We are grateful to be supported by people around the world in so many ways. Writers, editors, photographers, teachers, programmers, designers, and donors all contribute towards the fulfillment of our mission. We give special thanks to those who donated 1,000 USD and more between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016.
Major Benefactors
($50,000+)
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin Trust
- Antoine Bello
- Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation
- Brin Wojcicki Foundation
- Cards Against Humanity
- Charina Endowment Fund
- craigslist Charitable Fund
- Craig Newmark Philanthropic Fund
- Erasmus Foundation
- Google Matching Gifts
- Humble Bundle
- John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
- Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
- PayPal Giving Fund Community
- Princess of Asturias Foundation
- The Rothschild Foundation
- Richard Seidel and Caren Kaplan
- Anonymous (5)
Patrons
($15,000 – $49,999)
- Apple Matching Gifts Program
- Spencer Glendon and Lisa Tung
- Goldman, Sachs, & Co. Matching Gifts Program
- Keel Foundation
- Jack Little
- MathWorks
- Network For Good
- Shaked Family, Tel Aviv
- The Shor Family Foundation
- Tradebot Ventures, Inc.
- Tripling Elephants
- Two Sigma Investments LLC
- Anonymous (10)
Leading Donors
($5,000 – $14,999)
- The Aber D Unger Foundation
- Brad Abernethy
- Adobe
- Argosy Foundation
- Bank of America Matching Gifts Program
- David and Margaret Bettner
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- The Bitcoin Community
- The Blackburn Family Fund
- The Boeing Company Gift Match
- Tor Braham
- Brickell Analytics LLC
- Annette Campbell-White
- James Chambers
- Chevron Matching Employee Funds
- Crossref
- Carl de Marcken
- The Donnelley Foundation
- Donors to the National Combined Federal Campaign
- The Durst Organization LP
- Eagleridge Foundation of Community Foundation, Sonoma County
- Peter Francati
- GE Foundation
- Becky & Brian Geisel
- Holly Gray
- Mark Heising and Elizabeth Simons Fund
- Hanna Hopp
- John Horne
- David Humm
- William F Hummel
- PJ & Kendra Hyett
- Jay Jones
- Steve Kass
- KeepCalling
- Igor Kopylov
- Saori & Takashi Kousaka
- The Lehoczky Escobar Family
- Darrin Massena
- Lloyd McAulay
- Bill and Marilyn McCune
- Fred Miller
- The Montgomery Family Foundation
- Sheila Mossman
- The New York Community Trust
- Oracle Corporation Matching Gifts Program
- Shyam Patel
- PediaPress GmbH
- Perforce Foundation
- Drew Perkins
- In memory of Pedro Petersen
- Pinion Street Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
- RetailMeNot
- Philip Rogers
- Ruth and Peter Metz Family Foundation
- Barbara Ryan
- Salesforce.org
- In memory of Jerry Salo
- Isai Scheinberg
- Scooter Software
- Selz Foundation
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp
- Susan Isabel Foundation
- Tungare Manohar Family Foundation
- Jaime and Elliot Turner
- William Van der Kloot
- Samantha Xu
- Anonymous (90)
Sustaining Donors
($1,000 – $4,999)
- Abe Farag Family Foundation
- Agilent Employee Giving Campaign
- American Express Company Employee Giving Program
- Ameriprise Financial
- Amgen Foundation
- Mashrur Anam — Life Harmonized
- Ansel, Alison and Alden Ashby
- AON Foundation
- Maite Arango
- Etienne Ardant
- Ben Arthur
- AT&T Employee Giving Campaign
- Jesse Ausubel
- Sam and Sylvia Autrey
- Autodesk Foundation Employee Engagement Fund
- BD Group
- François Badelon
- Prabhu & Rina Balasubramanian
- Juliana & James Bancroft
- R & A Bandela
- Cori Bargmann
- Kevin Barone
- Douglas Bates and Mini Pathria
- Kathy Bates
- Battelle
- Peter Baumann
- Stefan Bengtsson
- Peter Bing
- Graeme Birchall
- BlackRock Matching Gifts Program
- Bloomberg LP
- Brent Blumenstein
- BMS Matching Gift Program
- Barry William Boehm
- Boeing Co Employee Individual Giving Program
- David C. Bohnett
- Artem Bolgar
- Honoring Beverly & George Bond
- Bill and Joann Boyd
- BP Foundation, Inc.
