Funding for The Sunlight Foundation
The Sunlight Foundation was launched in April 2006 with a $3.5 million contribution from co-founder Michael Klein (read a brief bio here; also see Jeffrey Birnbaum's story from the Washington Post on Sunlight's launch here.
| 2005 | ||
| Michael Klein | $3,500,000.00 | |
| 2006 | ||
| Rockefeller Family Fund | $1,900,000.00 | |
| N. Colin Lind | $100,000.00 | |
| Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation | $100,000.00 | |
| Fuller Foundation | $20,000.00 | |
| Fischer & Company, LLC | $15,000.00 | |
| Philanthropic Collaborative, Inc. | $5,000.00 | |
| Springcreek Advisors, LLC | $3,125.00 | |
| Seven gifts $250 or less | $945.00 | |
| 2007 | ||
| Omidyar Network | $2,000,000.00 | |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | $1,000,000.00 | |
| David Bonderman | $250,000.00 | |
| Sage Foundation | $50,000.00 | |
| Blum Family Foundation | $50,000.00 | |
| Fischer & Company, LLC | $40,000.00 | |
| Ted and Jim Pedas / Circle Management Company | $25,000.00 | |
| Fuller Foundation | $20,000.00 | |
| Raymond C. Clevenger, III | $10,000.00 | |
| Springcreek Foundation | $6,000.00 | |
| CRESA Partners of Greater Washington | $2,500.00 | |
| Peter Gottesman, CRESA Partners | $2,500.00 | |
| Springcreek Advisors, LLC | $2,125.00 | |
| Domenico and Eleanor De Sole | $1,000.00 | |
| Artifex Software, Inc. | $1,000.00 | |
| Five gifts of $250 or less | $555.00 | |
| 2008 | ||
| Omidyar Network | $2,000,000.00 | |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | $500,000.00 | |
| Michael Klein | $500,000.00 | |
| Open Society Institute | $250,000.00 | |
| Pew Charitable Trust | $122,200.00 | |
| Pro Publica | $50,000.00 | |
| Blum Family Foundation | $50,000.00 | |
| Miles Curtain Laws Robinson | $25,000.00 | |
| Stuart Marshall Bloch and Julia Chang Bloch | $10,000.00 | |
| Jewish Community Endowment Fund (directed by Gerson and Barbara Bakar) | $10,000.00 | |
| Robert L. Miller | $10,000.00 | |
| Raymond C. Clevenger, III | $5,000.00 | |
| Fidelity Charitable Fund | $2,500.00 | |
| Springcreek Advisors, LLC | $1,125.00 | |
| Schwab Charitable Fund (directed by Mr. and Mrs. Sanford K. Ain) | $1,000.00 | |
| LaSalle D. Feffall | $1,000.00 | |
| Matthew Regan and Yoon-Young Lee | $1,000.00 | |
| Conrad Cafritz | $1,000.00 | |
| Kobayashi Family Foundation | $1,000.00 | |
| Lisa and Gregory Stanger Charitable Foundation | $1,000.00 | |
| Springcreek Foundation | $1,000.00 | |
| Chad J. Fitzgerald | $500.00 | |
| Leonard Simon Clow | $350.00 | |
| Anonymous money order | $300.00 | |
| Pew Charitable Trusts * | $2,305,000.00 | |
| Twenty-four gifts of $250 or less | $2,098.00 |
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