Our Supporters

As of June 2023
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 sdequattro@thetech.org.

Inspirational: $1,000,000 and above
City of San José
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Benefactor: $250,000 - $999,999
Adobe Systems Incorporated

Visionary: $100,000-$249,999
Amazon
Applied Materials, Inc.
Davidson Family Foundation
Deloitte
The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
National Institutes of Health
NetApp, Inc.
Siegel Family Endowment
Zoom Video Communications

Founding: $50,000-$99,999
Accenture
eBay
EY
Institute of Library and Museum Services
Intel Corporation
Intuitive Foundation
KLA Foundation
Seagate Technology, Inc.
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Principal: $25,000-$49,999
Amgen Foundation
Arm
ASML
Bank of America
Genentech, Inc.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Google, Inc.
Hitachi
Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation
Koret Foundation
KPMG LLP
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Marvell
Mayfield Fund Foundation
The MOCA Foundation
Monterey Peninsula Foundation host of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
ON Semiconductor Foundation
Oracle Corporation
PwC Charitable Foundation
Qatalyst Partners LP
Quest Foundation
Research Foundation for SUNY
Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation
Synaptics
Synopsys Outreach Foundation
Tower Foundation of San José State University 
J. A. Unruh Family Foundation

Underwriting: $10,000-$24,999
Abracon
AMD
Robert E. and Adele Boydston Foundation
Cisco Systems, Inc.
First Tech Federal Credit Union
Goldman Sachs
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction, Co.
Hugh Stuart Center Charitable Trust
IBM
Micro Lithography
Microchip Technology, Inc.
NXP Semiconductor
oneZero Financial Systems
Park Habitat
Renesas Electronics
Samsung Semiconductor
Sonatus
Star One Credit Union
Tech CU
Toeniskoetter Construction
Workday

Investing: $5,000-$9,999
Advantech Corporation
Children’s Discovery Museum
Forever Young Foundation
Stella B. Gross Charitable Trust
Mirnahill Foundation
Monolithic Power Systems
Northrop Grumman Corporation
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
San José State University
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Watry Design, Inc.
XPRIZE Foundation

Sponsoring: $2,500-$4,999
Asset Management Company
First Solar, Inc.
High-Tech High Heels
Morrison and Foerster Foundation
San Jose Water Company
Valley Water

Entrepreneurial: $1,000-$2,499
InnovateEDU
J2G Investments LLC
Kendall Wilkinson Design
SWENSON

In Kind
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Cisco
Google
J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines
Microsoft
NetApp, Inc.
Signia by Hilton San Jose
Zoom

As of June 2023
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.

Inspirational $1,000,000 and above
Denise Foderaro and Frank Quattrone

Benefactor $250,000 - $999,999
Reid Hoffman
Lorry Lokey

Visionary $100,000 - $250,000
Barbara and John Glynn
Barbara and Bill Heil
The Swanson Foundation
Charmaine and Dan Warmenhoven

Founder $50,000 - $99,999
Grimm Family Fund
Hitz Foundation
House Family Foundation
J&K Lau Foundation
Deedee McMurtry
The Moore Family Foundation
The Scott Foundation
Smith Family Foundation

Principal $25,000 - $49,999
Marimo Berk
Eileen and Christopher DiGiorgio
Julia Heil
Shannon and Joseph Kava
Neeru and Vinod Khosla
David Mewes and Maureen Langan
Milligan Family Charitable Fund
Nachtsheim Family Foundation

Innovator $10,000 - $24,999
Penelope and E. Ronald Blake
Kira Snyder and Allen Blue
Ann Bowers
Caroline Wang and Mike Cassidy
Gloria and Michael Chiang
Somesh Dash
Esther John and Aart de Geus
Kathy and James Deichen
Susan and John Diekman
Ana and Carl Eschenbach
Geschke Foundation
Maud and Burton Goldfield Family Foundation
Kenneth Haughton
Connie and Jerry Held
Trine Sorensen and Michael Jacobson
Jaynie and William Kind
The Krause Foundation
Janie and Wayne Lambert
David H. Liu Foundation
Erica Lockheimer
Wendy and Andrew Ludwick
Brian Myers
Julie Packard
Josie and Daniel Perez
Susan and Richard Roche
Amy and Matthew Sapp
Sita Foundation
Judy Swanson
Jack and Mary Lois Wheatley Family Trust

As of June 2023
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.

