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Thank you to our community of supporters

Thank you to the generous supporters of Making Waves Education Foundation in between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

Lead donors

  • John H. and Regina K. Scully Foundation​

$250,000+

  • Payette River Foundation
  • The Arthur Rock Fund

$100,000 - $249,999

  • Anonymous
  • Pamela C. Auxter Trust
  • La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation with special thanks to Christine and Reece Duca
  • La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation with special thanks to Suzanne Duca
  • Hamid and Christina Moghadam
  • Momsen Charitable Fund
  • Katie and Dustin Peterson
  • Tipping Point Community

$50,000 - $99,999

  • Anonymous
  • Morrison & Foerster LLP

$20,000 - $49,999

  • Allen Matkins Foundation
  • Mary Ann and Ron Cohan
  • Dodge & Cox
  • Robert and Dana Emery Family Foundation
  • Quest Foundation
  • Quest Fund at the Marin Community Foundation

$10,000 - $19,999

  • 5 Ryan Foundation
  • Phillip and Norma Gordon Charitable Fund
  • Jonathan Parker Real Estate
  • Michael and Margaret McCaffery Family Fund
  • Barbara and Richard Shoop
  • Wilbur Weinberg Charitable Giving Fund
  • Western Alliance Bank
  • Zalec Familian and Lilian Levinson Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999

  • Derrick Bolton
  • Lori and Ray Crawford
  • Educating All Learners Alliance
  • Equitable Talent Strategies, Inc
  • Global Silicon Valley
  • Kristin Hite
  • Loon Point Fund
  • Edward and Betsy McDermott
  • Ann and Michael Parker
  • Kim Marie Summers-Silva Trust
  • Edward and Lisa Williams Fund

$2,500 - $4,999

  • Mr. William F. and Mrs. Edith B. Dagley
  • Hendrickson Family Foundation
  • Alicia Malet Klein and Tom Klein
  • Kenny Kim
  • Malet Family Fund
  • Wendy and Robert Nielsen
  • Paul Regan
  • Wareham Property Group

$1,000 - $2,499

  • Anonymous
  • Sue and Jim Bartlett
  • The D. Wehlitz & M. Berg Charitable Fund
  • Don Briggs
  • Brandon Cohan and Jen Thomas
  • Theresa Fay-Bustillos
  • Sharon Henning and George A. Goin
  • Meka and Ajani Jackson
  • Jasmine Kim
  • Bonnie Levinson and Donald Kay
  • Marissa and Matthew Purkiss
  • Mary and John Schelling
  • Elisa and Marc Stad
  • Thomas and Pauline Tusher Family Fund

< $1,000

  • Activision Blizzard
  • Bridget Anderson and Roy Latka
  • Anonymous
  • Dimitrios Antos
  • Gabriella and Stephen Bowling
  • Andres Campos and Hilda Martinez
  • Lulu Xue Chen and Qi Ping Tang
  • Matthew Cohan and Helen Jupiter
  • Daniel Cohan
  • Brandon Cohan and Jen Thomas
  • Darcy H. and Richard Deming
  • Theresa and George Eisenberg
  • Willard Felsen
  • Jane and Paul Foster
  • Corina Garcia
  • Diana and Michael Gilmore
  • Jeffrey Goldstein & Ann Barrows
  • Google
  • Margie and David Guggenhime
  • Corinne McLain Hedrick 2007 Trust
  • Irma Herrera
  • Allison Holton
  • Amber Lam
  • Emily and John Lumpkin
  • Juan Sarabia Magana
  • Marin County Campaign
  • William Martz
  • Mattress Firm
  • Sheila McGee
  • William McShea
  • Cynthia and George Miller
  • Edward Moffatt
  • Hannah Morley and Ittai Eres
  • Nikos Mourtos
  • Alton B. Nelson, Jr. and Jennifer Henry
  • Patrick O’Donnell and Joe Shook
  • Ellen O’Donnell
  • OpenAI
  • Andres Orozco and Rachelle Aberin
  • Wendy and Fred Parkin
  • Molly McGee Randisi
  • Enrique and Eduwiges Romero
  • Jani and Terry Ross
  • Bonnie Shea and Brendan McShea
  • Shakti Sotomayor
  • Lou Tran
  • Jann and Jay Veach
  • Leah Vida
  • Maria Wallace
  • Macy Yip

Estate plans

We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals who have generously provided for Making Waves Education Foundation in their estate plans.

  • Lisa Beckstrom
  • Darcy H. and Richard Deming​

Corporate partners

  • Allen Matkins 
  • Studio Bondy Architecture 

Community partners

  • America’s Promise Alliance 

  • Braven 

  • College is Real 

  • Educating All Learners Alliance 

  • Education Strategy Group 

  • Kaiser Permanente School of Allied Health Sciences 

  • Molly Greene Consulting LLC 

  • Stanford Graduate School of Business, Alumni Consulting Team 

  • Leanlab Education 

  • National Association of Colleges and Employers 

  • National College Attainment Network 

  • National Student Clearinghouse 

  • Northern California College Promise Coalition 

  • Richmond YouthWORKS 

  • Rivet School 

  • VFG, LLC 

Collaborators and special thanks

  • Artisan Partners  

  • ASU+GSV Summit 

  • 3Degrees Group 

  • Acton Circle 

  • Allen Matkins 

  • Blackrock 

  • California Volunteers 

  • Community Education Partnerships 

  • Crawford Woodworks 

  • First 5 Napa County 

  • Google 

  • Habitat for Humanity 

  • LinkedIn 

  • Martinez Refinery 

  • Never Too Late Project 

  • NGPF (Next Gen Personal Finance)

  • Sound Precision Chiropractic 

  • Studio Bondy Architecture 

  • United Airlines 

  • YMCA 

  • YNAB (You Need A Budget)

  • Salesforce 

  • Zygo 

Making Waves Education Foundation makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of these listings. If there is an error or you would like to adjust your listing, please contact us at development@making-waves.org. 

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