Dennis Matthews’ life is unrecognizable since he enrolled in the IDA program. In 1999, Dennis was $10,000 in debt, had lost his job and had taken a new job with a 45% salary reduction. “I was in so much trouble,” he says. “The cost of living was so high.”

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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