Investing $5,000 - $9,999
Anonymous
Ariko Family Foundation
Larry Augustin
Barnholt Family Foundation
Bell Family Foundation
Linda and Joe Bronson
Mary Lee and Ed Cannizzaro
Cushman Family Foundation
Jennifer and Matias Duarte
The Brett & Michelle Galloway Foundation
James Gardner
The Grove Foundation
Ana Mendez and Rajeev Jayavant
Maureen and David Kennedy
Gloria Chen and John Kibarian
Alison and Michael Mauzé
Myriam Curet and Tim McAdams
Sujata Banerjee and Vibhu Mittal
DJ Patil
Janine Pelosi
Cindy and Randy Pond
Hal Powell
Amy Rao
Paula and Suzi Russell-Gilford
Wendy and Eric Schmidt
Nicolette St. Angel
Elizabeth Tucker
Toni and Russell Vanwinkle
X&W Foundation

Sponsoring $2,500 - $4,999
Janice and Thomas Berthold
Kim and Mohana Dissanayake
Joan LeMahieu and Jim Forster
Tina and Ryan Knauss
Jennifer and Randall Krenzin
Shilin Jiang and Gregory Luth
Shawn and Douglas MacKenzie
Shara and David Morishige
Dean Morton
Christopher Nelson
Beth and Stephen Robie
Eva and Kent Scott
Simon Segars
Shadi Allen and Chad Seiler
Lindo St. Angel
Angela Stribling and Kenneth Washington
Nousheen Eslambolchi and Pete Woodhouse

Entrepreneurial $1,000 - $2,499
Leshika Samarasinghe and Shad Ahmed
Anonymous
Lucia Soares and Miguel Avila
Carrie and Phineas Barnes
Barbara and Frank Barone
Erica Barrueto
Daniel Beck
Paul Billig
Stephanie Brown
Robert Bynum
Courtney and Jeff Capone
Susan and Nicholas Carter
Wendy Clarke
Richard Clarkson Lang
Sandi and Richard Conniff
Ronny Conway
Peggy and Yogen Dalal
John Decker
David DeVere
Phyllis and William Draper III
Joan and Alan Earhart
Per Edin
Cara Schmidt and Alex Fierro
Fischer Family Foundation
Gretchen Walker and Jason Freeman
Renu and Dhrumil Gandhi
Marilyn and Robert Garibaldi
Janna Groisman and Aymeric Gisselbrecht
Raquel Gonzalez
Hon Mai and Joseph Goodman
Darlene Markovich and Ronald Haak
Arline and James Harper
Christina and Michael Heald
Peggy Heiman
Diana and Robert Hirahara
Phyllis Hsia
Wende and Tom Hutton
Brendan Ittelson
Michele and Mark Janes
Atsuko and Tim Jenks
Seyonne Kang
Kieve Foundation
Jennifer Konecny
Michael and Ina Korek Foundation Trust
Terry and Bill Krivan
Kelly Castellón and Brian Kroneman
Michelle and Michael Kwatinetz
Theodore Lamour
Rita and Arthur Levinson
Laura Becker-Lewke and Reynold Lewke
Karen and Walter Loewenstern
Tom Lu
Howard Lyons
Gaurav Manchanda
Ann and Robert Marangell
Sharon Martin
Katherine and Robert Maxfield
Kathleen and Smith McKeithen
Sukanya and Omkaram Nalamasu
John Navrides
Thomas Ngo
Jennifer Ondrejka
Anthony and Maria Pappas
Penner Family Foundation
Daniel Portillo
Kimberly and Chris Pruett
Quattlebaum Family
Cathy and Roger Quinlan
Sunitha Rao
Alicia Rockmore
Dan Ruth
Joan and Kevin Salwen
Diane Schweitzer and Steve Schramm
Michael Schroepfer
Bruno Schueler
Nicole and Doug Scott
Sherilyn Scott
Doug Scrivner
Cindy Pellisier and Ed Snyder
Anne Friedlander and Fred St. Goar
Kim Statz
Katrina Stevens
Mary Murphy and Mark Stevens
Todd Tweedy
Colin Urmson
Sean White
Martha Jo Whitehouse
Robert Wise, Jr.
Troper Wojcicki Foundation
Elizabeth Wolf
Linda and King Won
Joyce and Kenneth Wong
Elizabeth Yin

As of June 2023

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 William Krivan
Laura Becker-Lewke and Reynold Lewke
Lorry Lokey
Deedee and Burton McMurtry
Carole and Donald Norling
Marilyn and David Pratt
Charles Rulofson
Christina and Duane Sand
Anne and Peter Thorp
Louise Hornor and Sean Welsh
Wheatley Family Charitable Fund

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 Bill Heil
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 June 2023
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
The 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 Bill Heil
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
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
Anonymous
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
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 & Crutcher LLP
NetApp, Inc.
NeuroSky, Inc.
Nvidia Corporation
Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE
Resonai
Somaxis
Team San Jose