Our Supporters

As of May 2025

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 swarner@thetech.org.

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

Benefactor: $250,000 - $999,999
Ford Motor Company

Visionary: $100,000-$249,999
Adobe Foundation
Applied Materials, Inc.
William K. Bowes Jr. Foundation
Davidson Family Foundation
Institute of Library and Museum Services
The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
National Institutes of Health
NetApp, Inc.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health

Founding: $50,000-$99,999
eBay
EY
House Family Foundation
Intel Corporation
Intuitive Foundation
Siegel Family Endowment
Thermo Fisher Scientific
The Anne Wojcicki Foundation

Principal: $25,000-$49,999
Accenture
Agilent Technologies Foundation
Amazon
Arm
AstraZeneca
Autodesk
Bank of America
Deloitte Foundation
GitLab
Google, Inc.
Hitachi America/ Hitachi Vantara
IBM
Inflection AI
KLA Foundation
Koret Foundation
KPMG LLP
Marvell
Neat
Oracle Corporation
PwC Charitable Foundation
Quest Foundation
Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation
Snowflake
Synopsys Outreach Foundation
J. A. Unruh Family Foundation
Valhalla Foundation
Zoom Video Communications

Underwriting: $10,000-$24,999
Abracon
AMD
Robert E. and Adele Boydston Foundation
Deloitte
Evercore
First Tech Federal Credit Union
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction, Co.
Mayfield Fund Foundation
Micro Lithography
Microchip Technology, Inc.
The MOCA Foundation
Morgan Stanley
oneZero Financial Systems
OpenAI
Plug and Play
Qatalyst Partners LP
Salesforce
San Francisco Bay University
Sonatus
Star One Credit Union
Synaptics
Tech CU
Toeniskoetter Construction
Western Digital
Workday

Investing: $5,000-$9,999
Arista
Booz Allen Foundation
Boston Museum of Science
Gates Foundation
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Lockheed Martin
Medius
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Samsung Semiconductor
Silicon Valley Luminary Society

Sponsoring: $2,500-$4,999
Asset Management Company
Morrison and Foerster Foundation
NXP Semiconductor
San Jose Water Company
TE Connectivity

Entrepreneurial: $1,000-$2,499
Berliner Cohen LLP
Pony.AI
Robert Half International
Samsung Electronics America
San Jose Earthquakes
SWENSON
Valley Water

In Kind
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Accenture
Amazon Web Services
Cisco
Event Architects, Inc.
Google
J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines
Microsoft
ShawContract
Signia by Hilton San Jose
Venus Spirits

As of May 2025
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.

Benefactor: $250,000 - $999,999
Ann Bowers Trust
Barbara Glynn

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

Founding $50,000 - $99,999
Grimm Family Fund
House Family Foundation
The Scott Foundation
Smith Family Foundation

Principal $25,000 - $49,999
Esther John and Aart de Geus
Connie and Jerry Held
Catherine and Franklin Johnson
Charlene and Dirk Kabcenell
Joseph Kava
Neeru and Vinod Khosla
David H. Liu Foundation

Underwriting $10,000 - $24,999
Marimo Berk
Penelope and E. Ronald Blake
Gloria and Michael Chiang
Sonja and William Davidow
Kathy and James Deichen
Susan and John Diekman
Eileen and Christopher DiGiorgio
Ana and Carl Eschenbach
Sabrina Farmer
Geschke Foundation
Maud and Burton Goldfield Family Foundation
Trine Sorensen and Michael Jacobson
Ana Mendez and Rajeev Jayavant
Gloria Chen and John Kibarian
Tammy Kiely
The Krause Foundation
Janie and Wayne Lambert
Ludwick Family Foundation
Sujata Banerjee and Vibhu Mittal
Julie Packard
Janine and John Pelosi
Josie and Daniel Perez
Hal Powell
Susan and Richard Roche
Meredith and Ray Rothrock
Amy and Matthew Sapp
Rachel and Simon Segars
Jack and Mary Lois Wheatley Family Trust
Elizabeth Wolf
X&W Foundation

