Giving & Membership


 
 

The computing industry is one of the most quickly evolving fields in the world – all the more reason for us to immediately preserve the stories and artifacts that have built the industry. Show your support of the rich technology history that exists in Silicon Valley by becoming a member of the Computer History Museum. Join the ranks of industry heavyweights and luminaries who are already helping us architect this monument to computing.

MEMBERSHIP LEVEL AMOUNT

Benefactor$64K+

Your donation will help with one Museum restoration project for a year.

  • Priority consideration for hosting an event at the Museum
  • Annual recognition on the Museum donor wall at respective level
  • VIP tour for you and an unlimited number of guests
  • Exclusive invitations to private events
  • Recognition on the Museum collateral and webs site as appropriate
  • Priority and prearranged seating for all Museum events, including six guests
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax receipts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements
  • Special Museum gift

Patron$32K+

Your donation will help restore and maintain four Museum artifacts for a year.

  • Priority consideration for hosting an event at the Museum
  • Annual recognition on the Museum donor wall at respective level
  • VIP tour for you and eight guests
  • Exclusive invitations to private events
  • Recognition on the Museum collateral and webs site as appropriate
  • Priority and prearranged seating for all Museum events, including six guests
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax receipts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements
  • Special Museum gift

Sponsor$16K+

Your donation will help restore and maintain two Museum artifacts for one year.

  • Annual recognition on the Museum donor wall at respective level
  • VIP tour for you and six guests
  • Exclusive invitations to private events
  • Recognition on the Museum collateral and webs site as appropriate
  • Priority and prearranged seating for all Museum events, including six guests
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax reciepts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements
  • Special Museum gift

Partner$8K+

Your donation will help restore and maintain one Museum artifact for one year.

  • Annual recognition on the Museum donor wall at respective level
  • VIP tour for you and five guests
  • Exclusive invitations to private events
  • Recognition on the Museum collateral and webs site as appropriate
  • Priority and prearranged seating for all Museum events, including six guests
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax reciepts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements
  • Special Museum gift

Companion$7K+

Your donation will help record and maintain four Museum oral histories.

  • Annual recognition on the Museum donor wall at respective level
  • VIP tour for you and four guests
  • Exclusive invitations to private events
  • Recognition on the Museum collateral and webs site as appropriate
  • Prearranged seating for all Museum events, including guests
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax receipts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements
  • Museum memento

Investor$5K+

Your donation will help record and maintain three Museum oral histories.

  • Annual recognition on the Museum donor wall at respective level
  • VIP tour for you and three guests
  • Exclusive invitations to private events
  • Recognition on the Museum collateral and webs site as appropriate
  • Prearranged seating for all Museum events
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax receipts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements
  • Museum memento

Contributor$3K+

Your donation will help record and maintain two Museum oral histories.

  • Annual recognition on the Museum donor wall at respective level
  • VIP tour for you and two guests
  • Exclusive invitations to private events
  • Recognition on the Museum collateral and webs site as appropriate
  • Prearranged seating for all Museum events
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax reciepts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements
  • Museum memento

Friend$1K+

Your donation will help record and maintain one Museum oral history.

  • Annual recognition on the Museum donor wall at respective level
  • VIP tour for you and your guest
  • Exclusive invitations to private events
  • Recognition on the Museum collateral and webs site as appropriate
  • Prearranged seating for all Museum events
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax receipts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements
  • Museum memento

MEMBERSHIP LEVEL AMOUNT

Champion$500

Your donation will help maintain ten historic still or moving images for a year.

  • Acknowledgement on the Museum´s website
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax receipts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements
  • Museum memento

Supporting/Family$105

Your donation will help maintain two historic still or moving images for a year.

  • All benefits are for two persons or immediate family members
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax receipts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements

Individual$60

Your donation will help maintain one historic still or moving images for a year.

  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax receipts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements

Academia$50

Your donation will help maintain one historic still or moving image for a year.

  • All benefits are for one educator/researcher
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax receipts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements

Senior$45

Your donation will help maintain one historic still or moving image for a year.

  • All benefits are for one senior (age 65+)
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax receipts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements

Student$45

Your donation will help maintain one Museum still or moving image for a year.

