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"Breakthrough is one of the best educational programs for national replication."
   - Mike O'Farrell, Vice President, Global Community Affairs, Applied Materials, Inc.

Invest in educational equity and make a difference

Breakthrough relies on the generosity of its donors and volunteers to continue making a difference in young peoples’ lives. Your investment of any amount will help us continue to provide underserved middle school students with access to an excellent education and the encouragement to succeed.

Your contribution is tax-deductible. Breakthrough is a 501(c)(3) organization.

For more information, please contact Erica Fortescue, efortescue@breakthroughcollaborative.org.

Breakthrough's Wishlist for In Kind Donations:

• Small beverage refrigerator - black or stainless steel
• New coffee maker - black or stainless steel
• Cappucino maker - black or stainless steel
• Kitchen cabinet refurbishing
• DVD player
• VCR
• Industrial glass (approx 46" x 95")
• Large conference table (11 ft X 6 ft)
• Matching set of chairs for conference table (12+)
• Interactive electronic whiteboard
• 2 Chairs from EQ3 (Salema armless chairs)
• Area rug/carpet
• Color laser printer (commercial grade)
• For our Fort Worth Site:
  -File cabinets
  -Laptops for each staff member
  -Spanish-speaking volunteers for translating, oral and written
  -An office makeover (for aesthetics and organization)
  -PR services for a new brochure & web site
  -A web domain (www.breakthroughfortworth.org)

If you would like to donate one of the above items, please contact Zoe Reyes zreyes@breakthroughcollaborative.org.

Together, Breakthrough volunteers and investors are changing the face of education. We deeply appreciate the generous individuals, businesses and foundations who are encouraging a new generation of learners and teachers.

Breakthrough Volunteers - 2007:

Laura Schlueter
Jeanne Blamey
Happy Esty
Karena and Helen Fowler
Betsy Dodd
Sarah Klem
Kevin Jones
David Jay

Breakthrough Investors
July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007:

Angels ($100,000 + )
The Atlantic Philanthropies
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn


Rainmakers ($50,000-$99,999)
Leslie* and George Hume
Grace* and Steven Voorhis

Shakers ($25,000-$49,999 )
Corporation for National Service
Mr. James Dinan
Doris and Donald Fisher
Laura and John Fisher
Gap Foundation
Leigh and William* Matthes
The Sato Foundation
W.L.S. Spencer Foundation

Movers ($10,000-$24,999)
Anonymous
Dodge & Cox
Endesha Group
Randi and Bob Fisher
Grousbeck Family Foundation
Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
Betsy* and Jule Hannaford
The Hellman Family
Anne D.* and John Herrmann
HSBC
The Jaquelin Hume Foundation
The Katherine John Murphy Foundation
Sheila and Tom* Larsen
Laura and Michael Lazarus
Terry and John Levin
Polly* and Newton Merrill
Marshall* and Gretchen Milligan
Morgan Stanley
Susan* and Bill Oberndorf
Diana Farrell and Scott Pearson*
Philip L. Graham Fund
John* and Lee Pritchard
Eric Schwarz* and Maureen Coffey
John A. Sellon Charitable Residual Trust
Laura and Greg Spivy
ValueAct Capital
The Webber Family Foundation
Zalec Familian & Lilian Levinson Foundation

Doers ($5,000-$9,999)
Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson
Mr. Raj Atluru and Ms. Melissa Buckley*
Lily and Thomas Beischer
Courtney Benoist and Jason M. Fish
Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher
Fleishhacker Foundation
Phyllis K. Friedman
Susan Sachs Goldman*
Linda and Jon Gruber
Kathryn Hall and Tom Knutsen
Lopez Low Foundation
Betsy and Ed McDermott
Carrick and Andy McLaughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Stu McLaughlin*
Steven L. Merrill
The Olcott Family Foundation
Missie Rennie*
Ms. Anne K. Ryan
Laura and Jim Schlueter
Cecily Cameron and Derek Schrier
Sarah E. Stein*
Kathe G. Williamson*
Charlotte and David* Winton
Jane and Doug Wolf

