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Foundation Supporters

The following foundations made project-based or general operating support grants to Creative Commons between January 1, 2012 and April 1, 2013.

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Individual & Corporate Donors

The following individuals and corporations made gifts or pledges to Creative Commons between January 1, 2012 and April 1, 2013.

Creator (30,000+)

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Innovator ($10,000-29,999)

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Remixer ($1,000-9,999)

  • Holger Kienle
  • Lawrence Lessig
  • Alexander Macgillivray
  • Mark Merritt
  • Eben Moglen
  • Michael Pryor
  • Laurie Racine
  • Nicholas Semenkovich
  • Stan Skowronski
  • Luke Soules
  • Michael Tiemann
  • Molly Van Houweling
  • Wikihow
  • Esther Wojcicki
  • ZBI Employee Allocated Gift Fund
  • 浩生 山形

Sharer ($250-999)

  • Carlos Eduardo Abbud
  • Jordi Giraldez Abril
  • Omar Adra
  • David Becvarík
  • Richard Birns
  • Roger Bly
  • Diane Cabell
  • Michael Carroll
  • Henry Chen
  • Isaac Christoffersen
  • Matthew Commons
  • Peter Crouse
  • Ray Dalio
  • Troy Denkinger
  • Cory Doctorow
  • Etudes, Inc.
  • Aideen Fitzgerald
  • Raul Gnaga
  • Brett Goldblatt
  • Marc Gordon
  • James Grimmelmann
  • Sebastian Heath
  • Robert Horn
  • Douglas Jaffe
  • Susan Ketcham
  • Brianna J Laugher
  • David Kindler
  • Andrea Longo
  • Milo Martin
  • David McCallie
  • Rebecca Middleton
  • Rand Montoya
  • Richard Moran
  • Mikkel Munch Mortensen
  • Christian Pfeiffer
  • Maria Popova
  • Robert S. Renzema
  • Clay Shirky
  • Ted Silveira
  • Brett Smith
  • MacKenzie Smith
  • Marshall Smith
  • Chris Uhlik
  • Eric vonHippel
  • Jerry Walz
  • Guillermo Wechsler
  • Roy Weil
  • John Wilbanks
  • Jason Yosinski

Commoner ($100-249)

