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+)
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
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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
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+)
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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+)
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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+)
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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 |











