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Gracias. Merci. Shukran. 谢谢你. In every language, it means thank you. 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.
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Legacy Gifts
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This page reflects gifts received as of January 1, 2016. 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 Philanthropic Fund
- craigslist Charitable Fund
- Erasmus Foundation
- Google Matching Gifts
- Humble Bundle
- Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
- Richard Seidel
- Anonymous Donors (4)
Patrons ($15,000 – $49,999)
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Matching Gift Program
- The Boeing Company Gift Match
- Stephen Bernard Browne
- Carl de Marcken
- Spencer Glendon and Lisa Tung
- Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching Gifts Program
- Intel Corporation Matching Gifts Program
- Keel Foundation
- Jack Little
- MathWorks
- The Shor Family Foundation
- Russel Simmons
- Tripling Elephants
- Two Sigma Investments LLC
- VMWare Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- Anonymous Donors (12)
Leading Donors ($5,000 – $14,999)
- The Aber D. Unger Foundation
- Brad Abernethy
- Adobe
- Argosy Foundation
- Autodesk Foundation Employee Engagement Fund
- Bank of America Matching Gifts Program
- Kathy Bates
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- Peter Bing
- The Bitcoin Community
- Tor Braham
- Annette Campbell-White
- Timothy Carey
- James Chambers
- Anurag Acharya and Madhuri Chattopadhyay
- Chevron Matching Employee Funds
- Crossref
- Ranae DeSantis
- Donors to the National Combined Federal Campaigns
- Jack Dorsey
- William Dougherty
- The Durst Organization LP
- Eagleridge Foundation
- ExxonMobil Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- William Forrest
- Peter Francati
- GE Foundation
- Genentech Employee Giving 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
- LinkedIn Matching Gifts Program
- Darrin Massena
- Merck Foundation
- The Montgomery Family Foundation
- Newgen KnowledgeWorks, Chennai
- Newsmax Media, Inc.
- Oracle Corporation Matching Gifts Program
- Shyam Patel
- PediaPress GmbH
- Perforce Foundation
- Drew Perkins
- Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- Pinion Street Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
- Qualcomm Matching Gift Program
- Red Oak Foundation
- RetailMeNot
- Rick & Susan Goings Foundation
- Philip Rogers
- Bow Ruggeri
- Ruth & Peter Metz Family Foundation
- Salesforce.org
- Isai Scheinberg
- Scooter Software
- Shake Family, Tel Aviv
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- 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
- William Van der Kloot
- Jason VanWees
- Verizon Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- Bill and Cynthia Wilby
- Peter Wheeler and Elizabeth Munro
- Tony Wheeler
- Samantha Xu
- Yardi Systems, Inc.
- David and Monica Zwirner
- Anonymous Donors (95)
Sustaining donors ($1,000 – $4,999)
- Abe Farag Family Foundation
- Abt Electronics / Abt.com
- Dianne Adelberg
- In honor of Yousef A. Alsager
- American Express Foundation Employee Matching
- Ameriprise Financial
- Amgen Foundation
- Mashrur Anam - Life Harmonized
- The Anderson Family
- Dalibor Antonic
- AON Foundation
- Maite Arango
- Ram Darshan Arora
- Ben Arthur
- AT&T Foundation
- Jesse Ausubel
- Automatic Data Processing Inc.
- Sam & Sylvia Autrey
- Axiom Works, Inc
- François Badelon
- Prabhu & Rina Balasubramanian
- R & A Bandela
- Leora Barish and Henry Bean
- Michael Barnstijn
- Kevin Barone
- Douglas Bates and Mini Pathria
- Peter Baumann
- 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
- BMS Matching Gift Program
- 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
- Bright Horizon Fund
- 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
- Timothy Carey
- 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
- James Cho & Sophia Kim
- Elmira Choopani & Khanh Vu
- In loving memory of N.Gandhi Chowdary, Penumuli
- Frank O. Clark, Ph.D.
