Archive:Benefactors/2011–2012

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This page reflects gifts received between July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. See 2010–2011 benefactors.

Major Benefactors

Stanton Foundation ([[Press releases/Stanton Foundation Awards Wikimedia $3.6 Million for Technology Improvements|{Template:Press}]])
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Press release)
Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing
Pavel Durov (Announcement)
The Brin Wojcicki Foundation (Press release)
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Google Matching Gift Program
Anonymous Donors (1)

Patrons ($15,000 – $49,999)

Elmira Choopani & Khanh Vu
Indigo Trust
Microsoft Matching Gift Program
Shor Family Foundation
Two Sigma Investments, LLC
Yardi Systems
Anonymous Donors (2)

Leading Donors ($5,000 – $14,999)

Aaron Swartz
Annette Campbell-White
Apple Matching Gift Program
The Brightwater Fund – Gloria Jarecki, President
Christopher Seiwald
CNCRepair.com
In memory of Dr. Bhanu Thakrar by her children
Jizo, Tallulah, Heathcliff and Bob
John Caulkins
John Templeton Foundation
Joseph K. McLaughlin
Kevin O'Shea
Mark Heising and Liz Simons
Michael & Xochi Birch
Milonja Bjelic
Pat and Eva Condon Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation
Peter Wheeler and Elizabeth Munro
Ravi Kalidindi
Richard Lounsbery Foundation
Scott Wolf
Shaked Family, Tel Aviv
Takashi Kousaka
Toni Godfrey
Tripling Elephants
Wisdom & Compassion
Witizen.org
Anonymous Donors (11)

Sustaining donors ($1,000 – $4,999)

邱文涛 and Family
Ad Davidse & Cathie Schrier
Adam Carte
Adrian Holovaty
Alex Ezra Cable
Alisa O'Leary
Altaire Productions and Publications
Amina Omer Assem
Andrew Barcus
Anna Scott
Anup Mantri
Anurag Acharya
Ardelle Cowie
Arnold G. Rogers
Betty Harrell Gerlack
Bill Edwards and Ron Bailey
Billy Zhao
Brendan Dyson
Brian McInnis
Bryan Culbertson
Carl de Marcken
Chad & Kim Wagner
Charles Engelke and Laurie White
Charles Morgan
ChatContacts.com
Christopher J. Lingle
Cindy L. Barber
Cookie's Bustle
Dalibor Antonic
David and Michele Joerg
David Bydeley
David Weiler
Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology
Diya Obeid, JobDiva, Inc.
Don Husby
Donald and Jill Knuth
Dr. Robert E. Williamson
Duane Phillips
Eddie Wu
Elon Musk
En souvenir de Réal Labelle
Eric Koegler
Eugene Mesgar
Fatima Al-Sabah
For Tejas and Taarika Raghuram
Franck Pion
Franz Heinsen
Gheorghe R. Ganea
Gil Michaels
Good Bear Corp
Grattan Institute
Henry Bean and Leora Barish
In honor of B. Hesper
In honor of Charles F. Hebert
In honor of Master Choa Kok Sui
In honor of Nick Peter
In honor of Wilhelmina Walvis-Koek
In memory of Andrew G. Phillips
In memory of Liu Ruilian, of Shandong, China
In memory of Seymour Durst
Index Data
Intergrid Mideast Group LLC
Interlude
iolo technologies, LLC
Jacob Taylor and Jean Park
Jack Baylis
James Stanard
James Uttley
Januaca Tjandra 张贻新 and Family
Jason D. Simar
Jeffrey N. Dauber
Jeffrey Lamkin
Jeffrey Werbalowsky
Jhilmil & Punchhi Pandit
Joan Sherman
Joel Spiegel
John Babcock
John G. Dove, Arlington, Massachusetts
John Horne
Jonathan Knowles
Joyce Purnick and Max Frankel
Julien Basch
K.
Kathy Bates
KeepCalling
Ken Geib
Kenneth Eddings
Kenton Varda
Kenya Kura
Khris Krepcik
'Knowledge is power. Power to the people.'
Koodawg
Lars Markhus
Leong and Richards
Lestat de Lioncourt
Lloyd McAulay
The Lowry Family
Marc Forand
Marilyn Lucht
Mary Beth Guard
Mathew Donovan
Max Pucher
Michael and Denise Doyen
Mika Veikkolainen
Mike Estee
Mike Ranta
Monique Lusse
Muhammad Dawood
Murray Stevenson
NerdWallet
On behalf of the Scientists of Huntsville, Alabama
On behalf of VERB Fludzinski
Ozgecan Turna
Peggy Vreken
Peter and Shelly Vosshall
Puduvankunnil Udayakumar
Purnendu Ojha
Raghavan Srinivasan
Rich Warner
Richard Saada
Richard Yonash
Rob and Anna Prestezog
Rob Knapp, Helena Meyer-Knapp, and Alex, Emily & Malcolm Knapp
Robert Ford
Robert Wares
Roger Canter
Roger J Bamford
Rui Ueyama
Russel Simmons
Ryan Conlon
Sami Vanhatalo
Sara Smollett
Sarah Siddiqui
Shawn Ligocki
Sreeram Ramachandran
Stephen and Diane Post
Stephen Woolverton
Steve and Marty Schlossstein, Princeton, New Jersey
Steve Kass
Stuart Cheshire
Stuart Gray
Susan Woodward
Suzanne and Richard Liu
Takeshi Yoshino
Ted Naleid
Tetsuya Isozaki
The Quillin-Morgan Family
The Rick and Cheryl Weitzel Family
Thomas Edward Myers
Tim Thousand, Scooter Software
Timothy Mott
Tom Rocklin & Kim Ephgrave
Trevor Standley
Vadim Asadov
Wayne Hathaway
Wikibot
Will Brall
William Benter
William Ford
Wilstro
Winston Yang
Yorick Peterse
Yousef Ahmed AlSager
Znergis
Anonymous Donors (68)

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