The Kramden Institute, Inc. gratefully acknowledges the support of the following generous donors:

FOUNDING SPONSOR

Lenovo - a global leader in the PC market, with 1,800+ employees in the Research Triangle Park region. Lenovo not only pledged financial support for our seed period September 2005 through June 2006, but extended this with bridge financing in October 2006 and April 2007, and has been generously donating technical support, equipment and volunteer time.

2010 SPONSORS

2009 SPONSORS

Event Sponsors
North Carolina School of Science and Math
Society for Information Management (SIM)
Lenovo

In-Kind Sponsors
Bull City Bakery
Broad Street Cafe

Equipment Donations provided by:
Duke University
LabCorp
Lenovo

2008 SPONSORS

Lenovo
Society for Information Management (SIM)

Event Sponsors
ECPI College of Technology
North Carolina School of Science and Math
Emily K. Center
Lenovo's US Fulfillment Center

In-Kind Sponsors
Bull City Bakery
Parker & Otis
Cinelli's
Good Taste Cake Designs
Honeybaked Ham of Durham
Jimmy John's
Krispy Kreme of Raleigh
Panera Bread
Randy's Pizza
T.G.I.Friday's

2006/2007 CORPORATE SPONSORS

Society for Information Managers (SIM)
ECPI College of Technology
North Carolina School of Science and Math
Lenovo

Equipment Donations provided by:
Duke University
Alston & Bird
Constella
Stantec
Cary Academy
Sprint/Nextel
LabCorp
Lenovo
Rho
Global Knowledge
NC Bar Association
WakeMed

Additional Support Provided by:

ASHA
BioAbility, Inc.
STORR Office Environments -- Donated transportation of computers
ECPI College of Technology
InfoSystem Technology Inc
TROSA Moving
3 Dog Screen Printing & Embroidery (Rock Hill, SC)

FUNDRAISER AUCTION and RAFFLE DONORS 12/2007
David Bradin, Zoe Shear, the Dibners, Mark Lee, Radio Shack of Creedmoor, River Ridge Golf Course, the Carolina Inn, the Melting Pot, Siena Hotel, Franklin Hotel, Embassy Suites, Alice Martinson, Duke University Stores, Barbara Lewis, Burning Coal Theater, PlayMakers Theater, BearRock of Cary, Boston Market.

PERSONAL AND FOUNDATION SPONSORS

DIAMOND LEVEL ($20,000 and higher)
Michael Rosenberg and Alicia Paladin

PLATINUM LEVEL ($10,000 and higher)
Lenovo Hope Fund Award
NorthWestern Mutual Foundation

GOLD LEVEL ($5,000 and higher)
The Carolina Hurricanes
The Carolina Panthers Charities Program
American Airlines Kids are Special Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
The D. Joe and Victoria Smith Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William Amelio
Mrs. Diane Pounders
Credit Suisse Foundation Trust
Lenovo Inc.
SIM Foundation
Volunteer Center of Durham- The Great Human Race

SILVER LEVEL ($2,500-$4,999)
Durham Optimists Club Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
Dr. Michael Rosenberg
Mark, Elaine and Ned Dibner
Triangle Community Foundation
Compassion Tabernacle of Faith
Global Impact

BRONZE LEVEL ($1,000-$2,499)
David Gospodarek, CPA
Zen-Bio, Inc.
Austin Koon
nVIDIA Foundation
Four Feathers Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
Harold and Robin Quinn Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
Margaret and Mark Witcher
Mrs Frances K Dibner
Quintiles, Inc.
Foothills Connect
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Charles Schwab Foundation
Junior League of Raleigh
BB&T Lightouse Community Fund
RTI International
Shaw University
Synergy Recycling, LLC
Triangle United Way
United Way Tar River Region

Compassion Gifts ($100-$999) The RedWoods Group Foundation
Steven and Pablo Dibner
Drs. Ray Townsend and Jane Osterhaus
Dr. and Mrs. William K. Schmidt
Raleigh Jaycees
Kit Adcock
Tom and June Roberg
Andrew and Jean Dibner
Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
David Bradin, esq.
Joe Diver
Paul Bloom and Shelly Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. William Wofford
Chris Speh
Womble Carlyle Sandrige and Rice
Kathy Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Graham
David and Dorothy Dibner
Dr. Fran Meyer
Hutchinson Law Group
Arthur De Berry
Arthur Klausner
Jeff Collins and Rose Mills
Jeff Clark
Paul. A Hoover
Ann Sanford
David McAllister and Family
GlaxoSmithKline
The RedWoods Group Foundation
Clinipace, Inc
EBD Group, Inc.
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
A.M. Pappas & Associates, LLC
Ann Connolly
Beth C. Allen
Bobbie Taylor
Brian R. Chappell
D. Michael Dennehy
Richard Wicks
Sammy Ray Shaver
WordStream
Stephanie Kandzia
William and Cassie Taylor
William Schmidt