Our Supporters

As of June 2020

The Tech Interactive gratefully acknowledges the following corporations, foundations and government agencies for their gifts to the Annual Fund, which supports exhibits and programs that inspire innovators locally and globally.

For inquiries about the Affiliate program, email corporate@thetech.org.

Inspirational: $1,000,000 and above
Anonymous
City of San José

Benefactor: $250,000-$999,999
The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Visionary: $100,000-$249,999
Applied Materials, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Davidson Family Foundation
Dell Technologies
Gilead
Mozilla
NetApp, Inc.
Stanford Children's Health

Founding: $50,000-$99,999
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Arm
AT&T Foundation
Bank of America
eBay
EY
Forever Young Foundation
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Intuitive
Mayfield Fund Foundation
Monterey Peninsula Foundation, 
      host of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
National Science Foundation
PayPal, Inc.
PwC Charitable Foundation
SAP
Seagate Technology, Inc.
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Principal: $25,000-$49,999
Accenture
Amgen Foundation
Asset Management Company
Deloitte
Ford Motor Company
Genentech, Inc.
GoDaddy
Google, Inc.
Intel Corporation
Koret Foundation
KPMG LLP
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Marvell Semiconductor
Micron Technology Foundation
Oracle Corporation
Quest Foundation
Resonance Philanthropies
Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation's Donor Circle for the Environment
Xilinx, Inc.
Zoom Video Communications

Underwriting: $10,000-$24,999
AMD
Association of Science and Technology Centers
Box, Inc.
First Tech Federal Credit Union
Glynn Capital Management
Goldman Sachs
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction, Co.
Heising-Simons Foundation
Hitachi Vantara LLC
Huntsman Gay Global Capital
IBM
Jefferies LLC
Juniper Networks
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
KLA Foundation
Markkula Foundation
Micro Lithography, Inc.
Microchip Technology, Inc.
The Moca Foundation
NYSCI
oneZero Financial Systems
Palo Alto Networks
Qualcomm
Radar Partners
Renesas Electronics
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Tech CU
Toeniskoetter Construction
Valley Water
Western Digital
Workday

Investing: $5,000-$9,999
Amazon
Best Buy Foundation
The Bronson Group LLC
Cadence
Champion Charities
Cooley, LLC
Flex
Forescout Technologies
Kaiser Permanente
Monolithic Power Systems
Northrop Grumman
NXP Semiconductor
Samsung
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Sharks Foundation
Sita Foundation
SK Hynix
Stanford Blood Center
Synopsys, Inc.
Trewstar
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
VMware

Sponsoring: $2,500-$4,999
Facebook, Inc.
Maxim Integrated
Medius
Morrison & Foerster Foundation
San Jose Water Company
Swenson

Entrepreneurial: $1,000-$2,499
Lexus of Stevens Creek
Misumi

In Kind
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Arm
Atlassian
Autodesk
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Event Architects
Fairmont San Jose
Google, Inc.
HTC Vive
Inspirato
Robin Lehman Glass
J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines
Nelson Cash, Inc.
Tallo
Poly
United Airlines
Zoom

As of June 2020
The Tech Interactive gratefully acknowledges individual contributors of $10,000 or more to the Annual Fund, which supports exhibits and programs that inspire young innovators locally and globally.

For inquiries about the Inspiration Circle, please email Michelle Dreyband at mdreyband@thetech.org.

Benefactor $250,000 and above
Ann Howland Doerr and John Doerr
Denise Foderaro and Frank Quattrone
Charmaine and Dan Warmenhoven

Visionary $100,000 and above
Barbara and William Heil, Jr.
House Family Foundation
Catherine and Franklin "Pitch" Johnson
Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation
Judy and Erica Swanson
The Ann Wojcicki Foundation

Founder $50,000 - $99,999
Marimo Berk
Eileen and Christopher DiGiorgio
Grimm Family Fund
James and Katherine Lau Foundation
Lorry Lokey
Deedee McMurtry
Gordon and Betty Moore
The Moore Family Foundation
Jami Dover Nachtsheim and Stephen Nachtsheim
The Scott Foundation

