BUILDing Change

Our students come from low-income communities with a 50%-70% high school drop- out rate. Expectations are low, inspiration rare. Yet through their determination, they overcome obstacles and become successful, self-sufficient individuals. This is BUILD’s most important result.

Supporting

Their Support Helps Us Change Lives

Thanks to the generous support of the organizations and individuals listed below, BUILD is able to make a difference in the lives of our aspiring entrepreneurs this year.

IPO Investors ($50,000+)

Jim and Jenna Ellis
John R. Berthold
Vadasz Family Foundation
The Ronald and Ann Williams Charitable Foundation
New Profit, Inc.
The Jenesis Group
Tipping Point Community Foundation
The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation
The May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
McCance Foundation Trust
Peery Fund
S.H. Cowell Foundation

Mezzanine Investors ($25,000 - $49,999)

The Hopper-Dean Family Fund
Dean Witter Foundation
Chevron Corporation
Jeff and Edie Fisher
Koret Foundation
Yahoo! Employee Foundation

Series B Investors ($10,000 - $24,999)

Noble and Lorraine Hancock 
Bain Capital Children's Charity
Eldridge and Kirsten Gray 
Sobrato Family Foundation
Project Redwood
San Francisco Foundation
Spotlight Foundation
Dorothy Lazier
Excelerate Foundation
John and Marcia Goldman Foundation
The Thomas J. Long Foundation
All Stars Helping Kids
Doug and Shanti Brien
Leslie Family Foundation
Webb Family Foundation
Rogers Family Foundation
Sand Hill Group Foundation
YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund through the Women's Foundation of California

Series A Investors ($2,500 - $9,999)

David Lazier
Robert Frazzini 
Suzanne Passalacqua
Miriam Rivera and Clint Korver
Christensen Fund
Atkinson Foundation
Chapin Foundation
Nancy Cavers Dougherty
Silicon Valley Bank
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
HSBC Bank
Peter Mellen
Peter Bourne
Avascent Group
BlackBag Technologies
eBay Foundation
Kirit Patel
Eric Weissman

Seed Stage Investors ($1,000 - $2,499)

G. Thompson and Wende Hutton 
Union Bank of California
David Klahr and Pamela Weiss
Janet Larson
Rizwan Mallal
RTI International
Beth Siegelman
Robert Dench
Sarah Bloem
Margie Johnson
Acumen Solutions
Paul Holland
Rick Smith
Paul Jordan
GAP Foundation
Chuck Samuels
Shannon Adkins
Advantage Capital Management Corporation
Fred Anderson
Aronson Foundation
The Cramblit Family Foundation
Carol Dressler
First Commercial Bank
Thomas Ivey
Mark Parnes
PLX Technology, Inc.
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Rudney Associates
Cora Tellez
Valero Refining Company - CA
Dan and Trish Niehans
Wells Fargo
Brenda Zawatski
Jean Kovacs
David Weir
CBS Outdoor

Bootstrappers (up to $999)


Anonymous (24)
David Hanabusa
Pete Kazanjy
Jane and Lorin Cortina
Donald Benioff
Sellers Stough
Robert Miller
Amy Wright
Junior League of Washington D.C.
Christopher Gergen
Brady and Kristie Berg
Patricia Klahr
Wanda Alexander
Debbie Krackeler
Frank Fischer
David Tsao
Google, Inc.
David Metz
Kent Lucas
Kevin Frick
Susan Morse
Martha Sawyer
Charles B. Crisman
Michael Dignen
Edward Gasperdes
Herstory NOW
The Portsmouth Group
Joseph Beles
Josh Klahr
Julie Hill
Philip de Toledo
Joe Higdon
Elzabeth Prycl
Terry Harms
Eric Weisberg
Deri Collins McCrea
Martha Piper
Heidi Roizen
Terry Lafferty Drotos
Jamien McCullum
John Kaner
Kevin J. Ivey
Jordan Kramer
Hang Cheng
Peter Dirksen
Lawrence Shubert
Rachel Friedman
Jeff Hokenson
Gil Meyer
Susay Meyers
Martha Gilmore
Court Skinner
Susan Hailey
Ken Budman
Iona Da Costa Perreira
Mark Gainey
Macro Solutions
Tamsinn and Chris Cowart
Lela Djakovic and Geoffrey Frank