As of May 2025
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
Ariko Family Foundation
Barnholt Family Foundation
Patrice and Chris Beard
Janice and Thomas Berthold
Courtney Blum and Jeff Brown
Robert Bynum
The Brett & Michelle Galloway Foundation
Kate and Kurt Hogan
Maureen and David Kennedy
Katherine and James Lau
Myriam Curet and Tim McAdams
Metzger Family Foundation
Mirnahill Foundation
Nachtsheim Family Foundation
Pawan Tewari
Jennifer and Chris Urmson
Rebecca and David Weekly

Sponsoring $2,500 - $4,999
Linda and Joe Bronson
Lupe and Juan Cruz
Cushman Family Foundation
Mandy Dhaliwal
Arline and James Harper
Hitz Foundation
Devi Kamdar and David House
Karen and Walter Loewenstern
Shilin Jiang and Gregory Luth
Shawn and Douglas MacKenzie
Marnie Mar
Shara and David Morishige
Dean Morton
Victoria Wheeler and Karl Rectanus
Beth and Stephen Robie
Shannon Hunt-Scott and Kevin Scott
Angela Stribling and Kenneth Washington

Entrepreneurial $1,000 - $2,499
Lucia Soares and Miguel Avila
Barbara and Frank Barone
Germaine Bickel
Paul Billig
Stasi Brown
Huiling Chen
Kymberly and Dan Christman
Janette and Chris Ciborowski
Alexandru Costin
Laurel Weeks and Doug Cremer
Peggy and Yogen Dalal
Roxi Wen and Aydrian Drewery
Celia and Jim Dudley
Joan and Alan Earhart
Benjamin Fennema
Fischer Family Foundation
Renu and Dhrumil Gandhi
Leanne and Peter Giles
Raquel Gonzalez
Hon Mai and Joseph Goodman
Emily Fox and Carlos Guestrin
Darlene Markovich and Ronald Haak
Munira Shamim and Amer Haider
Mahika and Sameer Halepete
Matthew Hardy
Peggy Heiman
Melinda Borjon and John Heinlein
Diana and Robert Hirahara
Phyllis Hsia
Wende and Tom Hutton
Francisco Imai
Sarah Torney and Brendan Ittelson
Atsuko and Tim Jenks
Kieve Foundation
Jennifer Konecny
Michael and Ina Korek Foundation Trust
Terry and Bill Krivan
Galatea Chang and Mars Lee
Dan’l Lewin
Laura Becker-Lewke and Reynold Lewke
Rosemarie and Dale Luck
Ann and Robert Marangell
Alison and Michael Mauzé
Milligan Family Charitable Fund
Steven Morgan
Abigail and Jody Mortimore
Sukanya and Omkaram Nalamasu
Penny Noyce
Shital And Devesh Patel
Penner Family Foundation
Cindy Chavez and Mike Potter
Poudrier Family
Jan and Don Provan
Catherine Rossi-Roos and Mark Roos
Nicole And Ethan Rublee
Diane Schweitzer and Steve Schramm
Nicole and Doug Scott
Eva and Kent Scott
Keshav Sharma
Cindy Pellisier and Ed Snyder
Mary Murphy and Mark Stevens
Sterling Tanner
Justin Tansuwan
Mathew Thomas
Troper Wojcicki Foundation
Bob Tuber
Toni and Russell Vanwinkle
Paul Vlasveld
Janet and Peter Walde
Carolyn and Greg Waters
Cyndy and Don Wieland
Robert Wise, Jr.
Linda and King Won
Joyce and Kenneth Wong
Nousheen Eslambolchi and Pete Woodhouse
Elizabeth Yin

As of May 2025

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 Bill 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

As of May 2025
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 May 2025
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