- Bright Horizon Fund
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Giving Program
- Daniel Brönnimann
- Phil and Valerie Brown
- James Buckingham
- Barry Buzan
- David Bydeley
- Brian Cairns
- Craig Campbell
- Rob Capps
- Timothy Carey
- Raul Carmenate
- Jason Carroll
- Sally Cartwright
- CA Technologies Matching Gift Program
- William Cassidy
- Ian Chan
- Charitable Flex Fund
- Charles Maxfield Parrish and Gloria F. Parrish Foundation
- Jim Chervenak
- Howell Chickering
- James Cho and Sophia Kim
- Michael Choy & Shannon Moffett
- In loving memory of N. Gandhi Chowdary, Penumuli
- Michelle Chuang
- Coca-Cola Company
- Anne Marie Cole
- Nancy B. Coleman & Paul M. Resch
- In Memory of Giuseppe Colnaghi
- Luke Comer
- Ryan Conlon
- Guy Connolly
- Conoco Phillips Gift Matching
- Ryan Coonan
- In memory of Deborah Cowan
- Christopher Cowart
- Stone Coxhead
- Meg Coyle
- Oisin Crawley
- Critical Mass
- In memory of Oliver Cromwell
- David Dacus
- Database Consulting Group
- Lazlo Deak
- Carole Deitrich
- Dell Employees Giving Program
- Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation U.S. Matching Gifts Program
- Joshua S. Dillon
- Alex Dingle
- Sibbald Doan
- Anne Doer
- Dolby Match Program
- William Dougherty
- Frank H. Douglas
- Dr. Jack Wildrich Foundation
- Matías Duarte
- Philippe Dunsky, Dunsky Energy Consulting
- Edgar Durbin
- The Durst Family
- eBay Foundation
- Kenneth Eddings
- Electronic Arts Matching Gifts Program
- Evgenia Emets
- En souvenir de Réal Labelle
- Ryan Ericson
- Ericsson Employee Engagement Fund
- Alan Eustace
- Timo Ewalds
- Exelon Employee Giving Campaign
- Expedia Inc.
- ExxonMobil Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- Megan and Matthew Feinberg
- Yoseph Feit
- Arlen Feldman & Adriana Wood
- Feral Interactive
- Dave Ferguson and Nidhi Kalra
- Anne and Russ Fernald
- John Fisher
- Renee B. Fisher Foundation
- Gerald and Nancy Fishman
- In memory of Joseph A Fleck Jr
- Norman and Jill Fogelsong
- Ford Foundation Matching Gift Program
- David Ford
- Robert Ford
- William Ford
- Bill & Peri Frantz
- David Fry
- Paul Funk
- In memory of Mikhail Galperin
- Kevin Gamble
- Gartner (The Matching Gift Center)
- Marjorie Gasser
- Ken Geib
- Genentech Employee Giving Program
- George & Alice Rich Charitable Foundation
- Betty Harrell Gerlack
- John Giannandrea
- Tyson & Elizabeth Gill
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Sam and Emily Glick
- Jeff & Kelly Glisch
- Globalgiving Foundation Inc
- Lisa & Evan Goldberg
- J. Alex Graeffe
- Brad Grantham and Kris Ingram
- Grainger Matching Gifts Program
- 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
- healthinsurance.org
- Joachim Heck
- Vanessa Heckman and Brett Babin
- Paul Henry
- Hewlett Packard Company Foundation
- Nick Hodulik & Jonathan Taylor
- David Hoff
- Kenneth Holden
- Jay Hormel
- HP Inc
- HSBC
- Celia and Daniel Huber
- Hulston Family Foundation
- PJ & Kendra Hyett
- Carla and Philippe Ifrah
- Illinois Tool Works Foundation
- Intetics Co.
- Intuit Foundation
- Douglas Jaffe
- Micah Jaffe
- Dirk Jagdmann
- Kent Janer
- Donald Jaycox
- Amy & Josh Jernigan
- Mark Johnson
- Boyan Jovanovic
- JP Morgan Chase Foundation
- Juniper Networks Company Matching Gifts Program
- In honor of APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India
- Hans Kaper
- Jane Ilene Katims
- Pritam Kaur
- Aruna and Sudhakar Kaveeshwar
- Austin and Ashley Kelmore
- The Keough Family Foundation
- Jack Kessler
- In memory of Charles Kettering
- Michael W. Kidd
- Bennett Killmer & Julie Hirschfeld
- Sam King
- Donald King Jr
- The Kipping Family
- Ficus and Beth Kirkpatrick
- Robyn Kirkwood
- Igor Kliakhandler
- Jeffrey Knauth
- Don and Jill Knuth
- Keen Yung Kong
- Hal Krisbergh
- Jeffrey Lamkin
- Laurence Lapeyre
- Lawrence Livermore Labs
- Diane & John Laxmi
- Leo Model Foundation
- Leon Levy Foundation
- Hedi Lieberman
- Gregg and Libby Lindahl
- Michelle Linden & Cameron Cavalier
- Christopher J. Lingle
- LinkedIn Matching Gifts Program
- Local Independent Charities of America
- John Longres & Jeff Graham
- Joseph Love & Laurie Reynolds
- Marilyn Lucht
- James & Katherine Luedke
- Jennifer Luft
- Inspired by Robert Lukasiak
- Lyman and Kathryn Lyons
- MABTOOLS
- Matthew Mackall
- Anup Mantri
- Sara and Josh Margulis
- Lars Markhus
- John Marx AIA
- Jason May
- MacArthur Foundation Matching Gift Program
- Elizabeth McGlynn
- McKesson Foundation
- McKinsey & Company, Inc.
