Our Supporters

As of September 2021

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
City of San José
Small Business Administration

Visionary: $100,000-$249,999
Amazon
Applied Materials, Inc.
William K. Bowes Jr. Foundation
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Davidson Family Foundation
eBay
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
House Family Foundation
The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Mozilla
National Institutes of Health
NetApp, Inc.
Stanford Children's Health
Zoom Video Communications

Founding: $50,000-$99,999
Adobe Systems Incorporated
EY
Gilead
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
PayPal, Inc.
PwC Charitable Foundation
Seagate Technology, Inc.
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Principal: $25,000-$49,999
Accenture
Amgen Foundation
Arm
California Office of Small Business Advocate
Deloitte
Genentech, Inc.
GoDaddy
Google, Inc.
Intuitive
The Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation
Koret Foundation
KPMG LLP
Marvell Semiconductor
Mayfield Fund Foundation
Oracle Corporation
Park Habitat
Quest Foundation
Renesas Electronics
Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation
Siegel Family Endowment
Synaptics
 J. A. Unruh Family Foundation
Xilinx, Inc.

Underwriting: $10,000-$24,999
Akamai Foundation
AMD
Asset Management Company
Bank of America
Boston Scientific Foundation
Box, Inc.
Robert E. and Adele Boydston Foundation
First Tech Federal Credit Union
Forescout Technologies
Forever Young Foundation
Glynn Capital Management
Goldman Sachs
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction, Co.
Hitachi Vantara LLC
IBM
Intel Corporation
Juniper Networks
KLA Foundation
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Micro Lithography, Inc.
Microchip Technology, Inc.
Micron Technology Foundation
Moca Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
National Science Foundation
Palo Alto Networks
Star One Credit Union
Toeniskoetter Construction
Western Digital

Investing: $5,000-$9,999
Abracon
Cadence Design Systems
Embedded Ventures
Monolithic Power Systems
New York Hall of Science
Northrop Grumman
NXP Semiconductor
Qualcomm
Samsung
SAP
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Sita Foundation
Hugh Stuart Center Charitable Trust
Synopsys, Inc.
Tech CU
Valley Water

Sponsoring: $2,500-$4,999
Morrison & Foerster Foundation
San Jose Water Company

Entrepreneurial: $1,000-$2,499
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Compass Cares
GE Foundation
Kieve Foundation
Maxim Integrated
Target

In Kind
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Arm
Atlassian
Google, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
NetApp, Inc.
Tallo
United Airlines
Zoom

As of September 2021
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
Denise Foderaro and Frank Quattrone
Judy and Erica Swanson

Visionary $100,000 and above
Ann S. Bowers
Barbara and William Heil, Jr.
Catherine and Franklin "Pitch" Johnson
Timi and John M. Sobrato
Charmaine and Dan Warmenhoven

Founder $50,000 - $99,999
Marimo Berk
Grimm Family Fund
Hitz Foundation
Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation
James and Katherine Lau
Lorry Lokey
Deedee McMurtry
The Moore Family Foundation
The Scott Foundation

Principal $25,000 - $49,999
Eileen and Christopher DiGiorgio
Kenneth Haughton
Shannon and Joseph Kava
Neeru and Vinod Khosla
Janie and Wayne Lambert
Maureen Langan and David Mewes
Milligan Family Charitable Fund
Smith Family Foundation

Innovator $10,000 - $24,999
Janice and Thomas Berthold
Penelope and E. Ronald Blake
Gloria and Michael Chiang
Somesh Dash
Esther John and Aart de Geus
Kathy and James Deichen
Susan and John Diekman
Geschke Foundation
Barbara and John Glynn
Connie and Jerry Held
Trine Sorensen and Michael Jacobson
Jaynie and William Kind
David H. Liu Foundation
Ludwick Family Foundation
Jami Dover Nachtsheim and Stephen Nachtsheim
Janine Pelosi
Josie and Daniel Perez
Amy and Matthew Sapp
Pamela and Edward Taft
Judy and Les Vadasz
Jack and Mary Lois Wheatley Family Trust

As of September 2021
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
Barnholt Family Foundation
Bell Family Foundation
Cushman Family Foundation
Ana and Carl Eschenbach, Jr.
The Brett & Michelle Galloway Foundation
Maud and Burton Goldfield Family Foundation
Eva Grove
Stephanie and Fred Harman
Ann and James Lim
Maureen and David Kennedy
Gloria Chen and John Kibarian
Michelle and Steve Kirsch
Shilin Jiang and Gregory Luth
Katherine and Robert Maxfield
Diane and Regis McKenna
Julie Packard
Jin and CS Park
Cindy and Randy Pond
Hal Powell
Susan and Richard Roche
Simon Segars
Donna Dubinsky and Leonard Shustek
Nicolette and Lindo St. Angel
Michelle and David Tang

Sponsoring $2,500 - $4,999
Anonymous
Robert Bynum
Patricia and Martin Giles
Darlene Markovich and Ronald Haak
Jennifer and Randall Krenzin
Shawn and Douglas MacKenzie
Marnie Mar
Alison and Michael Mauzé
Shara and David Morishige
Dean Morton
Christopher Nelson
Mary Murphy and Mark Stevens
Kenneth Washington
Carolyn and Greg Waters