  • All benefits are for one currently-enrolled student
  • Complimentary admission to speaker series
  • Admittance to members-only speaker series receptions
  • Discount admission to special events and activities
  • A "MyCHM" account providing access to your giving history, printable tax receipts and lots more
  • Subscription to Core, The Museum's computer history publication
  • Subscription to member email announcements

 

Bequests

Share your passion for the Computer History Museum through a lasting legacy with the most common type of planned gift: a bequest, in which a donation is made to the Computer History Museum in your will.

There are several different types of bequests, see below for details. You may make a bequest of your choice to the Museum by preparing a new will or by adding a codicil to your present will – a simple statement specifying the beneficiary organization and the gift. You may choose to bequest a particular dollar amount, a percentage of your total estate, securities or other property.

To make certain that your exact intentions are carried out, wills and codicils should be prepared by, or with the advice of your attorney.

If you have already chosen to include the Computer History Museum in your estate plans, please do let us know by contacting us at 650-810-1026 so that we may assist you in carrying out your donation wishes.

Specific Bequest

The particular amount that you wish the Computer History Museum to receive is specified.

Residuary Bequest

All or a portion of an estate after debts, taxes, expenses and other bequests have been made will go to the Computer History Museum.

Contingent Bequest

If the named beneficiary is unable to accept the bequest, the Museum steps in as the beneficiary.


Matching Gifts

Maximize your contribution to the Computer History Museum by confirming whether your employer or parent company will match your gift. Contact your Human Resources Department regarding your company’s participation.

Corporate matching gifts count toward your Museum membership. If your company does match gifts, then please obtain a matching gift form from your company's Human Resources Department.


Mail or fax your gift to:

Attn: Development Department

Computer History Museum
1401 N Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043

Fax: (650) 810-1055


Securities

Donations may be made in the form of appreciated stock. Gifts of stocks or bonds held for more than one year provide you with an income tax deduction for their full fair market value and allow you to avoid the capital gains tax you would have paid had you sold them yourself. The method of transferring securities depends upon whether you hold the certificates yourself or in a brokerage account.

Securities can be transferred directly to the Museum’s stock transfer plan through Morgan Stanley. Contact Matthew Ives at MS, 650-853-4072 to assist you.

Please, however, notify the Computer History Museum independently at 650-810-1026 so that we can be sure this donation transaction is completed.

Securities transfer account information:

FBO: Computer History Museum
DWR Account # 112-014033-072
DTC # 015
c/o Matthew Ives
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
245 Lytton Avenue, Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94301-1963


MAJOR DONORS

EXA ($10M+)

Donna Dubinsky and Leonard J Shustek Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Elaine and Eric Hahn

PETA ($5M - $9.99M)

L John Doerr and Ann Doerr Jeff Hawkins and Janet Strauss Gardner Hendrie and Karen Johansen Dave House Family Foundation Intuit, in honor of founder Scott Cook

TERA ($1M - $4.99M)

Anonymous Gwen and C Gordon Bell Mike and Kristina Homer Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson Gloria Miner John and Sheree Shoch

GIGA ($500K - $999K)

Bill and Roberta Campbell Sheldon Laube and Dr Nancy EngelLarry and Janice Finch The Gordon and Betty Moore FoundationGrant and Dorrit Saviers Edward and Pamela Taft Pierluigi Zappacosta and Enrica D'Ettorre

MEGA ($100K - $499K)

Steve Blank and Alison Elliott Campbell Fund Patricia and Gene Carter Dunlevie Family Robert Garner and Robin Beresford Harvey FamilyJohn and Andrea HennessyMark Horowitz and Jody Buckley John Mashey and Angela Hey Burton and Deedee McMurtry Ike and Ronee Nassi Bernard L Peuto The Harry and Carol Saal Family Foundation

KILO (<$100K)

Sally M Abel and Mogens Lauritzen David and Robin AndersonDavid BabcockPeggy Burke and Dennis Boyle Lori Kulvin Crawford Andrea Cunningham and Rand Siegfried David Emerson Carol and Chris Espinosa Samuel H. FullerTerry and Dotty HayesPeter Hirshberg Jennifer and Chuck House Christine Hughes and Abe Ostrovsky Irwin and Joan JacobsThe Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation Pierre and Pam Omidyar Stephen Squires and Ann Mamour-SquiresKaren and Mark TuckerPeter and Cindy Ziebelman

CORPORATE ANNUAL PARTNERS

SUSTAINING LEVEL ($100K+)

SAPFairchild Semiconductor

FOUNDING LEVEL ($50K+)