  • Clara Regina Moncada Andino
  • Nicole Allen
  • Azavea
  • Rohan Badenhorst
  • Stephen Balbach
  • Shane Barnett
  • Bay Area Instructional Librarians
  • Juan Carlos Belair
  • Lucy Bernholz
  • Patricia Bradley
  • Jana Branch
  • Brian Brennan
  • Amy Buckland
  • Jonathan Burne
  • Jane Butler
  • Thomas Cagley
  • Alison Chaiken
  • Helenah Sari Chan
  • Robert Chen
  • Woohyong Choi
  • Chen-Pang Chou
  • Tyng-Ruey Chuang
  • Vladimir Chupin
  • DeWitt Clinton
  • Mark Cohen
  • Sheila Cooke
  • Edward Daniel
  • Steven Davidson
  • Steven J Davidson
  • Sebastian Delmont
  • Bill Dimmick
  • Alex Doll
  • Robert Duke
  • Kemp Edmonds
  • Julien Emile-Geay
  • Atsushi Enomoto
  • Matthew M Ephraim
  • John Erdman
  • Morten Johannes Ervik
  • Flattr Networks Ltd.
  • Jennifer Forman
  • Jim Fruchterman
  • Mark W Gabby
  • Susan Gardner
  • Diane Geraci
  • Jeremiah Goltz
  • Sergi Caius Turiella Gomez
  • Boone Gorges
  • Lawrence Greenfield
  • Michelle Greer
  • John Hachey
  • Matt Hall
  • Nicholas Hamblet
  • Hugh Hansen
  • Eszter Hargittai
  • Harker School
  • Laura Hewitt
  • Jay Himes
  • John Hoey
  • Cedric Huesler
  • Mark Hurvitz
  • John Iglar
  • Kyle Johnson
  • David Johnson
  • Kim Jones
  • Hanno Kaiser
  • Maximillian Kaizen
  • Jordon Kalilich
  • Stephen Kaluzny
  • Dennis Karjala
  • Doug Kaye
  • Marcela Kelley
  • Leslie Kernisan
  • Michael Kohler
  • Nobuyuki Kokai
  • Michael Kwun
  • Mur Lafferty
  • Diana Laurillard
  • Vladislav Nikolaev Lazarov
  • Caroline Le Couteur
  • Geoffrey Lehr
  • Kung Ting Li
  • Vesa Linja-aho
  • Jessica Litman
  • Iain Lowe
  • Patrick Lozeau
  • Macmillan Publishers Ltd
  • Carol Mandel
  • Robert McKaughan
  • Frieda Mendelsohn
  • Peter Menell
  • Helen Michaud
  • Ben Millner
  • Modular Media
  • Pablo Brasero Moreno
  • David Morrison
  • Michelle Mower
  • Adam Muir
  • Trevor Munoz
  • Ulisses Nehmi
  • Cameron Norman
  • Robert H Nunnally, Jr.
  • Michael O’Hare
  • Christopher O’Reilly
  • Andrew Odlyzko
  • Stephen Okay
  • Boon Hun Ong
  • Erlend Overby
  • Milan Pantelic
  • Cameron Parkins
  • Dorab Patel
  • Antonio Pavón Leal
  • Julien Petter
  • Peter Pinch
  • Rusi Popov
  • Peio Popov
  • Andrew Posner
  • Tom Rabon
  • Elizabeth Rader
  • Bruce Ravel
  • R. Anthony Reese
  • Sandy Ressler
  • Rory Ridleyduff
  • Carl Rigney
  • James Roberts
  • Ellen Rocco
  • Carol Rose
  • Timo Rossi
  • Alexander Rudnick
  • Robert Russell
  • Mario Martinez Sanchez
  • Kevin Savetz
  • Augusto Schmidt
  • Geoffrey Schmit
  • Nathaniel Schutta
  • Marius Scurtescu
  • Wendy Seltzer
  • Shane Simmons
  • Nancy Sims
  • Nicolas Sincaglia
  • Jean-Jacques Solari
  • Andy Spitzer
  • Timothy R Stahmer
  • Michael Bungay Stanier
  • John Stathas
  • Tom Erhard Steigerwald
  • Thomas Stohlman
  • Maira Sutton
  • Michael Johas Teener
  • Michael Thatcher
  • Jamie Thingelstad
  • Elizabeth Thompson
  • Brian Tingle
  • Simone Tornabene
  • Andromeda Training
  • William von Hagen
  • Jimmy Wales
  • Christopher Webber
  • Robert Wechsler
  • Michael Weiss
  • Jonathan C Willeke
  • Kevin Wright
  • Michael Wright
  • Zo Zhou
  • 泰 村川

Maker ($1-99)