Principal $25,000 - $49,999
Ann S. Bowers
Connie and Jerry Held
Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation
Shannon and Joseph Kava
Gloria Chen and John Kibarian
Ludwick Family Foundation
Maureen Langan and David Mewes
Milligan Family Charitable Fund
Amy and Matthew Sapp
Smith Family Foundation
John M. Sobrato, Jr.
J.A. Unruh Family Foundation

Innovator $10,000 - $24,999
Barnholt Family Foundation
Janice and Thomas Berthold
Penelope and E. Ronald Blake
Mary Lee and Edward Cannizzaro
Casey and Jack Carsten
Gloria and Michael Chiang
Somesh Dash
Esther John and Aart de Geus
Susan and John Diekman
Renu and Dhrumil Gandhi
Helen Geogerian
Barbara and John Glynn
Tracy Young and Ralph Gootee
Kenneth Haughton
Melinda Borjon Heinlein and John Heinlein
Trine Sorensen and Michael Jacobson
Neeru and Vinod Khosla
Jaynie and William Kind
Janie and Wayne Lambert
David H. Liu Foundation
DJ Patil
Janine Pelosi
Josie and Daniel Perez
Susan and Richard Roche
Donna Dubinsky and Leonard Shustek
Vadasz Family Foundation
Jack R. Wheatley

As of June 2020
The Tech Interactive gratefully acknowledges individual contributors who have given between $1,000 and $9,999 to the Annual Fund, which supports exhibits and programs that inspire young innovators locally and globally.

For inquiries about the Leadership Circle, please email Michelle Dreyband at mdreyband@thetech.org.

Investing $5,000 - $9,999
Ariko Family Foundation
Atkinson Foundation
Bell Family Foundation
Robert E. and Adele Boydston Foundation
Stephanie D. Brown
Liz and Mark Centoni
Cushman Family Foundation
Kathy and James Deichen
Jennifer and Matias Duarte
Ana and Carl Eschenbach, Jr.
The Brett & Michelle Galloway Foundation
Stella B. Gross Charitable Trust
Eva Grove
Darlene Markovich and Ronald Haak
Christina and Mike Heald
Maureen and David Kennedy
Michele and Steve Kirsch
Kathleen and Smith McKeithen
Julie Packard
Jin and CS Park
Christine and Tim Ritchie
Sathaye Family Foundation
Michelle and David Tang

Sponsoring $2,500 - $4,999
Jeryl & Ron Abelmann
Robert Bynum
Dana Evan Family
Rita Chen and Colin Fan
Patricia and Martin Giles
Hitz Foundation
Shilin Jiang and Gregory Luth
Shawn and Douglas MacKenzie
Marnie Mar
Myriam Curet & Timothy McAdams
Jill and Tom McEnery
Kim Worsencroft and David McEvoy
Shara and David Morishige
Dona and Keith Munsch
Cindy and Randy Pond
Hal Powell
Shonelle and Robert Quattlebaum
Beth and Stephen Robie
Nicolette St. Angel
Fred St. Goar
Mary Murphy and Mark Stevens
Jana Van DeGoor-Washington and Kenneth Washington
Elizabeth Wilner