Entrepreneurial $1,000 - $2,499
Mala Anand
Linda and Nick Antonopoulos
Mechelle and Manny Barbara
Barbara and Frank Barone
Paul Billig
Edward Bowen III
Sally and Rich Braugh
Stephanie Brown
Shari Clare
Sharon Jacobs And David Cohan
Sandi and Richard Conniff
Ronny Conway
Peggy and Yogen Dalal
Laura and Arnold de Leon
Nancy Blachman and David desJardins
Kim and Mohana Dissanayake
Celia and Jim Dudley
Joan and Alan Earhart
Lisa and Chris Farmer
Elwanda and William Fenwick
Spencer Fleishman
Kama and Thomas Fletcher
Gretchen Walker and Jason Freeman
Renu and Dhrumil Gandhi
Aymeric Gisselbrecht and Joanna Groisman
Raquel Gonzalez
Hon Mai and Joseph Goodman
Munira Shamim And Amer Haider
Arline and James Harper
Peggy Heiman
Cynthia and Betrand Irissou
Brendan Ittelson
Paula Judge
Krishna Kolluri
Jennifer Konecny
Michael and Ina Korek Foundation Trust
Erica and Sathvik Krishnamurthy
Terry and Bill Krivan
Michelle and Michael Kwatinetz
Dan'l Lewin
Laura Becker-Lewke and Reynold Lewke
Diane Lovelace
Rhonda and Vinod Mahendroo
Ann and Robert Marangell
Christina and Greg Mayer
Shauna Mika
Lisa Morgan
Sukanya and Omkaram Nalamasu
John Navrides
Janice Nelson
Thomas Ngo
Jennifer Ondrejka
Anthony and Maria Pappas
Penner Family Foundation
Jan and Don Provan
Cathy and Roger Quinlan
Mindy and Jesse Rogers
Dorothy Reagan
Beth and Stephen Robie
Catherine Rossi-Roos and Mark Roos
Kathleen Rydar
Diane Schweitzer and Steve Schramm
Thomas Schutt
Eva and Kent Scott
Don Shepley
Scott Shipman
Frederick St. Goar
Katrina Stevens
Teri and Christian Treille
Nathalie and Gaurav Verma
Sean White
Elizabeth Wilner
Rachel and Jon Wilner
Elizabeth Wolf
Nousheen Eslambolchi and Pete Woodhouse

As of September 2021

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

Anonymous
John Adler
Susan and John Diekman
Nancy Mueller and Bob Fox
Leanne and Peter 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 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.

$1,000,000 and Above
Ann Bowers
Ann Howland Doerr and John Doerr
Intel Corporation
Deedee and Burton McMurtry

$250,000 - $999,999
Marie and William Bianco
Susan and John Diekman
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Catherine and Franklin P. Johnson Jr.
Michele and Steve Kirsch
Rebecca and James Morgan Family Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Denise and Frank Quattrone

$100,000 - $249,999
Jimi and Ned Barnholt
Alison and Aneel Bhusri
William Brady
Helen and James Carreker
Signe Ostby and Scott Cook
Stephanie and Mory Ejabat
Barbara and John W. Glynn, Jr.
Charlene and Dirk Kabcenell
Kathryn and Richard Kimball
Pamela and Dick Kramlich
Worthy and Andy Ludwick
Bobbie and David Pratt
Constance and Anthony Ridder
Lata and Ajay Shah
Anthony Zingale

$50,000 - $99,999
Anonymous
Danielle and George Boutros
Marcia and Paul Cook
Donna Chiaro and John P. Cromwell III
Shawn and Douglas Mackenzie
Lea and Alejandro Zaffaroni

$25,000 - $49,999
Elaine and John Chambers
Lori and Joe Fabris
Concepción and Irwin Federman
Michele and Isy Goldwasser
Beverly and Kenneth Haughton
Barbara and William W. Heil Jr.
Lauren and William H. Younger Jr.

$10,000 - $24,999
S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
Gwen and Gordon Bell
Audrey MacLean and Michael Clair
Kathy and James Deichen
Jennifer and Philip DiNapoli
Helen and Richard Elkus
Michael and Joan Hackworth
Joseph Juran
Beth and Guy Kawasaki
Maureen and David Kennedy
Sherrill and Frederick Kobrick
Elizabeth and William McKiernan
Betty and Gordon Moore
Nancy and Mihir Parikh
Dorothy and Joseph Reagan
Susan and Gregory Reznick
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Joyce Taylor
Rachel and Donald Valentine
Angela and Mark Wolfenberger

$5,000 - $9,999
Jeryl and Ronald Abelmann
Susan and Mark Bertelsen
Leanne and Peter Giles
Michelle and Michael Kwatinetz
Jeanne and Sanford Robertson
Dru Starr
Julie Packard and Robert Stephens
Robert and Judy Swanson

$2,500 - $4,999
Ann and Donald Gralnek
Anne and Robert Gunderson
Darisa Hill
Susan and Richard Jacobsen
Florence and Don Liddie
Jami and Stephen Nachtsheim
Joan Platt
Anne and Walter Robb
Robertson Stephens Evergreen Ltd.

$1,000 - $2,499
Mackenzie Scott and Jeffrey Bezos
Robert Corman
Corning Incorporated Foundation
Joseph Davis
Yvette Del Prado
Maria and Bob Evans
Mary Ellen and Michael E. Fox Sr.
Maria and Clark Gerhardt
Patty and Mark Goodburn
Bonnie and Peter Hero
Stacey Keare and John Hodge
Gloria and Stanley Hoo
Gail Kendall and Family
Gay and Bill Krause
Carver Mead
Bunny Meyer
Kathleen Justice-Moore and Steven Moore
Karen and Thomas Morton
Josie and Dan Perez
Trina and Jake Peters
Josie and Stuart Shiff
Sobrato Development Companies
Dorothy Stulen
Taiwan semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Wafer Scale Integration
Peter Wendell
Grace and Edward Yang
Mary Bechmann and Albert Yu

As of April 2021
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
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 Institutes of Health
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
Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation
 
$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
Silicon Valley Community 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