IBMNational SemiconductorNVIDIAKLA Tencor HP

INVESTING LEVEL ($25K+)

RambusSVB Financial GroupMicrosoftMountain WineryAccentureLam Research CorporationMARVELLApplied Materials

SUPPORTING LEVEL ($10K+)

Sigma PartnersSun MicrosystemsImationSanDisk CorporationFATTOCXilinx, Inc.Google

CONTRIBUTING LEVEL ($5K+)

SDF Public AccessSRI InternationalBertelsmannPARCSilicon Graphics IncSendmail

INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL DONORS - THE CORE CIRCLE

CORE BENEFACTOR ($64K+)

Bell Family TrustDonna Dubinsky and Leonard ShustekBill & Melinda Gates FoundationGardner Hendrie and Karen JohansenDave HouseMichael and Denise Shea Malcolm

CORE PATRON ($32K+)

Bill and Roberta CampbellAnn and John DoerrPierre and Pam Omidyar Diane Greene and Mendel RosenblumJohn and Sheree Shoch

CORE SPONSOR ($16K+)

Forest Baskett and Carolyn BellDavid Bohnett Foundation Bill Carrico and Suzan Woods CarricoElaine and Eric HahnThe Krause FoundationCarver A Mead and Barbara SmithDonald and Helen NielsonJon Rubinstein and Karen RichardsonGrant and Dorrit SaviersDavid SheratonEnrica D'Ettorre and Pierluigi Zappacosta

CORE PARTNER ($8K+)

Paul and Evelyn BaranVinton and Sigrid CerfEd and Lisa ColliganDavid N CutlerSonja and William DavidowGideon and Sarah GartnerJohn and Andrea HennessyHitz FoundationC Lester and Audrey HoganMark Horowitz and Jody BuckleySheldon Laube and Nancy Engel, MDKatherine and Robert MaxfieldBurton and Deedee McMurtryTeresa H MengGordon and Betty MooreRonee and Ike NassiKen and Barbara OshmanDr Gregory M PapadopoulosSuhas and Jayashree Patil Family FundFrank and Denise Quattrone FoundationDave Rossetti and Jan AventLawrence Schoenberg and Barbara BrizdleThe Stephen S Smith and Paula K Smith Family FoundationThe Vadasz Family FoundationSteve Wozniak

INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL DONORS - THE CORE CLUB

CORE INVESTOR ($4K+)

Association for Corporate Growth Silicon ValleyCraig and Barbara BarrettPeggy Burke and Dennis BoyleJack and Mary CarstenYogen and Peggy DalalFusun ErtemalpJudy EstrinFederico and Elvia FagginMike Farmwald and Barbara PaldusRobin Beresford and Robert GarnerTerry and Dotty HayesPeter HirshbergJoanna Hoffman and Alain RossmanMichael and Carole MarksJohn Mashey and Angela HeyJami and Stephen NachtsheimJim and Stephanie NisbetBob SanguedolceCharles L SeitzHeidi Henkel SinclairGuy L Tribble and Susan K BurnesStephen L Squires and Ann Marmor-SquiresJohn and Elizabeth TooleTosa FoundationWakerly Family FoundationBruce WonnacottPeter H and Cindy Ziebelman

CORE CONTRIBUTOR ($2K+)

Allan and Katie AlcornGene and Marian AmdahlDavid AndersonArthur and Jeanne AstrinBarry and Sharla BoehmJack and Cathy BradleyDavid and Arlene BrownJune and Ned ChapinBruce and Gail ChizenR Tim CosletEsther John and Aart de GeusMichael Frank DeeringReid and Peggy DennisEleanor and Lloyd DickmanDavid EmersonJoe and Lori FabrisTracey Stewart and Barry James FolsomRobert FrankstonNan and Chuck GeschkeMr Nand Kishore GoyalKathleen and Philip GustJennifer and Chuck HouseChristine Hughes and Abe OstrovskyMatthew and Connie IvesLaurel and Ray KaledaPeter and Beth KarpasSandra L Kurtzig FoundationSofia and Jan LaskowskiLaura and Gary LauderCatherine P LegoMark and Deb LeslieRoy Levin and Jan ThomsonShawn and Doug MackenzieJames and Patricia MarkevitchLinda and Mike MarkkulaThe McElwee FamilyGerhard and Carol ParkerJames N Porter Jeff and Tricia RaikesToni and Arthur RockJean E SammetGreg ShawRob ShawKaren and Mark TuckerVern WattsL Curtis Widdoes, JrPaul Winalski Anonymous Andrea Cunningham and Rand Siegfried El Dorado Ventures