- Mayree Clark
- Coca-Cola Company
- Anne Marie Cole
- Kathleen Collins
- Guy Connolly
- Conoco Phillips Gift Matching
- Ryan Conlan
- John and Lenore Cooney
- Thomas Cooper
- CouponBuffer.com
- CouponCause.com
- CouponFollow
- CouponLab.com
- Christopher Cowart
- In memory of Deborah Cowan
- Ardelle Cowie
- Meg Coyle
- Oisin Crawley
- Critical Mass
- In memory of Oliver Cromwell
- Cyan
- Daboosh Family, Israel
- Danny Dawson
- Laszlo Deak
- 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
- Dolby Match Program
- In memory of Paul L Donoho
- Mathew Donovan
- William Dougherty
- Frank H. Douglas
- Dropbox, Inc.
- Matías Duarte
- Edgar Durbin
- Susanne Durst
- The Durst Family
- Mark Duttweiler and Christine Pajak
- EA Outreach
- eBay Foundation
- Jane Ann Eckstine
- Kenneth Eddings
- Ron Bailey & Bill Edwards
- Gretchen Eisenach
- James Elam
- Larry and Kas Eldridge
- Electronic Arts Outreach
- Ellen Coopers Paris
- Ericsson Employee Engagement Fund
- Ryan Ericson
- Davide G. Erro
- Timo Ewalds
- Exelon Employee Giving Campaign
- Expedia Inc.
- FR Networks, Inc.
- Peter Farrell
- Damian Farry
- Megan and Matthew Feinberg
- Yoseph Feit
- Russell Fernald
- John Fisher
- Gerald & Nancy Fishman
- Margaret Flickinger
- Ford Foundation Matching Gift Program
- David Ford
- Robert Ford
- Wesley Ford
- William Ford
- Luigi Francia
- Bill & Peri Frantz
- Freeman Foundation
- Zsupun Frigyes
- David Fry and Meidee Goh
- Jackson Gabbard
- Kevin Gamble
- Gartner (The Matching Gift Center)
- George & Alice Rich Charitable Foundation
- Betty Harrell Gerlack
- Tyson & Elizabeth Gill
- GlaxoSmithKline
- 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
- The Hamilton Foundation
- Sean Hammons
- Ellen Hanson and Richard Perlman
- The Harrity Family
- Janet and Richard Hart
- Healers Who Share
- Joachim Heck
- Vanessa Heckman and Brett Babin
- Dick Heiser
- Stephen Henderson and James LaForce
- Paul Henry
- Nick Hodulik & Jonathan Taylor
- Kenneth Holden
- Christopher and LuAnne Hormel
- Jay Hormel
- HP Inc
- HSBC
- Celia and Daniel Huber
- Jeffrey Hutchins
- William F Humel
- David Humm
- PJ & Kendra Hyett
- Carla and Philippe Ifrah
- Illinois Tool Works Foundation
- International Monetary Fund
- Intetics Co.
- Intuit Foundation
- Roy Jablonka
- Douglas Jaffe
- Dirk Jagdmann
- Jalam
- Kent Janér
- Donald Jaycox
- 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
- Mitch Kapor
- Danny Kaufman
- 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
- Robin Kirkwood
- 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
- Diane & John Laxmi Family
- Jaebum Lee
- Richard Li
- Li Lu Humanitarian Foundation
- Richard Lin
- Greg Linden
- Lawrence Livermore Labs
- Diane and John Laxmi
- 乐进会
- Leo Model Foundation
- David Levy
- Yonghong Lily Li
- Christopher J. Lingle
- John Longres & Jeff Graham
- Joseph Love & Laurie Reynolds
- James & Katherine Luedke
- Jennifer Luft
- MABTOOLS
- MacArthur Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- In memory of Pessie Madan
- Williams & Christina Maddox
- Anup Mantri
- Gary Marcus
- Greg Marra and Elizabeth Dixon
- John Marx AIA
- Matshym Foundation
- Rosa and Brian McCormick
- Bill and Linda 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
- Steve and Carol Memishian
- Sally Merfeld
- Bardia Mesbah
- Kathleen Messina
- Marten Mickos
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals Matching Gift Program
- Steven Miller & Patricia Meyer
- Ryan Mills
- In honor of Trudy Milne
- Craig Minassian
- Dr. L. David Mirkin
- Mildred & Radhe Mohan
- Moneta Asset Management
- J. Stuart Moore
- Morgan Stanley c/o Cybergrants, Inc.