Entrepreneurial $1,000 - $2,499
Mala Anand
Mechelle and Manny Barbara
Barbara and Frank Barone
Christine Barrese
Laura Barton
Amy Barzdukas
Paul Billig
Chris Boyd
Sally and Rich Braugh
Karin and Steven Chase
Shari Clare
Sharon Jacobs And David Cohan
Sandi and Richard Conniff
Peggy and Yogen Dalal
Kim and Mohana Dissanayake
Celia and Jim Dudley
Joan and Alan Earhart
John A. Elliott
Concepcion and Irwin Federman
Elwanda and William Fenwick
Fischer Family Foundation
Gretchen Walker and Jason Freeman
Renu and Dhrumil Gandhi
Wanda and Lance Ginner
Janna Groisman and Aymeric Gisselbrecht
Susan Valeriote and Ken Goldman
Raquel Gonzalez
Hon Mai and Joseph Goodman
Dawn and Gary Guthart
Munira Shamim And Amer Haider
Jan Half
Arline and James Harper
Peggy and Fred Heiman
Cynthia and Betrand Irissou
Atsuko and Tim Jenks
Sanjeev Katariya
Sylvia and James Katzman
Wendy Kennedy
Kieve Foundation
Jennifer Konecny
Michael and Ina Korek Foundation Trust
Jennifer and Randall Krenzin
Erica Krishnamurthy
Terry and Bill Krivan
Kelly Castellón and Brian Kroneman
Catherine Lego
Laura Becker-Lewke and Reynold Lewke
Diane Lovelace
Rhonda and Vinod Mahendroo
Ann and Robert Marangell
Christina and Greg Mayer
Lisa Morgan
Janice Nelson
Pat O'Connor
Jennifer Ondrejka
Anthony and Maria Pappas
Penner Family Foundation
Jan and Don Provan
Cathy and Roger Quinlan
Catherine Rossi-Roos and Mark Roos
Kathleen Rydar
Simon Segars
Shadi Allen and Chad Seiler
Don Shepley
Cheryl and Lonnie Smith
Rachael Danielle Staudt
Connie and Rod Swanson
Bria and Peter Thompson
Teri and Christian Treille
Fiona O'Dwyer Vaillant and Jean-Luc Vaillant
Nathalie and Gaurav Verma
Rachel and Jon Wilner
Elizabeth Wolf
Linda and King Won
Nousheen Eslambolchi and Pete Woodhouse
Elizabeth Yin
Jo and Ed Zschau

As of January 2020

The Tech Interactive gratefully acknowledges individuals who have provided legacy gifts in their estate plans to inspire future generations of innovators.

John G. Adler
Anonymous
Susan and John Diekman
Nancy S. Mueller and Bob Fox
Leanne H. and Peter B. Giles
Marion and Robert Grimm
Joan and Mike Hackworth
Maureen and David Kennedy
Karen and Richard King
Terry and Bill Krivan
Laura Becker-Lewke and Reynold Lewke
Lorry Lokey
Deedee and Burton McMurtry
Carole and Donald Norling
Marilyn and David Pratt
Charles H. Rulofson
Anne and Peter Thorp
Louise Hornor and Sean Welsh

The Tech gratefully acknowledges the Endowment investors helping us to ensure our future is secure, so that we will always be able to inspire the innovator in everyone.

Distinguished Investors
Anonymous
Marie and William Bianco
Ann S. Bowers
Ann Howland-Doerr and John Doerr
Joan and Michael Hackworth
Intel Corporation
Knight Ridder
Deedee and Burton McMurtry
Denise and Frank Quattrone
Mary Lois and Jack Wheatley

Lead Investors
Applied Materials, Inc.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Honored Investors
Susan and John Diekman
The Hearst Foundation, Inc.
Cathie and Pitch Johnson
Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
Ronya and George Kozmetsky
Pamela and C. Richard Kramlich
The James and Rebecca Morgan Family Foundation
Marilyn and David Pratt
Connie and Tony Ridder

Founding Investors
Anonymous
Jimi and Ned Barnholt
Aneel Bhusri
Danielle and George Boutros
Bill Brady
Helen and Jim Carreker
Signe Ostby and Scott Cook
Donna Chiaro and John P. Cromwell
Mory Ejabat
Barbara and John Glynn
Barbara and Bill Heil
Connie and Jerry Held
The Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation
The Ludwick Family Foundation
The Santa Rita Foundation
Lata Krishnan and Ajay Shah
The Anthony Zingale Family

Visionary Investors
Anonymous
Marcia and Paul Cook
Kristen and William Del Biaggio III
Michele and Isy Goldwasser
Audrey MacLean and Michael Clair
Lida and Alex Zaffaroni

Entrepreneurial Investors
Anonymous
Elaine and John Chambers
Kathy and James Deichen
Lori and Joe Fabris
Concepcion and Irwin Federman
Beverly and Kenneth Haughton
The Dan Klesken Endowment
Lauren and William Younger

