Our Supporters
KIPP Northern California is pleased to honor our multi-year campaign supporters who have been instrumental in meeting our fundraising goal of $110 million raised over the last five years!
Ambassadors
Anonymous (2)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
California Community Schools Partnership Program
Tammy & Bill Crown
The Logan/Putney KIPP Forward Endowment:
Sonja & William Davidow, Rebecca & Andrew Logan, Carolyn & Stewart Putney
The Fisher Family
Jen & Abe Friedman
Reed Hastings
KIPP Foundation
ARA Lin
Connie & Bob Lurie Foundation
Jenny Shimizu Risk & Gerald Risk
The Roberts Foundation
Arthur Rock & Toni Rembe Rock
Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
Silicon Schools Fund
Sobrato Family Foundation
Lisa & Matthew Sonsini Family Fund
The Taweel Family
The City Fund
Sandra & John Thompson
Tipping Point Community
U.S. Department of Education
Grace & Steven Voorhis
Webb Family Foundation
Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
Silicon Schools Fund
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Sobrato Family Foundation
Lisa & Matthew Sonsini Family Fund
William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation
Lead Investors
Anonymous (2)
Cheryl Frank & Michael Linn
Blake & Monica Grossman
Andrea Higuera-Ballard & Andy Ballard
Sponsors
Alder Graduate School of Education
Anonymous (2)
Charter School Growth Fund
The Dolby Family
Kathleen Donohue & David Sze
Golden State Community Foundation
Mimi & Peter Haas Fund
Irene S. Scully Family Foundation
K5 Foundation
Koret Foundation
Michael & Paula Rantz Foundation
John Riccitiello
William Zimmerman Foundation
Champions
California Charter Schools Association (CCSA)
The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
Mei & Herald Chen
Jackie & Bret Comolli
Crankstart
Dodge & Cox
The Ken and Judith Joy Family Foundation
Becky Long & Ken Hirsch
Agatha & Steve Luczo
Makena Capital Management
Quest Foundation
Bob & Betsy Reniers
Robina Riccitiello
Eileen Ruby
San Francisco Unified School District
Schultz Family Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Mary & Mark Stevens
Tandem Philanthropies
The Walther Foundation
Lisa & Ted Williams
Julie & Michael Wright
Supporters
Julian Abdey & Sabrina Moyle
Accenture
Jay Allen
Anonymous (3)
Apple
Patricia Armstrong & Kenneth Sharigan
Cori & Tony Bates
Ethan Beard & Wayee Chu
Yvette & Bryan Beaulieu
Jessie Bourneuf
The Brandon & Sapna Boze Fund
Lori & Kurt Buecheler
The Mark & Carrie Casey Family Fund
Michael Chan
Minder Cheng
Junehee & Hoon Cho
Dr. Ernest W. Chow & Dr. Gwenith Alicia Hinze
Classified School Employees Teacher Credentialing Program
John Philip Coghlan & Tina Vindum
Angela & Christopher Cohan
Michael & Victoria Cohen
Diana Cohen & Bill Falik
Caretha & Ken Coleman
The Davis/Dauray Family Fund
Cathy & Sandy Dean
Shashi & Dipanjan Deb
Delta Air lines
Margo & Sunil Dhaliwal
The Nancy & Hugh Ditzler, Jr. Fund
Bill & Kate Duhamel
Lissa Dutton and Danny Shader
Jenna & Jim Ellis
Lynn Feintech & Anthony Bernhardt
Jason M. Fish & Courtney Benoist
Astrid S. Flood
Gene & Maria Frantz Family Fund
Gap Foundation
William G. Gilmore Foundation
Tom Given & Jeff Wright
John & Marcia Goldman Foundation
Goodwater Capital
Google
Ann & Jason Green
J. David Hakman
Philip & Alicia Hammarskjold
Paul Hastings LLP
Sandra & Tom Holland
Jonathan Howe & Alison Huang
Susie Hwang & Matt Glickman
Intermedia
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr Foundation
Matt Kanda
Tonia & Adam Karr/Orbis Investments
Puja & Samir Kaul
The Kearns Family
Eric Keisman
Kent Kendall
The Stephen & Julie Kimball Charitable Fund
The Kimball Foundation
Charles B. Kuhn Memorial Fund
Katherine & James Lau
Ian Kimball Loring
LSP Family Foundation
Lyndsay & Christopher Lyle
Margaret & Kevin Lynch
Wendy & Tim McAdam
Meg & Stuart McLaughlin
Rachael Meny & Matthew Hinsch
Diana Nelson & John Atwater
Eve Niquette & Charles Pohl
Oakland Athletics
Debra & Daniel Ochstein