- June Medina
- Medtronic Foundation Volunteer Grant Program
- 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
- Mildred & Radhe Mohan
- Moneta Asset Management
- Morgan Stanley c/o Cybergrants, Inc.
- Miles Morland
- Brynn Mow
- The Mudd Foundation
- Amy D. Mullen
- David Mumford
- Anton Murashov
- Jasmine Nabi
- Greg Nasmyth
- Nathaniel P. and Lacy Edmundson Turner Fund of The Dallas Foundation
- Nead Werx, Inc.
- Seth Neiman
- Gregory Nelson
- Jerrold Newman/Willowridge
- Noble Energy, Inc
- Nord Family Foundation
- Nordstrom Charitable Giving
- Benjamin Novak
- Nvidia Employee Giving Program
- Diya Obeid
- Purnendu Ojha
- Lennox Olney
- Omidyar Network Fund, Inc
- In honor of the Oviatt Library at Cal State University, Northridge
- Pale Blue Dot
- Jhilmil Pandit & Punchhi Pandit
- Paradox Interactive
- Philipp Patch
- In memory of my beloved mother, Pravina Patel
- In Memory of Terrance D. Paul
- PayPal Gives Employee Engagement Fund
- P&C Collins Fund
- Bryce and Shonni Peterson
- Ahmet Peynircioğlu
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- PG&E Corporation Foundation
- In memory of Andrew G. Phillips
- In memory of Donald R. Pieper
- Gustavo Pierini
- Rahn Pitzer
- Joseph Pristritto
- William Pollock
- Dan and Gail Powell
- Stephen Powelson
- Rob and Anna Prestezog
- Thomas G. Pretlow II
- Williams Prinzmetal
- Progressive Insurance Foundation
- Prudential Financial, Inc.
- Lawrence P. & Teresa L. Pulliam
- Qualcomm Matching Gift Program
- Robert Quillin
- Christine Raimondi
- Venkat Ramdass
- Tom and Xiaoling Rawson
- Ellen Ray and Ty Mulroy
- Raymond Family Foundation
- Regeneron Matching Gift Program
- Richard and Lisa Reichman
- Ax T. Remus
- Paul Resnick and Caroline Richardson
- Rear Admiral Gametools
- Rockefeller & Co., Inc.
- Tom Rocklin, in memory of Kim Ephgrave
- Ileana Roman & Sam Roman
- Donald Rosenfeld
- Jesse I Rosenthal
- Wayne Rosing
- Dennis Rossman
- Richard Royce
- Runtime Design Automation
- Russell Investments
- M. Duane Rutledge
- Richard Saada
- Yacine Saidji
- Thomas Salander
- Salesforce Foundation
- SanDisk Corporation
- 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
- Shell Oil Company Foundation
- Michael Shimoide
- Jiseon Shin
- Edward and Elaine Shoben
- Simply Science, LLC
- Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
- skiprobert
- Dick Smith, Sydney, Australia
- Walt Smith
- Sara Smollett
- Anne Soder
- The Solera Family
- Jordan Sorensen
- Soros Fund Charitable Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- Sprague Foundation
- James Stanard
- G. & M. Swaminathan
- The Swift River Fund
- Tableau Foundation Employee Engagement Fund
- Yew-Koon Tan
- Yael Taqqu & Jeremy Levine
- Peter Taubkin
- TD Ameritrade Clearing
- Tesla Government, Inc.
- Thanksgiving Fund
- Rabbi Rob and Lauren Thomas
- Thomson Reuters My Community Program
- Tikvah Philanthropic Fund
- T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Stephen Todd
- Kit Transue
- TripAdvisor Gift Matching Program
- Timothy Tully
- Bobby and Natalie Tulsiani
- Rui Ueyama
- Peter Ungar
- United HealthCare
- Jason Ursaner
- In Memory of Mary and Theodore Urzy
- James Uttley
- Erik Vaaler
- In Memory of Caryl Van Houten
- Jason VanWees
- David Vaughn
- Barbara Vdovc
- Verizon Foundation
- Visa Matching Gifts Program
- Walt Disney Company Foundation
- Jim and Judy Warner
- Rich Warner
- Wells Fargo Community Support
- Thomas Wentzler
- Kaz Westen
- The Wexler Family, Maryland
- Naida S. Wharton
- Janet White and Michael Clark
- Robert Whitehair
- William Wilby
- Dr Robert E. Williamson
- James and Denise Wilson
- William Wilstro
- In memory of Frank and Helen Wolf
- The Wolff Family
- Daniel Wong — Stand back, I’m going to try SCIENCE!
- Workday, Inc.
- Oliver Wright
- Xcel Energy Foundation Matching Program
- Yahoo Employee Funds Matching Gifts Program
- Stanley Yamane
- Lisha Yang
- Xuejun Yang
- Alice Young
- Jonathan Young
- YourCause, LLC
- Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Jianhong Zhou and Ben Escoto
- Anonymous (471)