Investors
BancBoston Robertson Stephens
Elizabeth and Stephen D. Bechtel
Gwen and Gordon Bell
Susan and Mark Bertelsen
Jennifer and J. Philip DiNapoli
Richard Elkus, Jr.
Mary Jane and William Elmore
Joseph M. Juran
Maureen and David Kennedy
Sherrill and Frederick Kobrick
Jennifer Konecny
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space
Natalie and Rolando Loera
William S. McKiernan
Betty and Gordon Moore
Nancy and Mihir Parikh
Dorothy and Joseph Reagan
Susan and Gregory Reznick
Joyce M. Taylor
Rachel and Donald Valentine
Angela and Mark Wolfenberger

As of June 2020
The Tech Interactive would like to thank the following individuals, corporations and foundations for their support of our Tech 3.0 campaign. This campaign began in 2012 and continues today with a $100,000,000 goal to revitalize the Interactive and truly allow us to become a leading resource for innovation.

$10,000,000 +
Ann S. Bowers
 
$1,000,000 - $9,999,999
William K. Bowes Jr. Foundation
Ann Howland Doerr and John Doerr
Ford Motor Company
Barbara and John Glynn
Bequest of Michael L. Hackworth
Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
National Institutes of Health
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Palo Alto Networks
Frank and Denise Quattrone Foundation
Charmaine and Dan Warmenhoven
The Anne Wojcicki Foundation
 
$500,000 - $999,999
Anonymous
El Camino Hospital
Google, Inc.
Kaiser Permanente
 
$100,000 - $499,999
Abbott Vascular
Adobe Foundation
Barnholt Family Foundation
Susan and John Diekman
Barbara and William Heil, Jr.
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
House Family Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The Krause Foundation
James and Rebecca Morgan Family Foundation
Jami Dover Nachtsheim and Stephen Nachtsheim
National Science Foundation
John M. Sobrato Charitable Fund
The Swanson Family
Barbara and Steve Young
 
$50,000 - $99,999
Mary Lee and Edward Cannizzaro
Casey and Jack Carsten
Cisco Systems Foundation
County of Santa Clara
Eileen and Christopher DiGiorgio
Geschke Foundation
Connie and Jerry Held
Gloria Chen and John Kibarian
Betty and Gordon Moore
Eliane and Armand Neukermans
Josie and Dan Perez
Christine and Tim Ritchie
 
$25,000 - $49,999
Anonymous
Drummond-Berk Family Fund
Sonja and William Davidow
Kathy and James Deichen
Robert Grimm
Brendan Iribe
Shannon and Joseph Kava
Susan and Dan'l Lewin
Joanne Harrington and Lorry Lokey
Joyce Milligan
Mozilla
Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation
Cheryl and Lonnie Smith
James P. Verhalen Family Foundation
Jack Wheatley

$10,000 - $24,999
Christina and James Barrese
Penelope and Ronald Blake
Jennifer and Charles Boynton
Teresa Briggs
The Mary A. Crocker Trust
Esther John and Aart de Geus
Facebook
Genentech
Linda Yates and Paul Holland
Junior League of Palo Alto - Mid Peninsula
Worth and Andrew Ludwick
Marka and Bill May
Kathleen and Smith McKeithen
Karen and Mark McLaughlin
Michael Petersen
Bobbie and David Pratt
Cathy and Roger J. Quinlan
Renuka and Peter Relan
Amy and Matthew Sapp
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Mauria Finley and Greg Yap
Sandy and Chris Yen
 
$5,000 - $9,999
Association of Science and Technology Centers
Renee and David Crawford
Lori and Joe Fabris
The Abe Farag Family Foundation
Mary Ellen and Michael E. Fox, Sr.
Beverly and Kenneth Haughton
Cathy and Kevin Kimball
Jane and William Kind
Jennifer and Randall Krenzin
The Lawrence Foundation
Monterey County Office of Education
Anonymous
Maria and Anthony Pappas
Dan Rose
Donna Dubinsky and Leonard Shustek
sparkfactor.org

In Kind
Autodesk, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
DNA2.0, Inc.
Gibson Dunn
NetApp, Inc.
NeuroSky, Inc.
Nvidia Corporation
Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE
Resonai
Somaxis
Team San Jose
Xprize Foundation