Kara & Brian Park
Jen & Vic Parker
Celine & Dan Parreñas Shimizu
Debra Weinstein & David Paulson
JaMel & Tom Perkins Family Foundation Fund
PG&E
Priya Pinto
Erin & Brennan Reilly
Charles & Marie Robertson Foundation
Mindy & Jesse Rogers
Bob Rosner & Julie Goldman
Ruthann Roth
Mark & Tobi Rubin
Jodie & Jack Russi
The Schauble Family Foundation
Gil & Danielle Simon
Sarah Stein & Michael Cohn
Stephenson Foundation
Mrs. G. Craig Sullivan
Lucille & Thomas Sutkus
Blake & Beth Thompson
Victoria Thorp & Jim Migdal
Jennifer Wythes Vettel Family Fund
Visa Foundation
Irene & Maynard Webb
Pat Wilson
Kiele Neas Wolf & Bill Wolf
Samantha & Scott Zinober
Contributors
Gretchen de Baubigny
Katie Albright & Jake Schatz
Robin & David Alvarado
Balakrishnan Family Foundation
Sharon & Joseph Barthmaier
Lily & Tom Beischer
The Emily Benatar Foundation
Roberto Benavidez
Kathleen & Dan Bomze
The Lexie & Scott Clifford Family Fund
Edward & Nancy Conner Fund
Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund
Gordon Dean & Kristen Dean
Harshal Deo
Doug Dossey & Kathrin Dellago
The Eakin Family Foundation
D’Lonra Ellis
Devon & Darren Gold
Ron Gonzales
Gustavo & Maria Gonzalez
The Hartman Family Foundation
Eric Hassall MD Giving Fund
Jacqueline Holen & Bill Jackson
Leslie & George Hume
Jordan Park Mission 1st Fund
David LaHorgue
Phil & Kelly Mahoney
Dagny Maidman & Molly Wood
Stephen & Zorinne Schwartz Family Fund
Betsy & Ed McDermott
The Melmon Foundation
Aubrey & Tomoko Merriman
Tashia & John Morgridge
Ericka & Nick Pianim
Piper Sandler Companies
Dan & Joelle Prislin
George & Kristie Roeth
Julia Rowe & Ron Kahn
Melissa Roza
John Russi
Octavio Sandoval
Robert Shimizu & Judith Shimizu
Ereca & John Shrewsberry
Jessica & Eric Spaly
David Stinfil & Roxann Belle
Selina Tobaccowala
The David & Heidi Welch Foundation
Jennifer Brown & Frank Ke-Fan Wu
Matching Donors
Apple
Blue Shield of California
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Google
Guggenheim Partners, LLC
Piper Sandler Companies
Our Board
Board of Directors
Abe Friedman, Board Chair
Jenny Shimizu Risk, Vice Board Chair
Michael Cohen
Caretha Coleman
D’Lonra Ellis
Laura Fisher
Jessica García-Kohl
Ron Gonzales
Blake Grossman
Bob Gutierrez
Jamie Juni
Cindy Lora
Karla Mondragón
Emily Rummo
Octavio Sandoval
Arryonna Santos
Sohi Sohn
David Stinfil
Sandra Thompson
Doris Fisher, Board Member Emeritus
Past Directors
Jay Allen
Sumari Barnes
Dereca Blackmon
John Philip Coghlan
Michael Crowley
David Cumming
Chuck Daggs
Lauren Dutton
Brewster Ely
Andrea Evans
Kevin Eyres
Bill Falik
Don Fisher (In Memoriam)
Cheryl Frank
Heather Gardley
Gustavo Gonzalez
Sukey Grousbeck
Bill Gurley
Jacquelyn Hadley
Connie Heldman
Andrea Higuera-Ballard
Ken Hirsch
Tom Holland
Rick Intrater, Founding Board Chair
Tonia Karr
Carl Kawaja
Mimi Kingsley
Rob Lake
Emani’ Lewis
Joi Lewis
Joan Lonergan
Haley Lopez
Aubrey Merriman
Amy Morgenstern
Katie Paige
Satya Patel
David Paulson
Paula Rantz
Mary Leonard Robinson
Jason Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez
David Santos
Lisa Sobrato Sonsini
Grace Voorhis
Ted Williams
Chris J. Young
Your support makes this possible.
With your investments, we have grown with quality, continued to innovate, and emerged as a proof point for what is still possible in public education. And we are not resting on our laurels. We are working hard to position our schools and students for the future. We’re evolving our school model to make teaching more sustainable and more impactful.
Your support enables us to:
- Invest in a suite of new, research-backed math and reading curricula for all grade levels,
- Increase and strengthen our teacher training and leadership development programs,
- Pilot AI innovations that save teachers time so they can focus on fostering student engagement and critical thinking,
- Continue to offer one-of-a-kind, personalized college and career counseling to both our current high schoolers and our adult alumni.