Partners ($1,000-$4,999)
The Abbey Family
Andy and Linda Ach
Anonymous
John C. Atwater and Diana L. Nelson
Orlando Bravo
Dale J. Burch
Bob and Kathy Burke
Carolyn and Preston Butcher
Melinda and Brian Carroll
Richard M. and Elizabeth S. Cashin
Peter Chung and Andrea Higgins
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Coblentz
Carolyn Klebanoff and Fred Cohen
Columbia Foundation
Mr. R. T. Columbus
Kelly Corrigan and Edward Lichty
Gretchen and Andre de Baubigny
Mr. and Mrs. David Dossetter
Pauline Elkin
Lisa Erdberg and Dennis Gibbons
Mr. and Mrs. John V. Erickson
Mathea Falco
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fredericks
Mrs. John Glynn
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
Marcia and John Goldman
Kaatri and Douglas Grigg
Alyssa and Jonathan Harris
San Francisco Foundation
Susan Hirsch and Susan Leal
Mr. Rick Holmstrom and Ms. Kate Ridgeway
Ms. Kristin Horne
Anne and Jeffrey Howson
Mrs. Jaquelin H. Hume
Liz Hume and Jay Jacobs
Ms. Kristine Johnson and Mr. Tim Dattels
Meridee Moore and Kevin King
Patricia and Robin Klaus
Eve and David S. Kleger
Raymonde and Douglas Kramlich
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kvamme
Mr. and Mrs. Chip Linnehan
Marie and Barry Lipman
Jack and Lorry Luikart
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Matthes
Christine A. Mattison
Ms. Melissa H. Maxman
Pat and Susie McBaine
Professor Jack and Melody McDonald
Deborah McManus
Burt and Deedee McMurtry
Linda and Tony Meier
Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Menaged
Ronay and Richard Menschel
Marla Miller and David Kremer
Kurt and Tammy Mobley
Hollie Moore*
Diane Morris
Michael and Karen Page
Will and Julia Parish Fund
Liebe and Bill Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Billy* Peebles
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pohl
Lisa and John Pritzker
Bebe and Judson Reis
Thomas and Elizabeth Renyi
Sally and Toby Rosenblatt
The Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
Theo Schwabacher and Michael Gallagher
Deborah and Michael Shepherd
Douglas and Lydia Shorenstein
Jane and John Siegel
Silver Lake Partners
Michael Simmons
Mary and Paul Slawson
Glenn Solomon and Lisa Kay
Madeline and Isaac Stein
John and Chase Stevenson
Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor
Ms. Mei Yung Stitzel
Roselyne C. Swig
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Taube
Mr. and Mrs. Tad Taube
Mr. Carl W. Vogt*
Mr. and Ms. Trevor R. Watt
Lynn and Peter Wendell
Jessica W. Wheeler and John B. Witchel
Mr. John B. Williams
Mrs. Alfred S. Wilsey
Mr. Robert C. Winters

