Funders

Foundations, corporations and individuals generously contribute to support our programs, enable our growth, and ensure our ongoing stability. If you are interested in investing in the Taproot Foundation, please contact Rachel Dickens (rachel@taprootfoundation.org).

Premier Investors ($200,000+)
Ashoka
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Blue Ridge Foundation

Clark Foundation

Draper Richards

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Time Warner

United Way NYC

Featured Investors ($100,000+)
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Booth Ferris Foundation
California Endowment
Campion Foundation
David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Deloitte
Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund
Lehman Brothers
Lumina Foundation for Education
Partnership for New Communities
Robin Hood Foundation

Institutional Investors ($5,000+)
National
Capital One
Citigroup Foundation
Gap Foundation
Hewitt Associates
Level Playing Field Institute
Manhattan Institute
Time, Inc.
United Way of the Bay Area
UPS Foundation

Bay Area
AT&T
S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation
Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
Chevron
Cisco Systems
Columbia Foundation
S.H. Cowell Foundation
Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
Dean Witter Foundation
E. Richard Jones Family Foundation
East Bay Community Foundation
Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Health Trust
John Muir Community Health Fund
Louis R. Lurie Foundation
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health
Marin Community Foundation
Mary A. Crocker Trust
Mayor’s Office of Community Development
McKesson
Oakland Unified School District
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Project Management Institute
Safeway
San Francisco Foundation
Sand Hill Foundation
Shaw Fund
Stone Yamashita Partners
Stuart Foundation
Tipping Point Community
Union Bank of California
VanLobenSels/RembeRock Foundation
Wells Fargo
Y&H Soda Foundation
Yes on A Campaign
Zellerbach Family Foundation

New York
Altman Foundation
American Express
Bruner Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Daphne Foundation
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
Hedge Funds Care
Independence Community Foundation
James N. Jarvie Commonweal Service
Mertz Gilmore
New York Community Trust
New York Foundation
New York Times
New York Women’s Foundation
The Robert Bowne Foundation
Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation
Tiger Foundation
WB 11 – Care for Kids

Chicago
Chicago Tribune Charities Holiday Campaign (a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation)
Community Memorial Foundation
IBM
Field Foundation of Illinois
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Joyce Foundation
Leo. S. Guthman Fund
LISC
Polk Bros. Foundation
Siragusa Foundation
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation
TCF National Bank

Seattle
Bullitt Foundation
Microsoft
Stuart Foundation

Washington, D.C.
Case Foundation
CityBridge Foundation
Eugene & Agnes Meyer Foundation

Individuals ($1,000+)
Steve & Natasha Adelstein
Caroline Barlerin
Karen Bauer
Jonathan Becker
Kirsten Beckwith
Michael Berstein
Kerry Bessey
Jill Blair
Edward Bleier
Arthur & Ester Brooks
Patrick Di Chiro
Robert & Mary Dickenson
Court & Michelle Dimon
Todd Donahue
Tom Eddington
Natalie Ellis
Joseph Fay
Marvin Frankel
The Furnessville Foundation
Katchen Gerig
Lawrence E. Gordon
Brad Greenlee
Adam & Carey Hecktman
Aaron Hurst
Henry Kissinger
Ryan Kluft
Antoinette La Belle
Sandra Lamb
Michael Leff
Joseph Levy
Stefan Linn
Drew Maran
Elaine Mason
Richard Matgen
Christine McCue
Chris Morgan
Susan Murdy
Nancy Murphy
Betsy Neville
Patricia Patterson
Cindy Paulaskas
Laurel Peppino
Jim Prevo
Sylvia Reynolds
David Rockefeller
Sybil Sage
Anne Slater
Sandra Slater
Jenny Shilling Stein
Wendy Stevenson
Wendi Sturgis
Clay Timon
Hunter Walk
Paul Weifels
Darrell & Joan Wise
Alton Wright
Barbara & Bill Wynne
Keith Yamashita
Anonymous


In-kind Contributors ($1,000+)
Blue Ridge Foundation of New York
Covington & Burling
Careerbuilder
Chicago Tribune
Dice.com
eProject
FastMetrics
Frey Norris Gallery
Fulcrum Legal Graphics
Google
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP
Monster.com
The O'Brien Company
ReadyMade Magazine
San Francisco Business Times
Skidmark Media
Time Warner
Yahoo! Hot Jobs

 
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