  • Stephen Abbott
  • Mario Abruzzese
  • Fabián Núñez Acevedo
  • Ernest Ackermann
  • Emmanuel Adeyinka
  • Association Adte
  • Einar Afiouni
  • A R Agutter
  • Tanbir Ahmed
  • Chul Hyun Ahn
  • Claudine Alexandre
  • Ruth Alfasso
  • Michael Alimbor
  • Erik S Andersen
  • David Andrade
  • Alexander Apke
  • Leonor Arango
  • Kris Arnold
  • Silvia Arvizu
  • Amar Ashar
  • Brent Auernheimer
  • Nicola Avery
  • José Avilés
  • Chris Babcock
  • Steven Backman
  • Michele Barard
  • Giovanni Barbon
  • Tron Bårdgård
  • Martyn Barnes
  • Miquel Josep Comes Barón
  • Nicola Bartlett
  • Max Battcher
  • Ross Becker
  • Òscar Benavent
  • James Bentley
  • Dan Benton
  • Samuel Benveniste
  • Allan Bernardo
  • Shari Lee Beynon
  • Simon Bierwald
  • Darlene Bishop
  • Russell Bixby
  • Andrew Black
  • Udo Blenkhorn
  • Andrzej Blikle
  • Sebastian Bober
  • Matthew Bolanos
  • James Bone
  • Simone Boseggia
  • Massimo Bossoni
  • Georgia Bouldadakis
  • Sami Bowhay
  • Scott Bradford
  • Iris Brest
  • Jeffrey Broer
  • James Brook
  • Anthony Brown
  • Donna Brown
  • Franco Bujosa
  • Gal Buki
  • Amy Burke
  • Christine Newton Bush
  • Andrew Bushell
  • James Butt
  • Carles Mitja Caballe
  • Delmar Cain
  • Angelo Calabrese
  • Yilmaz Çalbayram
  • Toni Call
  • Pedro Camacho
  • Corsin Camichel
  • Kris Campanale
  • Francisco Viana Canizalez
  • Vincent Caputo
  • Fernando Carranza
  • Roberto Carraro
  • André L P Carvalho
  • Jesús Donaire Casado
  • Anita M Casey
  • Valeria Cavazos
  • Claude Chaix
  • Frederic Chanut
  • Kuan Sen Chao
  • Rachelle Chinnery
  • Eric Christensen
  • Xabier Cid
  • Andrew Clark
  • Geraldine Clement-Stoneham
  • Donald Cohen
  • Patrick Colimon
  • Dana Cook
  • Harold Corwin
  • Lonna Cosmano
  • Marilia Coutinho
  • Manuel Torres Crespo
  • Alonzo Cudd
  • Jure Cuhalev
  • Celia Regina Almeida da Silva
  • Christian Dahlqvist
  • Tony Dang
  • Baturin Daniil
  • Alan Davidson
  • Jeff Davis
  • Stacie Davis
  • Francisco de Andres Cerda
  • Grupo San Felix de Candas
  • Isanete Lins de Carvalho
  • Marcel de Leeuwe
  • V Domingos de Oliveira
  • Francois Dechery
  • Steve Devol
  • Justin DeVries
  • Lisa Di Valentino
  • Janae S Dimick
  • Sebastian Dittmann
  • Cindy Dixon
  • Sebastián García Doménech
  • Aimee Donahue
  • Sharene Donnor
  • Boris Doucey
  • Blandy Douglas
  • Sam Dullard
  • Mark A Dunton
  • Andrea Dupplicato
  • M Garcia Siñeriz Durand
  • Elise Duverdier
  • Garrett Dwight
  • Kai Eberle
  • Sharon Ede
  • Irwan Edianto
  • Aleksandr Efimovich
  • Jacob Ehnmark
  • Valdiciomar Eich
  • Nkemakolam Obinna Eke
  • Ricardo El-Darwish
  • Barbara Enrichi
  • Ece Erel
  • Matthew Erickson
  • Gamaliel Espinoza
  • Abdelhak Fareh
  • Marcos Martino Fariñas
  • Chris Farlee
  • Jack Farley
  • Anthea Farquharson
  • Christine Feldmann
  • John Urquhart Ferguson
  • Millicent Feske
  • Shirley Fifer
  • Alfredo Rojas Figueroa
  • wendweson Fikire
  • Ann Finster
