AIA
• Matshym Foundation
• Charles Maxfield Parrish and Gloria F. Parrish Foundation
• Merck Foundation
• Rosa and Brian McCormick
• Bill and Marilyn McCune
• Josh McFarland
• Elizabeth McGlynn
• McKesson Foundation Matching Gifts Program
• McKinsey & Company Matching Gift Program
• Evie and John McNiff
• Medtronic Foundation Volunteer Grant Program
• Inspired by Ann Melim
• Bardia Mesbah
• Kathleen Messina
• Marten Mickos
• Steven Miller & Patricia Meyer
• Ryan Mills
• In honor of Trudy Milne
• Craig Minassian
• Dr. L. David Mirkin
• Moneta Asset Management
• J. Stuart Moore
• Morgan Stanley c/o Cybergrants, Inc.
• Tim Mott for Sam Mott
• MRC-Holland bv
• The Mudd Foundation
• Mr. Money Mustache
• Jasmine Nabi
• Radha Narayan
• National Instruments Employee Engagement Fund
• Nead Werx, Inc.
• Netent Casino
• Netflix
• Jerrold Newman/Willowridge Partners, Inc
• Nike Employee Matching Gift Program
• Niverplast BV
• Jeremy Norman and Patricia Gilbert
• Becky Norquist
• North American Herb and Spice
• Nvidia Employee Giving Program
• Jim OBrian
• Og and Ogina
• Jocelyn Olcott
• Norm O'Neill
• Open Geo Group
• Laura O'Shea
• Others Foundation
• P&C Collins Fund at the Bessemer Trust
• Pale Blue Dot
• PayPal Gives Employee Engagement Fund
• Paradox Interactive
• Jean Park and Jacob Taylor
• James Parks
• Philipp Patch
• In memory of my beloved mother, Pravina Patel
• Paul Pedersen and Sally Johnson
• The Perullo Family
• In honor of Nick Peter
• Bjoern Peters
• The Pew Charitable Trusts
• Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
• In memory of Andrew G. Phillips
• Duane Phillips
• Joseph C. Pistritto
• James Pitcock
• Joel and Tamara Podolny
• Alexander Polsky
• Dan and Gail Powell
• Stephen Powelson
• Rob and Anna Prestezog
• Thomas G. Pretlow II
• William Prinzmetal
• PromoCodeWatch
• Prudential Financial Inc
• Quality Logo Products
• Bouchra Rachid and Nicolas Pinto
• Christine Raimondi
• Venkat Ramdass
• Marsha D Rappley, MD
• Tom and Xiaoling Rawson
• Raymond Family Foundation
• Chris Redlich Jr
• Regeneron Matching Gift Program
• Nancy B. Coleman & Paul M. Resch
• Paul Resnick and Caroline Richardson
• Paul & Lori Reszutek
• Richard and Beth Sackler Foundation
• Revouchers
• James and Cyndi Richardson
• Tim and Mary Riordan
• Green Rives
• Kathleen Rogers & Rick Teller
• Ileana Roman & Sam Roman
• Donald Rosenfeld
• Jesse I Rosenthal
• Robert Rosenthal
• Wayne Rosing
• Dennis Rossman
• Richard Royce
• Robert Rubenstien
• Flavio Rump
• Runtime
• M. Duane Rutledge
• Kavita Saini
• Shell Oil Company Foundation
• Dr Steven G. Sanders
• Sarva Mangal Family Trust
• Scott Satterwhite
• David Schloss
• E. Schmale
• Richard Schmidt
• Roy Schneiderman
• Robert Schroeder
• Tony Schwartz and Deborah Pines
• The Schweitzer Family
• Mick & Alison Seaman
• Raquel Sefton and J. Daniel Sharp
• Selz Foundation
• Bertrand Serlet
• Jerome Seydoux
• Michael Shannon
• Nathaniel Sharpe
• Shell Matching Gifts Program
• Michael Shimoide
• Theodore C. Shiveley
• Edward and Elaine Shoben
• Benjamin Wiley Sittler and Rebecca Middleton
• www.ski-epic.com
• Sara Smollett
• Anne Soder
• Jordan Sorensen
• S&P Global Community Matching Gifts Program
• Spelautomater Casino
• Joel Spiegel
• Squiddershins.com
• D. Squire
• James Stanard
• Thomas Stanis
• Standard Insurance
• StartPage.com
• Leonard Steuart (Skip)
• Steuart Foundation
• Stormy and Rusty
• G. & M. Swaminathan
• Robert C Switzer III, Ph.D.
• Tableau Foundation Employee Engagement Fund
• Steve Tai and Kin-Ching Wu
• Vincent Talbot
• Yael Taqqu and Jeremy Levine
• Tyrus and Samantha Tenneson
• John S Thompson
• Thomson Reuters My Community Program
• T-Mobile USA, Inc
• Jonathan Tobert
• Kit Transue
• TripAdvisor Gift Matching Program
• Ben Tristem
• Ashok Trivedi
• Truist
• U-Blox
• Puduvankunnil Udayakumar
• Rui Ueyama
• Peter Ungar
• United Technologies Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant Programs
• Jason Ursaner
• In Memory of Mary and Theodore Urzy
• James Uttley
• Erik Vaaler
• Vafa Family
• Verizon Foundation
• Maximilian Vermilye
• Visa Matching Gifts Program
• Ernst Volgenau
• Jennifer and Luke Wagner
• In memory of Jack Wahl
• Ted Waitt
• Walt Disney Company Foundation
• Yejun Wang and Minmin Cui
• Robert Wares
• Jim and Judy Warner
• Rich Warner
• Wells Fargo Community Support
• 丁磊
• Naida S. Wharton
• Janet White and Michael Clark
• Benjamin Wiley Sittler and Rebecca Middleton
• John and Lacey Williams Family
• Ms. Caryl and Janice McNeilly and Dr. Robert E. Williamson
• Wil Wilstro
• The Witter Family
• The Wolff Family
• Daniel Wong - Love trumps hate
• Workday, Inc.
• Yahoo Employee Funds Matching Gifts
• Hiroo Yamagata
• Alan Frederick Young
• Alice Young
• Mimi Yu
• Brandon Zehm
• Zephyr Charitable Foundation
• Yuan Zheng & Jeffrey van Gogh
• Patricia Ziel
• Brian Zingale
• Matt Zukowski
• Anonymous Donors (553)

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