CORE FRIEND ($1K+)

Frances AllenHisa AndoConnie and Charlie BachmanRick and Molly BahrHBI Helga Bailey GmbHJohn and Sheila BanningJoe Bardwell and Anita LenkAllen Baum and Donya WhiteBrian A BergMark BesseyJoel and Francine BionJoel and Eileen BirnbaumErich BlochMichael and Lorna BoichRobert and Stacey BresslerRichard M Burnes JrGene and Patricia CarterRichard and Virginia CaseHarry Chesley and Suzana SebanEd and Patti ClussWilliam and Claudia ColemanWallace ColyerJohn and Norma CrawfordPeter and Dorothy DenningVinod K DhamMonalisa DiAngeloEric and Susan DunnLes EarnestJohn R EhrmanPete EnglandMaria B EvansIrwin and Concepcion FedermanFeigenbaum Nii FoundationJames ForsterPeter A FreemanJohn GallowayBurton Grad and Carol Anne AncesRob and Yukari HaitaniKenneth and Constance HessUrs Hoelzle and Geeske JoelMarcian and Judith HoffDan G and Janet L HutchesonGeorge and Emily JaquetteCraig JensenPitch and Cathie JohnsonThe Ted and Ruth Johnson Family FoundationAnita Jones and William WulfDerry and Charlene KabcenellRobert Kahn and Patrice LyonsJeff KellemLarry and Patti KenyonSteven and Michele Kirsch FoundationJerry and Judy KleinDr and Mrs Leonard Kleinrock Donald and Jill KnuthTom Kopec and Leah CarneiroBernard LaCrouteLucio L LanzaLev and Galina LeytesDr Joyce Currie LittleKaren and Walter LoewensternJoseph and Winifred MarascoFrank McConnellGeorge A MichaelThe Avram Miller Family FoundationDavid and Lisa MooringDean and Lavon MortonMalachy and Jane MoynihanStanley and Joan MyersRandall and Julaine NeffJ Duane NorthcuttBob and Carol PetersDonald and Sharon PezzoloPaul R PierceWilliam and Rochelle PrattDennis M RitchieMark Roos and Catherine Rossi-RoosThe Harry and Carol Saal Family FoundationPeter and Valerie SamsonJohn and Christine SanguinettiHarry SelloJean ShulerRoger and Elizabeth SipplRichard L SitesThomas SkiboAlvy Ray and Zu SmithVerna and Bob SpinradLee and Robert SproullPamela and Edward TaftJohn and Mary Kay TannebringJohn and Mary Ellen ToebesTimothy J TooleJeanie TreichelNaoya and Masako UkaiLorna and Duane WadsworthPeter WexlerGio and Voy WiederholdAnn L WinbaldChuck Worley and Mary Jo Sullivan WorleyWarren YogiAnonymous Anonymous

INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL DONORS - GENERAL SUPPORTERS

CHAMPION ($500+)

Dennis and Janet AustinGary BooneNathan BrookwoodAlison ChaikenDona L CrawfordLori Kulvin CrawfordSteve and Beth CrockerMark DeanTimothy and Melissa DraperKenneth DrexlerSarah and David EpsteinGerald and Thelma EstrinJim and Kenna FentonDavid and Dee GustavsonRichard HawesMary C Henry and Rajpal SandhuJV HowellColin Hunter and Alexia L GilmoreJohn Impagliazzo, PhDDoug JefferysCraig W JohnsonDoug Kalish and Donna BohlingRandy H KatzCharles and Cary KissnerThomas E KurtzRonald LaPedisRichard and Ellen LaryDavid LawsGary MaloneMarshall K McKusick and Eric P Allman Dianne and William D Mensch, JrJim Mitchell and Judy WainwrightJeffrey MooreAlex and Jiali OsadzinskiDebra Paget and Jeffrey BergLorna and Donn ParkerTim and Lisa RobinsonLarry and Barbara SonsiniJames Sagawa and Karen RobertsGordon StittRobert SupnikCharles ThackerRichard ThomsonAndrew W Verhalen and Janet L BrownstoneDean UjiharaWilliam YeagerSusan and Philip YostMitchell and Jane Zimmerman

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Tax Information

The Computer History Museum is a fully independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Your donation is a tax-deductable contribution. Federal ID: #77-0507525.

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