  • Tony Fish
  • Adora Fisher
  • Peter Fleck
  • Richard Floyd
  • Robert Frazier
  • Chris Freeman
  • James Frogge
  • Marie Fukuda
  • Benjamin W Furrer
  • Philipp Furst
  • Drew Fustini
  • Lisandro Gaertner
  • Yvon Galeran
  • Greggory F Gannon
  • George Gatenby
  • Jeffrey Gates
  • Donna Gaudet
  • Virginia Gentilini
  • Tisza Gergö
  • Dan Gifford
  • Denver Gingerich
  • Mark Givens
  • Dimitris Golfinopoulos
  • Miryam Rivas Gomez
  • Carlos Salgado Gómez
  • Milagros Gonzalez
  • Zacnite Gonzalez
  • GoodSearch
  • Christopher Gora
  • Stephen M Gorton
  • Takayuki Gotoh
  • Alex Gove
  • Rasheed Grant
  • George Greenstein
  • Raphaël Grolimund
  • Dušan Gromnica
  • Jorge Grovas
  • Rodrigo E C Guerra
  • Giovanni Guidi
  • Claude Guillemette
  • Helen Gant Guillory
  • Peter Guse
  • Carlos Javier Escuela Gutiérrez
  • Tim Habersack
  • Catherine Hacking
  • Leah Hackleman
  • Cory Haight-Nali
  • Cynthia Haltom
  • Amy Halverson
  • Robert Hanrath
  • Shara Hansen
  • Ulrik Hansen
  • Robert Harker
  • John Harper
  • Anna Haugen
  • Connie Havener
  • Jonathan Hawk
  • Richard Hawkins
  • Kristina Hayes
  • Leigh Watson Healy
  • Jaqueline Heinrich
  • Cédric Heintz
  • Widar Hellwig
  • Megan Hernandez
  • Luis Hernandez
  • Jane Hexter
  • George Parker Higgins
  • Miran Hladnik
  • Jacqueline Hochberg
  • Peter Hoddie
  • Joaquim Gil Hoernecke
  • John Hoeven
  • Jane Hoeweler
  • Caitlin Hoey
  • Chris Hogan
  • Samuel Hokin
  • Rogier Holla
  • Nils Holland
  • Andrea Holtry
  • David Huerta
  • David Hume
  • John Humphrey
  • John Hunter
  • F.A. Hutchison
  • Dr. Johann Hüthmair
  • Elena Iavorenciuc
  • Juan Iriart
  • Lazarovici Irinel
  • Yuko Ito
  • Elin Ivarsson
  • Esben Dall Iversen
  • Dorothee Janssen
  • Mark Janssen
  • Patti Jarrett
  • Wendy Jawor
  • Lew Jenkins
  • Alpha Jenkins
  • David W Jennings
  • James M Jensen
  • Rebecca Johnson
  • Tricia Johnson
  • Dion Johnson
  • Karen Johnson
  • Linda Johnson
  • Antony Jose
  • Louise Julig
  • Álvaro Justen
  • Jeff Kart
  • Joanne Kaye
  • Sharon Keck
  • Cesar Keller
  • Sebastian Keller
  • Deirdre Kelly
  • A Khan
  • Greg Kidd
  • Byoung Jin Kim
  • Lorraine King
  • Bill Kirkpatrick
  • Paul Kirschner
  • Puneet Kishor
  • Mathias Nicolajsen Kjærgaard
  • Zenko Klapko Jr
  • Thomas Klinedinst
  • Harold Klingsporn
  • Marcelina Knitter
  • Breandan Knowlton
  • Eiji Kobayashi
  • Carol Koceja
  • Robin Koffler
  • Johan Kölhi
  • Piotr Konieczny
  • Andre Koot
  • Diane K Kovacs
  • Staci D Kramer
  • Stefan Krasowski
  • Daniell Krawczyk
  • Kristian Kroflin
  • Andrew Kuchling
  • Valter Kungla
  • Jill Lanier
  • John Lanier
  • Susan Larsen
  • Stephane Lauzon
  • Jennifer LaValley
  • Tama Leaver
  • Suzanne Leblanc
  • Michael Lee
  • Royan Lee
  • Matthew Lee
  • Jeong Seok Lee
  • Hokyung Lee
  • Sharon Leon
  • Douglas Levin
  • Tabitha Lewis
  • Barbara Lindsey
  • Erica Litrenta
  • Simon Lock
  • Jane Lofton
  • Evgenia Loli