Friends ($1-$999)
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Abernethy
Nancy Adler and Arnold Milstein
Chandrika Agarawal
Heather Ainsworth and J. Markwood Goodrich, Jr.
Ms. Katherine Ainsworth
Jean Albert
Ms. Lelac Almagor
Jeanne Amster and Ken Arnold
Anonymous
Lewis W. Butler and Catherine Armsden
Mr. and Mrs. Mark. Austrian
Shirley Bacot
Mr. Mark Bailen
Ms. Deborah Bain and Mr. Joel Young
Ms. Sandra S. Baker
Mr. and Ms. Charles A. Ballard
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Banfield
Janice and Matthew Barger
Beth and Jamie Barrett
Mr. Aaron Bass*
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Baum
Bennet H. Beach
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Beal M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Benson
Suzanne Bergeron and Peter Strumph
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bernheim
Mr. Mark Berwick and Ms. Alyssa Allen
Cynthia Bing
Jane and Dameron Black
Katherine H. Black
Jeanne Blamey
Sandee Blechman and Steven Goldberg
Jeff and Becky Bleich
Joan and Barry Boothe
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bowles
Katherine Boyd
Stacy Brackeen
Ms. Jen Bradley
Mr. Henry Brasch
Maurice Breen
Bebe Broadwater
Ms. Christine Broberg and Mr. Drew Carpenter
Wendy and Ned Brokaw
Su Moon Paik and Robert Brown
Robin Duryee and Warren Browner
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brubaker
Mr. and Ms. Michael Brustein
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Buchanan III
Casey Budesilich
Lynn B. Bunim and Alexander L. Fetter
Leslie and Walter Burlock
Linda and Tom Burns
Mr. Steven K. Buster
James E. Canales
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Carvin
Dolly and George Chammas
Mr. Rudolph Chandler
Dr. and Mrs. Paul D. Chapman
Charles and Margaret Charnas
Herald and Mei Chen
Linda and John Clarke
Linda and Norman Cohen
Combined Federal Campaign
The Charles Piper Cost Foundation
Ms. Elaine Coyle-Weil
Ms. Julia L. Cronin
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Crosby
Charles Crowder
Mr. Bobby Cupp
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. Daecher
Patricia and Simeon David
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Dean
Sandy and Catherine Dean
Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeMuro
Mr. and Ms. John M. Devaney
Patricia Swig Dinner
Len and Jennifer Dulski
Margaret Duskin
Lauren Dutton and Glen Tripp
Lindsey and Terry Eakin
Elizabeth and Emil Roy Eisenhardt
Stephen and Diana Elkin
Marth Siegel and Adam Elsesser
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elwein
Jacqueline & Christian Erdman
Nancy Estes
Athalia and Peter Esty
Mr. and Ms. Scott E. Faber
Katie and Reade Fahs
Mr. Matthew Farron
Julie Fingersh and David Rudnick
John Flickinger*
Mr. Sean Foley
Ms. Karen Forrester
Erica and Gregory Fortescue
Ms. Sara Fousekis
Noel J. Francisco and Cynthia S. Francisco
Charles L. Frankel
Dale C. Freeman
Robert C. Friese
Mr. and Mrs. Yoav Gal
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Garfinkel
Mr. and Mrs. Eben Garnett
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Gaybrick
Ms. Alexandra Gerson
Mr. Bill Getty
David Gilson
Ms. Taliah Givens
Ms. Maggie Goodlander
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Grady
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Gramlich
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Gramlich
Judy and Gary Grossman
Mr. and Mrs. Norton Grubb
Ms. Shannon C. Gwin
Andrea Hackett and Brad Kraetzer
Nancy and John Hargraves
Mr. Ryan Harms
Karen and Frank Hartmann
Ms. Cheryl Hayes
Ms. Jessica Heard
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hendrickson
Sara and John Hendrickson
Ms. Katherine T. Henrickson
Ms. Jennifer Hewett
Ms. Eleanor Hicks
Lauren and Ted Hobart
Glenn W. Holsclaw* and Donna Hubbard
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Holt
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hoopes Jr.
Linda and Larry Howell
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Hush
Mr. David G. L. Jay
Ms. Brenna Jenny
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Johns
Hilary Johnson
Mr. Michael Jura and Ms. Ying Hua
Barbara and Michael Katz, The Gloria F. Ross Foundation
Keesal, Young & Logan
Barbara and David Kimport
Mr. and Mrs. Henry King
Ms. Missy Kirchner
Jane and Charles Klein
Kate Kelly
Ms. Lois E. Kortum and Mr. George W. McBride
Kramon & Graham, P.A.
Jacqueline and Steve Krause
Eric S. Kravetz
Cynthia M. Krohn
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krzys
Mr. Peter Kuechle
Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Kuroda
Peter Kwiterovich*
Mr. and Mrs. Chris P. Lalli
Rudolf Bergmans and Ann Lane
Marsha Maytum and Bill Leddy
Mr. Douglas Lee
Gay and Christopher Lehman
Jeffrey H. Lerner
Ms. Amy Levin-Epstein
Ms. Lauren Levin-Epstein
Dr. and Mrs. William A. Lieber
Mary Ann Livingston
Esan Looper*
