After 20 years of supporting her family by training and racing horses, Pat Smith was stricken with spinal meningitis. She lay in a coma for ten days, and when she was well enough to go home, she found that her business had been liquidated by her husband. They divorced and Pat started working to rebuild her life.

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The following list of donors is as of December 31, 2007

• Adina Abramowitz
• Irvin Andre Alexander, III and Kevin McGowan
• Allstate
• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• David Augenblick
• Barbara and Gerson Bakar
• Bank of America
• Bank of America Foundation
• Kristen Barden
• Samuel and Sandra Bishop
• Victoria and Hank Bjorklund   Investors Promoting Opportunity
• Lew and Sheana Butler  Investors Promoting Opportunity
• California Endowment
• Catholic Healthcare West
• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
• Citi Foundation
• Citi Inc.
• Jean and William Coblentz
• Ann Cohen
• Vincent Coll
• Charlotte Collins
• Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
• Darlene Corbett-Hyjek
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• Quinn Delaney and Wayne Jordan
• David Dodson
• Denise Durham Williams
• Dylan and Marla Edwards
• David Eglinton
• Mr. and Mrs. Roy Eisenhardt
• Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
• F.B. Heron Foundation
• Fannie Mae
• Fannie Mae Foundation
• Federal Home Loan Banks
• Leslee and Wayne Feinstein
• Denise and Jim Fields
• First Nations Oweesta Corporation
• Susan Foote and Stephen Feinberg
• Ford Foundation
• Daniel and Patricia Lowy Frank
• Ms. Alison Kiehl Friedman
• David Friedman and Paulette Meyer
• Eleanor Friedman and Jonathan Cohen  Investors Promoting Opportunity
• Mrs. Phyllis K. Friedman
• Robert Friedman and Kristina Kiehl   Investors Promoting Opportunity
• David Gardner
• Thomas Gardner
• Frances and Theodore Geballe
• Fred and Wendy Goldberg
• Anthony C. Gooch
• GoodSearch
• Steven and Nan Grand-Jean  Investors Promoting Opportunity
• Ronald and Audrey Grzywinski
• Mr. and Mrs. Peter Haas, Jr.
• Colleen and Robert D. Haas
• Julie and Walter Haas
• Timothy Hanson
• Hawai'i Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development
• Marjorie and Sylvan Heumann  Investors Promoting Opportunity
• Thomas Higgins  Investors Promoting Opportunity
• Abbey and Mark Hill
• James C. Hormel
• Nicholas Horstman
• HSBC Bank USA
• Leslie and George Hume
• I Do Foundation
• Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• JPMorgan Chase Foundation
• Joleen and Mitchell Julis
• Kevin Keeley
• David Landow
• Rosanne Lapan
• Ellen and Paul Lazar
• Daniel Letendre
• Andrea Levere and Michael Mazerov
• Jenna Levere
• Levi Strauss Foundation
• Anne S. Li and Edward R. Muldoon
• Lia Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
• Michael Liburd
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation
• Wm. Thomas
• Lockard and Alix Marduel
• Mara Luoma
• Jimena Martinez and Michael Hirschorn
• Joseph Matchette
• Kate McKee
• MDC, Inc.
• Elsie Meeks
• Merrill Lynch Community Development Company L.L.C.
• Jim Mersfelder and Sandra Stark
• Nancy Meyer and Marc Weiss
• Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
• Maurice Lim Miller
• Dana and Ralph Moore
• Moriah Fund, Inc.
• The Motley Fool, Inc.
• Mary Mountcastle
• Ms. Foundation for Women
• Nathan Cummings Foundation
• NeighborWorks America
• Sabrina Michaux-Neptune and Torod Neptune
• Blake and Molly Nordstrom
• The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc.
• Northwest Area Foundation
• Opportunity Finance Network
• Chris and Janet Page
• Chuck and Nancy Parrish
• Kim Pate
• Sally G. Paynter
• The Philanthropic Collaborative, Inc.
• Patti Sue Plummer and Steven Levere
• Sycamore Fund at the Peninsula Community Foundation
• Amy and Matthew Ragen
• Alexander Reid
• Richard and Joan M. Haber Fund at the East Bay Community
• Foundation
• Brian Richards
• Carol and Karsten Rist
• Carl Rist
• Susan Rose and Johnathan Weintraub
• Deborah and Doug Rosen
• Barb Rosen
• Barbara and Richard Rosenberg  Investors Promoting Opportunity
• Erik Ruehr
• Joe Sacco
• Ruth Salzman  Investors Promoting Opportunity
• Gayle and Stuart Samuels
• Charles and Heather Sandel  Investors Promoting Opportunity
• Maria Schellpfeffer
• Nancy Stark and David Siegel
• Carlyn and George Steiner
• Leigh Tivol
• Michael Torrens and Claudia Radel
• Barry and Marjorie Traub
• Devin and Jenese Tucker
• Jerome Uher
• Barbara Uhler
• United Way of the Bay Area
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Wachovia
• Wal-Mart
• Marilyn and Murry Waldman
• Walter and Elise Haas Fund
• Lena Warner
• Washington Mutual
• Carol Wayman
• Stanley S. and Muriel Casper Weithorn
• Wells Fargo
• Eileen Glasser Wesley and Mark Wesley
• Nicola Wood
• Y & H Soda Foundation
• Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

…and those who choose to remain anonymous