- Sheila Mossman
- 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
- Nordstrom Charitable Giving
- Jeremy Norman and Patricia Gilbert
- Becky Norquist
- North American Herb and Spice
- Nvidia Employee Giving Program
- Jim OBrian
- Og and Ogina
- Jocelyn Olcott
- Omidyar Network Fund, Inc
- 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
- Terrance D. Paul
- Paul Pedersen and Sally Johnson
- The Perullo Family
- In honor of Nick Peter
- Bjoern Peters
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- PG&E Corporation Foundation
- In memory of Andrew G. Phillips
- Duane Phillips
- Joseph C. Pistritto
- James Pitcock
- Joel and Tamara Podolny
- William Pollock
- Alexander Polsky
- Dan and Gail Powell
- Stephen Powelson
- Rob and Anna Prestezog
- Thomas G. Pretlow II
- William Prinzmetal
- PromoCodeWatch
- Prudential Financial Inc
- Qualcomm Matching Gifts Program
- Quality Logo Products
- Bouchra Rachid and Nicolas Pinto
- Christine Raimondi
- Venkat Ramdass
- Marsha D Rappley, MD
- Tom and Xiaoling Rawson
- Raymond Family Foundation
- Rear Admiral Gametools
- Red Hat Matching Gift Program
- Chris Redlich Jr
- Regeneron Matching Gift Program
- Richard and Lisa Reichman
- Nancy B. Coleman & Paul M. Resch
- Paul & Lori Reszutek
- Richard and Beth Sackler Foundation
- Paul Resnick and Caroline Richardson
- 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
- Lorne Runge
- Runtime
- M. Duane Rutledge
- Richard Saada
- Yacine Saidji
- Kavita Saini
- Thomas Salander
- Salesforce.com Foundation Matching Gifts
- SanDisk Corporation
- Shell Oil Company Foundation
- Dr Steven G. Sanders
- Sarva Mangal Family Trust
- Scott Satterwhite
- David Schloss
- Steve Schlossstein
- E. Schmale
- Richard Schmidt
- Schneider Electric North America Foundation Matching Gifts
- 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
- skiprobert
- David Slater
- Dick Smith, Sydney, Australia
- Verbeck Smith
- Sara Smollett
- Anne Soder
- Jordan Sorensen
- Soros Fund Charitable Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- S&P Global Community Matching Gifts Program
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp
- Spelautomater Casino
- Joel Spiegel
- Sprague Foundation
- Squiddershins.com
- D. Squire
- Thomas Stanis
- James Stanard
- Standard Insurance
- StartPage.com
- Steuart Foundation
- Stormy and Rusty
- G. & M. Swaminathan
- The Swift River Fund
- Robert C Switzer III, Ph.D.
- Symantec Giving Station
- Tableau Foundation Employee Engagement Fund
- TD Ameritrade Clearing
- Steve Tai and Kin-Ching Wu
- Vincent Talbot
- Yael Taqqu and Jeremy Levine
- Tyrus and Samantha Tenneson
- Tesla Government Inc.
- Texas Gulf Bank
- John S Thompson
- Thomson Reuters My Community Program
- T-Mobile USA, Inc
- Jonathan Tobert
- Stephen Todd
- Kit Transue
- TripAdvisor Gift Matching Program
- Ben Tristem
- Ashok Trivedi
- Truist
- Timothy Tully
- U-Blox
- Puduvankunnil Udayakumar
- Rui Ueyama
- Peter Ungar
- United HealthCare
- UnitedHealth Group
- United Technologies Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant Programs
- Jason Ursaner
- In Memory of Mary and Theodore Urzy
- James Uttley
- Erik Vaaler
- Vafa Fami
- Varian Medical Systemsly
- Barbara Vdovc
- 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
- Naida S. Wharton
- Janet White and Michael Clark
- Robert Whitehair
- 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.
- Oliver Wright
- Yahoo Employee Funds Matching Gifts
- Hiroo Yamagata
- Alan Frederick Young
- Alice Young
- YourCause, LLC
- Mimi Yu
- Brandon Zehm
- Zephyr Charitable Foundation
- Yuan Zheng & Jeffrey van Gogh
- Patricia Ziel
- Brian Zingale
- Matt Zukowski
- Anonymous Donors (691)
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