  • Christine Loo
  • Jailton Lopes
  • Elena Prats Lopez
  • Candace Loy
  • Piergiorgio Lucidi
  • Cathy Macdonald
  • Iain MacKay
  • Pascal Mages
  • Sara Magliola
  • Susan Magnolia
  • Dr. Niklas Mahrdt
  • Jeremy Malcolm
  • Mickael Marchese
  • Francisco Marenco
  • Marie Marfia
  • Brian Markowski
  • Robert Martinez
  • Regina Martins
  • Wagner J Martins
  • Martiros Family
  • Patricia Marvel
  • Juan Torello Mas
  • Suzan Masoud
  • David Mawdsley
  • Stuart Maxwell
  • Alexandra Maynard
  • Larry McAlister
  • Jeff McClenahan
  • Warren B McCorkle, Jr.
  • Annell E McDowell
  • PC McGrew
  • Erin McKean
  • Kimberly McNabb
  • Charles S Mead
  • Christopher Mear
  • Rachel Medanic
  • Sumir Meghani
  • Jens O Meiert
  • Lucas Melia
  • Arthur S Melmed
  • Byron Merritt
  • Helena Meryman
  • Adrian Miller
  • Maryanne Mills
  • Robert Mils
  • Tamsen Mitchell
  • Meryl Mohan
  • Søren Hugger Møller
  • Jose Domingo Lopez Mondelo
  • Cynthia Montgomery
  • Colin Moorcraft
  • Angela Morelli
  • Henrique F L Moreno
  • Michael Mormando
  • Jason Mosack
  • Carol Mote
  • Pia Moure
  • Debbie Mueller
  • Patrick Mullen
  • John Muller
  • Melanie Muroff
  • Bob Murphy
  • Peter E Murray
  • Peter Muzyka
  • Rory Nackerud
  • Johanna Nagele
  • Eugene Nam
  • Stephen Naron
  • Sonia Navarro-Milano
  • Dipesh Navsaria
  • Ion Neculai
  • Scott Nelson
  • Loreto Nemi
  • Marilena Nencini
  • Wolfgang Neuwirth
  • Andrew F Newman
  • Darnault Nicolas
  • Asgeir Nilsen
  • James Nissen
  • Dennis North
  • Stanley Nourel
  • Greg O’Hanlon
  • Christine OConnor
  • Benjamyn OConnor
  • Kelechikwu Oguejiofor
  • Naoyuki Okano
  • Linda Olstein
  • Segun Olude
  • Andrey Oreshnikov
  • Rebecca Orleane
  • Gabe Ormsby
  • Yvonne Ornelas
  • Julien Ortet
  • Christopher Osborn
  • Maria Ospina Restrepo
  • Elaine Ossipov
  • Richard P Ottaviano, Jr.
  • Margaret Ottman
  • Michael Pagnotti
  • Jennifer Pague
  • Judith Panagakos
  • István Péter Papp
  • Lisa Patrell
  • Robert Paul
  • Michal Pawlaczyk
  • Amanda Peet
  • Manuel Gambin Peñalver
  • Samo Penic
  • Carolina Pepper
  • Jose F Pereira
  • Vera Pereira
  • Florentino Perez
  • David C Petty
  • Christopher Phinney
  • Louise Phinney
  • Sawitri Phumsuk
  • Jean-Claude Picot
  • Steven Piet
  • Pedro Pinheiro
  • Ara Ponce
  • Linda Poppenheimer
  • Richard Posner
  • Denis Postle
  • Klaus Praetor
  • Jordi Carrasco-Muñoz Prats
  • Mark Price
  • Giuseppe Prosperi
  • Jesus Martin Puerto
  • Nairolf Quetsap
  • Kaloyan Raev
  • Joergen Ramskov
  • C Randolph
  • Alan Redmond
  • Gary Reece
  • Mary Rees
  • Martti Remmelgas
  • Sl Dae Moan Renaud
  • Edgar Rentas
  • Daniel San Miguel Reyero
  • Kelley G Rice
  • Maronica Rice Goad
  • Natasa Hoven Rivnac
  • Max Robitzsch
  • Diego Escudero Rodrigo
  • Carlos Rodrigues-Brito
  • Vanessa Ivone Rodriguez
  • Alberto Rodriguez Amenedo
  • Andreas Rohlfs
  • Imron Rosadi
  • Steve Rose
  • Joshua Rosen
  • Sage Ross
  • David Ross
