Sponsors

Primary Sources of Financial Support

Science Buddies is the sole program of the Kenneth Lafferty Hess Family Charitable Foundation which itself provided major start-up funding for the program from 2001 to 2003. Corporate grants now provide the majority of Science Buddies' funding. Science Buddies is actively seeking corporate partners. For more information or to discuss a donation, contact Courtney Corda: courtney@sciencebuddies.org

Science Buddies is deeply grateful for the corporate and individual support we have received from the following organizations and people.

2008 Corporate and Institutional Sponsors
(as of June 3, 2008)

National -- Presenting Level ($150,000+)
Seagate Technology

Copernicus Level ($50,000 – $99,000)
AMD Foundation
Northrop Grumman Foundation
Schering-Plough Foundation

Darwin Level ($30,000 – $49,999)
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Motorola Foundation

Newton Level ($20,000 – $29,999)

Salk Level ($15,000 – $19,999)

Edison Level ($10,000 – $14,999)
The Abbott Fund

Galileo Level ($5,000 – $9,999)
Callidus Software
Lockheed Martin
National Semiconductor Foundation, a corporate advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
OSI Pharmaceuticals Foundation
Xerox Foundation

Curie Level ($1,000 – $4,999)
Genencor Danisco
Raytheon
Sybase

Contributor
Synaptics

Donations in Kind
AMD
Google
Logitech
Seagate
Young and Rubicam San Francisco

2007 Corporate and Institutional Sponsors
(as of December 31, 2007)

National -- Presenting Level (>$125,000)
Seagate Technology

Copernicus Level ($50,000 – $99,000)

Darwin Level ($30,000 – $49,999)
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Symantec
Yahoo Employee Foundation

Newton Level ($20,000 – $29,999)
Agilent Technologies Foundation

Salk Level ($15,000 – $19,999)
AMD
MedImmune

Edison Level ($10,000 – $14,999)
EMC Corporation
PG&E
A Fork in the Road - a Fund Providing a Path to a Science Career

Galileo Level ($5,000 – $9,999)
Applied Biosystems
Beckman Coulter
Biogen Idec Foundation
Hyperion Solutions
Lockheed
National Semiconductor
Novellus
OSI Pharmaceuticals Foundation
PMC-Sierra
SanDisk

Curie Level ($1,000 – $4,999)
F5 Networks
Genencor International
Intersil
Qualcomm
Raytheon SAS
Xilinx

Contributor
Synaptics

Donations in Kind
AOL
Avis
Google
Plantronics
Polycom

2006 Corporate and Institutional Sponsors
(as of December 21, 2006)

Copernicus Level ($50,000 – $99,000)
American Honda Foundation
Seagate

Darwin Level ($30,000 – $49,999)
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
The Dow Chemical Company
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Motorola Foundation
Symantec Corporation

Newton Level ($20,000 – $29,999)
Juniper Networks

Salk Level ($15,000 – $19,999)
AMD
MedImmune
Sun Microsystems

Edison Level ($10,000 – $14,999)
EMC Corporation

Galileo Level ($5,000 – $9,999)
Applied Biosystems
Beckman Coulter
Conexant
GlaxoSmithKline
Hyperion Solutions
Lockheed Space Systems
Molecular Sciences Organization
National Semiconductor
OSI Pharmaceuticals
SanDisk
Xilinx

Curie Level ($1,000 – $4,999)
Adaptec
Biogen Idec Foundation
Sybase

Contributors (under $1,000)
Actuate

Donations in Kind
Autodesk
AOL
Google
SAS Institute

2005 Corporate and Institutional Sponsors

Copernicus Level ($50,000 – $99,000)
American Honda Foundation
Seagate
Toyota USA Foundation

Darwin Level ($30,000 – $49,999)
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Motorola Foundation
Symantec Corporation

Newton Level ($20,000 – $29,999)

Salk Level ($15,000 – $19,999)
AMD

Edison Level ($10,000 – $14,999)
Intel
MedImmune

Galileo Level ($5,000 – $9,999)
Boston Scientific
EMC
Juniper Networks
Lockheed Martin
The Lam Research Foundation at Community Foundation Silicon Valley
Molecular Sciences Institute
Synopsys

Curie Level ($1,000 – $4,999)
Adaptec
Hyperion
Integrated Science Solutions
National Semiconductor
Toyota

Donations in Kind
Autodesk
Affymetrix
Google
Logitech
Sensant

Individual and Private Foundation Donations

2005

Major Givers (gave $1,000 or more)
Loewenstern Philanthropic Fund

Contributors
Joseph Yen
Harvey Lynch
Taed Wynnell
William Clancey

2004

Major Givers (gave $1,000 or more)
Loewenstern Philanthropic Fund
Robert and Katherine Maxfield

Contributors
Kali Bader
Carolyn Barton
Richard Blish
Paul Ciccolella
Courtney Corda
Alissa Fitzgerald
Karen Kerner Goodman
Keith Gudger
Frank Heile
David Kallman
Richard Kittler
Harvey Lynch
Barry Morgan
Charlotte Niemeyer
Michael Polacek
Steven B. Robie
Steve Rodrigues
Jayesh Sahasi
Eileen Tsai
Taed Wynnell
Dmitriy Yepishin

2002–2003

Kevin & Ann Grundy
Karen Kerner Goodman
Mark Lampert
Lewis T. Williams