Ms. Eileen Louie
Ms. Lorenita Lucas
James J. and Patricia Ludwig
Ms. Stephanie Lund
Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Lundquist
Phuong Luong
Mr. and Ms. Robert D. Mac Dougall
Robert Macrae
Ms. Celeste M. Malone
Connie and Haig Mardikian
Carolína Martín*
Kaki Martin
Ms. Molly McCarthy
Mr. Scott McCulloch
Colin B. McKee
Jeffrey McLaughlin
Kenneth and Vera Meislin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Meltzer
Ms. Deborah J. Menkart
Mr. and Mrs. John Mesirow
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mills
Constance M. Miner
Ms. Susan Moldaw
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Moller
Laura Steele Monahan and Brian Monahan
Joanna Moore
Ryan L. Moore
Mr. Michael Moses
Ms. Nancy Murphy
Ms. Nancy Murray and Mr. Jim Feuille
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Nagelson
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Neihaus
Jackie and Howard Nemerovski
Ellen and Walter Newman
Mr. and Mrs. Kareem M. Nolan
Eleanor and Robert November
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Nye
Mr. Jamieson Odell
Gage and Stacey Olcott
Mr. Alexander Oren
Mr. Allen Orr
Bill and Caroline Orrick
Ms. Jennifer A. Ostrow
Ms. Katie Pakenham
Ms. Tiffany Parker
Raj Patel
Elena and Michael Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pedrero
Rosa Lung Peir and Jay Peir
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Pitt
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Pochop
Laura Pochop* and Chad Olcott
Ms. Florence D. Polikoff
Beth and Mark Porter
Mary and Patric Powell
Edward Preston
Cashman K. Prince
Mrs. and Mrs. Alan Proctor
Mr. and Mrs. David Purvis
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Quinones
Brenda Rambeau*
Ms. Milbrey S. Raney
Manuel and Zoe Reyes
Ms. Clare M. Ribando
Jane Richards
Mr. Rob Richardson
John Rinaldi and Hank Tanner
Ms. Lucia Rivieccio
Ms. Johanna W. Roberts
Letitia Roberts
Barbara Paul Robinson and Charles Raskob Robinson
Ms. Teresa Rodriguez
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Roeder
Frances G. Rogers
Thomas and Shelagh Rohlen
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Romatowski
Karla Romero and Robert Ricketts
Kimberly and Seth Rosen
Mrs. and Mrs. Paul C. Rosenthal
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Russell
Mary Ryan and Tom Griffith
Mr. Niles Ryan
Michelle and Vince Saunders
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Savageaux
Julia C. Schieffelin
Mr. Montgomery E. Schmitt
Abby and Gene Schnair
Lisbeth and Daniel Schorr
Reinhardt Schuhmann
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Schwarz
Marian L. Schwarz
Priscilla and Peter Schwarzenbach
Mr. Campbell Scribner
Molly Williams and Steve Sell
Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Sewell
Ms. Amanda Silber and Mr. Daniel A. Levitt
Mr. Daniel P. Singh
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smelick
Ms. Kimberly A. Smith
Ms. Precious Smith
Jane A. Spray
Mr. Christopher Steadley
Ellen and David Stein
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Stein
Ms. Natalie Stern
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Stewart
Jim and Liz Steyer
Rich and Michele Stratton
Ms. Ericka Streck
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Suter
Laila Tarraf and Daniel Forland
Lisa and Sean Tarter
Phyllis Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. James Thomson
Mr. and Mrs. William Thomson
Mr. Peter Thorp
Mrs. Ruth Timbrell
Mr. Jeff Topor and Ms. Michelle Kuppich
Mr. Joshua M. Turner and Ms. Julie Kanarowski
Mr. Michael Turner
Mr. James P. Ulwick and Ms. Suellen M. Ferguson
Jeffrey Urstadt
Denny and Kate Van Ness
Ms. Moníca Vasquez
Ms. Patti Wainger
Peter Waldman and Charene Zalis
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathon Walton
Ms. Samantha Wang
Marie* and Eugene Washington
Mr. Nile Watson
Jane Wattenberg
Matt Weber
Meredith Weenick
Vera Weintraub
Nancy and Bebo White
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Whorton
Jon and Tania Wilcox
Ms. Donna M. Willingham
Christopher Willrich
Jennifer Wolfe and Nolan Zail
Ms. Felicia Wong and Mr. Jonathan Halperin
Judy Wong
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Woodward
Gilda and Cecil Wray
James Hormel and Timothy Wu
Ms. Emily Yamazawa
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Yang
Louis Zachary, Jr.

In-Kind Donors
Archive Photography
Macy Allatt
Bolsa Bonita
Bloomers
Carolyn Davis/Alliance Coaching
The Fairmont San Francisco
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin
Rich Kubiszewski
Leewood Press
McCormick & Kuleto's Seafood Restaurant
National Public Radio
Norfolk Academy
James Olness Enterprises
Mr. Handyman
Paper Russels
Pillsbury Winthrop
Point of View
San Francisco Business Times
Sonya Paz Fine Art Gallery
Stratford Candids
Timbuk2
Tres Agaves Mexican Kitchen and Tequila Lounge

*Denotes Trustee