Breakthrough Investors 2011

Together, Breakthrough volunteers and investors are literally changing the face of education. With sincere gratitude, we salute and thank the generous individuals, corporations and foundations who are empowering a new generation of learners and teachers.

*Denotes trustee for the period July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011 or current trustee.

Angels ($100,000 + )

Bank of America
GAP Foundation
General Atlantic Corporation
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
Toyota USA Foundation

Champions ($75,000 + ) 

May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Grace* and Steven Voorhis

Shakers ($30,000 + )

Mr. and Mrs. HB Atwater
Doris Fisher
Leigh and William Matthes
Susan and Bill Oberndorf
The Sato Foundation
W.L.S. Spencer Foundation

Movers ($20,000 + )

The Dinan Family Foundation, Inc.
Randi and Bob Fisher
Fordham Street Foundation
Betsy* and Jule Hannaford
Lumina Foundation for Education
Marshall* and Gretchen Milligan
Motorola Foundation

Motivators ($10,000 + )

Anonymous
Andy* and Linda Ach
Timothy Barton*
Melissa Buckley* and Raj Atluru
Dodge & Cox
Dana and Bob Emery
Laura and John Fisher
The George Frederick Jewett Foundation
Grousbeck Family Foundation
Matthew Gunn*
Leslie and George Hume
Sheila* and Tom Larsen
Jessica and Jason Moment
Eve Niquette* and Charles Pohl
Oracle Corp.
PepsiCo
Michael* and Lisa Schweitzer
Laura and Greg Spivy
UBS Financial Services
Nadine* and Alex Terman
Teri and Trevor Watt*
Joanie* and Tom Wattles

Doers ($5,000 + ) 

Anonymous
Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson
John C. Atwater and Diana L. Nelson
Bank of the West
Lily and Thomas Beischer
Alex* and Holly Bender
Lyne Brown* and Pat Williams
Chubb & Son
David and Carla Crane
José Davila* and Meghan Shannon
The Drucker Institute
Marianna and David Fisher
Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
Richard Holmstrom and Kate Ridgway
Charles* and Debra Johnson
Elizabeth Fisher Marshall*
Mortenson Family Foundation
Liebe Patterson
Tom and JaMel Perkins
Van* and Donata Sapp
Ms. Sarah E. Stein* and Dr. Michael Cohn
Diana and Steve Strandberg
Nerine* and JC Torres
Lauren Dutton and Glen Tripp*
Jack and Susy Wadsworth
Zalec Familian & Lilian Levinson Foundation

Partners ($2,500 + )

Mark* and Amy Atkinson
James E. Canales
Ernst & Young
Robert C. Friese
Kaatri and Douglas Grigg
Anne and Jeffrey Howson
Liz Hume and Jay Jacobs
Raymonde and Douglas Kramlich
Laura and Michael Lazarus
Marie and Barry Lipman
Stu and Meg McLaughlin
Polly and Newton Merrill
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Morris
Will and Julie Parish Fund
Lisa and John Pritzker
B.T. Rocca, Jr. Foundation
Dian G. and Robert S. Smith
Madeline and Isaac Stein
The San Francisco Foundation
Diane B. Wilsey

Investors ($1,000 + )

Anonymous (2)
The Abbey Family
Grant and Shelley Behrman
Janine Behrman
Carolyn Foundation
Mr. Jeff Cozad
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Crosby
Patricia S. Dinner
Mr. David Draine
Courtney Benoist and Jason M. Fish
Mr. and Mrs. John Glynn
Anne D. and John Herrmann
Mr. James Hormel
Ms. Kristin Horne
Lucinda Johns
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lauder
Loren Lewallen
Deborah McManus
Anthony and Celeste Meier
Linda and Tony Meier
Ronay and Richard Menschel
Miller Law Group
J.D. Moriarty
Glen Murphy
Payne Family Foundation
Billy* and Mary Peebles
Mr. Eric Prosnitz and Mrs. Courtney Klinge
Kendra and Erik Ragatz
Spencer Robertson
Laura and Jim Schlueter
Eric Schwarz and Maureen Coffey
Select Equity Group Foundation
Lee and Vic Sher
Larry and Joyce Stupski
Ms. Jane Su and Mr. Richard Chow
Roselyne C. Swig
Angie and Seth Taube
Tad and Diane Taube
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Vargas
Mr. John B. Wasserman and Mrs. Esther Starrels
Minott Wessinger 

Download a copy of our 2011 Annual Report for a list of all donations between July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011. Please contact us if there are any omissions or errors.