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Donor Circle Unrestricted Gifts
Tax-deductible unrestricted gifts have helped PPIC to provide essential information and frame policy debates to shape a better future for California.

Visionary Circle — $100,000+
Stephen Bechtel Fund (Bechtel Conference Center at PPIC)
Donald Bren Foundation (Bren Policy Fellows)
The David and Susan Coulter Family Foundation
William R. Hewlett
Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller (Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Public Policy)
Pacific Life Foundation (Thomas C. Sutton Chair in Policy Research)
The Riordan Foundation (Richard J. Riordan Summer Internship program)
Tom and Marilyn Sutton (Sutton Family Speaker Series)

Note: Gifts of $500,000 or above provide donors the opportunity to name a program and be listed as members of the Visionary Circle in perpetuity.

Ambassador's Circle — $50,000-$99,999
Walter B. Hewlett

Governor's Circle — $25,000-$49,999
John and Louise Bryson

Director's Circle — $10,000-$24,999
Arjay Miller
Jim and Becky Morgan

President's Circle — $1,000-$9,999
Abt SRBI, Inc
Mark Baldassare and Cheryl Katz
Ophelia Basgal
Donald and Joan Beall
Blue Shield of California
California Association of Dental Plans
Chevron
Cisco
Lauren Dachs
David and Marianna Fisher
Linda Griego
Stephen Halper and Laurie Vender
Gary and Cary Hart
Fritz Hitchcock
Michael Kahn
Joanne Corday Kozberg
Barney and Marsha Lew
Donna Lucas
Lenny and Christine Mendonca
Pisces Foundation
Richard Rosenberg
Paul Rosenstiel and Jan Masaoka
Western Riverside Council of Governments

Emerging Leaders — $250-$999
Harry Arthur
William T. Bagley
Mary G.F. Bitterman
café me
California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance (CCEEB)
The Campaign for College Opportunity
Institute of Local Government
Michael Keeley
Stanley and Denise Kessel
Robert Kirkwood
Jonas Leddington
Mas Masumoto, Masumoto Family Farm
Craig and Julie McNamara
Bernard J. Mikell Jr.
Robert Shelton
Abdi Soltani and Grace Kong
Michael Stockstill

EVENT SPONSORSHIP
Support for special events helps PPIC raise public awareness and encourage a statewide dialogue about how to build a better future for the state. Sponsors of our 2014 Speaker Series on California Future included:

The Applied Materials Foundation
Bank of America
Berggruen Institute on Governance
The California Endowment
California HealthCare Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The David and Susan Coulter Family Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
Pacific Life Foundation
S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
Sierra Health Foundation
Southern California Edison
Stuart Foundation
Union Bank
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Knowledge partner: McKinsey & Company

PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT
PPIC has received over $34 million in programmatic support since 1998 from funders that include California and national foundations as well as local, state, and federal agencies.

Active funders include:
S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
Blue Shield of California Foundation
The California Endowment
California HealthCare Foundation
California Postsecondary Education Commission Foundation
California Water Foundation, an initiative of the Resources Legacy Fund
College Access Foundation of California
Donald Bren Foundation
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
The James Irvine Foundation
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
The Riordan Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
Silver Giving Foundation

Past funders include:
The Atlantic Philanthropies
California Community Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
The Ford Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Russell Sage Foundation
Smith Richardson Foundation
Spencer Foundation
Stuart Foundation
United States Department of Agriculture