  • Alexander Rothschild
  • Stephane Roux
  • Scott L Rubin
  • Dirk Ruediger
  • Jim Russell
  • Massimo Sabattini
  • John Saecker
  • Toshihiko Sagawa
  • Jordina Jill Pie Salabert
  • Eduardo Tébar Salcedo
  • Barbara Saleem
  • Pelayo Sanchez
  • Carlo Sánchez
  • Mark Sanders
  • Eleanor Sandry
  • Nirali Sanghi
  • Henrique Bispo dos Santos
  • Jessica Sato
  • Françoise Saubier
  • Karen Schaeffer
  • Erhard Schaumuller
  • Marco Schmalz
  • Joep Schuurkes
  • Leonardo Sellani
  • Jan Sepp
  • Donald Shafer
  • Sujal Shah
  • Lois Shawver
  • Laura Shestopal
  • Saeed A Siddiki
  • Jason Sigal
  • Daniel J Silvers
  • Darko Simonovic
  • Andrew Sinclair
  • Avinash Sinha
  • Alfonso Sintjago
  • J A Sirot
  • Christopher Smith
  • Christopher Smith
  • Terry Smith
  • Matt Soar
  • Tomas Sobek
  • Kieran Sobel
  • George Soler
  • Siyu Song
  • Felton Square
  • Bala Srinivas
  • Tina Steele
  • Robert P Steffes
  • Rolf Steinort
  • Tom Stoker
  • Daniel R Stout
  • Karyn Stoutenburg
  • Georgy Strakhov
  • Guy M Streeter
  • Mark Streeter
  • Ricardo Stuchi
  • Peter Suber
  • Morgan Sully
  • William Sundstrom
  • David D Swift
  • Daniel Szymanowski
  • Masami Takaba
  • Tee Koon Tan
  • Hitoshi Taniguchi
  • S.K. Tank
  • Samuel Taylor
  • Greg Taylor
  • Phil Taylor
  • Tiffany Taylor
  • Maria Jose Mendez Testa
  • Matthew Thibeault
  • Alan Thiesen
  • Victor Garcia Tizon
  • Nicholas Tollervey
  • Kieth Brian Padilla Tomo
  • Phil A Tomson
  • Roberto Rodrigo Toranzo
  • Douglas A Torres
  • Shaun P Trim
  • Karin Troeger
  • J Bretton Truett
  • Peter Tscherne
  • Foo Tsing
  • Leanne Utendale
  • Dirk Uys
  • Rostislav Uzunov
  • Juan Francisco Valderas
  • Jonathon Valentine
  • Jandirk van Oosten
  • Johan Vandenberghe
  • Hal Varian
  • Nicolas Vazquez
  • Giovanni Maria Vencato
  • Jeanne Vilberg
  • Aljaž Vindiš
  • Daniel Mazzone Vivas
  • Martin von Haller Groenbaek
  • Daniel Vorhaus
  • Kent Wada
  • Theo Wagner
  • Bjørn Otto Wallevik
  • Joar Wandborg
  • Jill Warner
  • Bernd Warter
  • Kirk Webber
  • Steven Wegmann
  • Christian Weiske
  • Robert Wells
  • Thilo Wendel
  • Tara Wheatland
  • William White
  • Kenneth Wieland
  • Werner Wiethege
  • J Wijeyesinghe
  • Renee Williams
  • Daniel Williamson
  • Bruce Wilson
  • Joan D Wilson
  • Kevin Wixson
  • Dan Womersley
  • Kan Tat Frederick Wong
  • Pin Dar Wong
  • Linda Wooddell
  • Brent Woodruff
  • Eoin Woods
  • Robert Wright
  • Manami Yamaguchi
  • Asim Serdar Yilmaz
  • John Young
  • Ian Young
  • John Zarlino
  • Mike Zaucha
  • Yumin Zhang
  • Yu Zhou
  • Samo Zorc
  • Jan Zuppinger
  • Владимир Тарасов
  • 真 中村
  • 学 二関
  • 蓉 卢
  • 博史 小更
  • 浩司 橋爪
  • 社鹏 魏

In-Kind Contributors

The following organizations provided gifts-in-kind and pro bono services to Creative Commons between January 1, 2012 and April 1, 2013.

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Facts & Figures

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