Meet Our Contributors

World Savvy is grateful for the generous support from individuals, corporations, businesses and foundations. We work closely with many of them to collectively create systemic change in K-12 education. World Savvy and our funder Walter and Elise Haas Fund are featured on the Foundation Center’s PhilanTopic blog, Grants That Make a Difference, in May 2009.

Our contributors since 2009 include:

Visionary $200,000+

Anonymous (two-year commitment)

Ambassador $50,000 - $199,000

Walter and Elise Haas Fund (two-year commitment)
Sarah Ann Haldan
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
Taproot Foundation
The Tilden Family Fund

Counsel $25,000 - $49,999

Anonymous
California International Studies Project
Dan and Gina DeVito (three-year commitment)
Stuart Haldan
Mortenson Family Foundation
Salesforce.com Foundation
Y. & H. Soda Foundation (two-year commitment)

Attache $10,000 - $24,999

The Chapman Family Foundation
Farese Family Foundation
Foley & Lardner LLP
The Gap Foundation
Jennifer and Nikhil Haas-Dehejia Fund
Claire Haldan
The Island Fund at the New York Community Trust
Laird Norton Family Foundation
The Nelson Fund, a Committee Advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Nerdery Interactive Labs
Potrero Nuevo Fund of Tides Foundation
Peter and Susan Restler
SAP America, Inc.
May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Xcel Energy Foundation

Advocate $5,000 - $9,999

Anonymous
Best Buy Children’s Foundation
Cate and Jim Biggs
The William H. Donner Foundation
Nancy Geenen
Ethelmae S. Haldan
David and Patricia Hansen
Madiha Murshed
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Pentair Foundation
Amr Razzak and Jane Hsiao
San Francisco State University
Anita Trachte and Timothy Mason
Zeum: an art & technology museum for kids and families

Supporter $1,000 - $4,999

Michelle Alberda
Anonymous
Teveia Barnes
Betsy Blumenthal and Jonathan Root
Joan and Ron Cornwell
Bill and Marj Coleman
Jason and Amy Curran
Joe and Linda Curran
Nancy Farese
David Garonzik and Chiara Grabill
Denice Helman Rein
Ron Herring and Tuckie Yirchott
Neil and Nancy Humphreys
Institute of European Studies
Greg and Denise Kelly
Rob Lawrence
Leonardt Foundation
The Marcus Family
David Maurrasse
Jennifer McClanahan and Andy Flint
Patricia McGinnis
Ryan and Jeanne McGinnis
Dana and Mathias Mortenson
M. A. Mortenson Company
Markus Niebanck
Jerry and Lisa O'Brien Family Fund of the Minnesota Community Foundation
Dr. Michael Quinn Patton
Piziali and Associates
Donna Pribble
The Randall Family Foundation
Kyle and Jamie Redford
Justin Reyna
CSP Architects
Bob and Elaine Sloss
Ted and Mary Jo Shen
May Tien
Leslie Turner
Wal-Mart.com
Edward Yong Wang
Yiqing Foundation

Friend $500 - $999

Scott and Laura Balkan
Kate Beardsley
Mary Lu Bilek and Aaron Marcu
Dr. Patricia Kavanagh and James Grant
Joanne Healey
Rich and Carrie Higgins
Kip and Sara Howard
Suann Ingle and Amy Coupe
Kenton King
Hanmin Lee
Hansoo Lee
Dick and Joyce H. McFarland Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Clare McCamy and Harrison Miller
Ed and Isabel McDevitt
David and Sheila McLean
Mark and Katie Mortenson
Laura Neumeister
Edward and Casey Novotny
Vatee Pattaropong
Isabel Sloane and Drew Robbins
Sarah Smith and Ben McLean
Lisa and Hunter Spencer
University of Minnesota
David and Charlotte Winton