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Potential funders

The MacArthur Foundation - General Programs
(We do not really fit succintly into their specific categories)
http://www.macfdn.org/programs/gen/gen_guidelines.htm
Need to send a letter of inquiry to:
apply@macfound.org

The Innovation Fund
Cora Mirikitani
Senior Program Director
The James Irvine Foundation
One Market, Steuart Tower, Suite 2500
San Francisco, CA 94105
innovationfund@innovationfund.org
Virgin Group/Richard Branson
120 Campden Hill Road
London, W8 7AR
Telephone number: 0171 229 1282
info@virgin.com
http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/main.asp?page=1.5.3.1 (virgin atlantic)
letter sent via e-mail, must resend by postal mail.
United Airlines
http://www.ual.com/site/primary/0,10017,1367,00.html
Community.Support@ual.com
Eileen M. Younglove
Manager - Contributions
United Airlines - WHQPR
P.O. Box 66100
Chicago, IL 60666
proposal sent by e-mail. rejected :-(

Isao Okawa
Chairman
CSK Corp and Sega Enterprizes Japan.
31st Floor, ARK Mori Bldg.,
1-12-32, Akasaka, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 107-6031, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3505-5500
Mr. Okawa Fax:+81-3-3505-6022
Large donor of MIT's Okawa Center for Future Children.
Donated to Nation1's delegation to Hague Appeal for Peace.
Provided Dreamcast machines for all JrSummit delegates.
Letter sent to isao@csk.co.jp, but Nicholas N says he does not check his mail. Instead, Nicholas suggests we correspond with his good friend Mr Kay Nishi -
ASCII Corporation
Tohshin Bldg
4-33-10 Yoyogi Shibuya-ku
Tokyo
151-8024 Japan
phone: 81-3-5351-8088
fax: 81-3-5351-8465
nishi@ascii.co.jp

Lex McArthur, CEO
Emerge Ltd
Level 2, 455 Bourke St
Melbourne Vic 3000
telephone: +61 3 9605 2500
fax: +61 3 96052511
email: lexm@emerge.com.au
Had two meetings with Emerge. Little money, but very nice and helpful. Perhaps with servers & advice.
Zoe Baird
Yalda & Nancy, Program Manager: Interactive Media for Children
The Markle Foundation
75 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1800
New York, NY 10019
e-mail: yalda@markle.org
Met with them twice, and presented full proposal. However, they (having reviewed our project carefully) have decided against funding us. Still, there may be an opportunity for a small discretionary grant.
Amanda McMullan
KPMG Consulting Pty. Ltd Australia
161 Collins Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
AUSTRALIA
amcmullan@kpmg.com.au
Enthusiastic about Nation1. Need to visit her.
Bruce Thompson
Managing Director
Hewlett-Packard Australia Ltd
31-41 Joseph St
Blackburn, VIC 3130
bruce_thompson@hp.com
Met at Innovation Summit (Nick Moraitis). Interested in project. Possibility of product donation. Need to follow up.
The Glaser Family Foundation
2601 Elliot Ave
Suite 4175
Seattle, WA 98121
progressproject@email.com
Bill Gates
Chairman
Steve Ballmer
President
Nathan Myhrvold
Chief Technology Officer
Microsoft
Rupert Murdoch
Chairman and CEO, News Corp.
Address: 1 Virginia Street, London E1 9XY, U.K.
Steve Case: Chairman and CEO, America Online, Inc.
E-mail: SteveCase@aol.com
Masayoshi Son: President, Softbank Corp.
Address: 24-1, Nihonbashi Hakozakicho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103, Japan
Lou Gerstner
Chairman and CEO, IBM Corp.
Address: www.ibm.com/lvg
Andy Grove
Chairman and CEO, Intel Corp.
Address: Robert Noyce Building, 2200 Mission College Boulevard, P.O. Box 58119, Santa Clara, CA 95032-8119
Nobuyuki Idei
President, Sony Corp.
Address: President's Room, 6-7-35 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan
Larry Ellison
Co-founder, chairman and CEO, Oracle Corp.
Address: 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
John Chambers:
President and CEO, Cisco Systems
Email: chambers@cisco.com
170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, Calif
Eckhard Pfeiffer:
President and CEO Compaq Computer Corp.
Address: P.O. Box 69200, Houston, TX 77269-2000
Richard McGinn
Chairman and CEO, Lucent Technologies
Address: 600 Mountain Ave. Murray Hill, New Jersey
David Bohnett
Founder and chairman, GeoCities
E-mail: dbohnett@geocities.com
Jerry Yang
Yahoo Co-Founder
3420 Central Expressway Santa Clara, Calif
Jerry@yahoo.com
Jeff Bezos
Founder and CEO, Amazon.com
Address: www.amazon.com
Scott McNealy
Chief executive officer, Sun Microsystems
Address: 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, California
Bernie Ebbers
President and CEO, WorldCom
Address: 515 E. Amite Street, Jackson, Mississippi
Paul Allen
Chairman, Vulcan Northwest
Address: www.paulallen.com
Michael Dell
Chairman and CEO, Dell Computer
Address: www.dell.com
Steve Jobs
CEO, Apple Computer
Address: One Infinite Loop, Cupertino, Calif
(Apple Mexico provided $500US for Nation1's trip to the Hague)
Craig Barrett
President and CEO, Intel Corp.
Address: Robert Noyce Building, 2200 Mission College Boulevard
P.O. Box 58119
Santa Clara, Calif
Steve Case
Chairman and chief executive, America Online Inc.
Address: SteveCase@aol.com

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