Gifting: Engagement and Contributions

Gifting is one of the many ways that people participate in Burning Man. All gifts, whether big or small, are cherished and celebrated equally because each gift is an act of self-expression that helps amplify and extend the Burning Man culture.

Gifts within the community were plentiful in 2016. Among the thousands of acts of gifting, many chose to make a monetary gift to Burning Man Project because they believe in Burning Man’s ability to effect positive change in the world. We received generous support from individuals, foundations, matching gift programs, organizations, theme camps, and more. These donations helped water the budding garden of Burning Man Project’s programs.

Burning Man’s global programs–Burners Without Borders, the Regional Network, Civic Arts, Global Art Grants, and our Education programs–were born from the culture created at Black Rock City. These programs continue to be guided by the community and the culture. With increased financial support from generous donors, they can continue scaling to meet the ever-increasing demand from our growing cultural movement. That means we can provide more resources, education, and support to empower and inspire our global citizenry of artists, volunteers, regional leaders, and participants to create meaningful change within themselves and their communities.

As stewards and servants to this global community, we send you our enormous gratitude for every single gift you share. Thank you.

Portraits of our donors
Stefan Ackermann
Ryan Adams
Takeo Aikawa
Towfik Al Swaidi
Kristie Allen
Mary Allen
Raymond Allen
Amazonsmile Foundation
Patrick D. Ashmore
Caroline Auxier
Thomas Banahan
Travis Batzer
Robert Becker
Thomas Becker
Barbara Beerstein & George Badger
Zach Bell
Carol Benson
Christopher Bently
William Berard
Jerry Bernie
Christy Berry
Brandon Bert
David Best
Garry Bledsoe
Peter Blitz
Eddie Bonner
Nora Borealius
Lauren Brand
Eric Brisson
Nancy Bronstein
Hayley Brown
Charlotte Burns
Michael Butt
Keli Cadenhead
Matt Capucilli
Ron Carn
Loren Carpenter
John Cassidy
Bob & Joanne Casteel
Gerald Castro
Damien Cavallucci
Charlotte Chamberlin-Taylor
Aditya Chellaram (Yu Chooz)
Julie Cherry
Bryan Christie
Douglas Cleek
Gabriel Coeli
George Cogan & Fannie Allen
Thomas Coghill
Eyal Cohen
Samantha Coker
Chip Conley
Mary Jane Connell
Jeremy Crandell
Nelson Crespo
Jesse Crowe
Stephen Crozier
Thomas Dadier
Courtney Dallaire
Seth Dallaire
Darren & Karin
Ingrid Daubechies
Wayne & Breanna de Geere
Bow DeBey
Mark Deem
Denver Decompression
John Dietrich
Matthew Drye
Harley K. Dubois
Theresa Duncan
Cheryl Edison
Element 11
Mary Emeny
Kendall Ermshar
Cord Ernst
Bruce Etkin
Jonathan Farber
Erroll Fielding
Heather Fisher
Robin Fisher
Sarah Fisk
Matt Follett
Suzannah Forbes
Mike Forman
Brent M. Forsberg
Alexander Freedland
French Burners
Nicholas Friedman
Ping Fu
Heather (CameraGirl) Gallagher
Annabelle Garcia
Gina Garoogian
Shane Garrett
Catherine "Trixy" Geanuracos
Joe Gebbia
Mark Gerhart
Bryan Gilchrist & Gregory Filardi
Amanda Gisko
Sam Gittings
Tomas Gizas
Natalia Gola
Matt Goldberg
Rob & Kristin Goldman
Simon Goldman
Marian Goodell
Kari Gregg & Kevin Cheng
Terry Gross
Christian Grossmann & Susan Monce
Roshan R. Habarakada
Chad Hagle
Kimberley Haley
Larry Harvey
Frances Hellman & Warren Breslau
Sharma Hendel
Alvis Hendley
Kevin Herbert
Brian Herman
Graham Hill
Julian Hills
David Hover
Lawrence Howell
William Hulsey
Burt Humburg
Leah Hunter
Marquis Hyatt
Thomás I
David Iseli
Thelma Summer Jarman
Amanda & Tomas Jegeus
Catherine Jochai
Christopher Johnson
Sanj Kakar
Katherine & Satoru Boyles & Ogawa
Otho Kerr
Kenneth Kharma
Alex Khawam & Noor Fares
Laura Kimpton
Elisabeth King
Ahrin Koppel
Michael Korcuska
Nicholas Kothari
Roberto Kriete
La Vida Feliz Foundation
Guy Laliberté
Tim Larson
Wendy Lawler
League of Extraordinary Albertans
Jason Lee
Mark Leeds
Christian Lehew
David Levin
Mark Levitin
Andrew S. Levy
Dylan Lewis
Jonathan & Shiloh Lewis
Libra Foundation
Bill Linton
Vikuna Lion
Julia Lorenceau
Candice Love
Lumina Foundation
Gayle Maccia and Tillman Pearce
Kevin Mahaffey
Steve Malik
David Markman
Edward Marks
Michael Martin
Rexanne Martin
Mercedes Martinez
John Marx & Nikki Beach
Hank Mastain
Johannes Matthee
Phoebe McAfee
Mike McGurk
Bill Meacham
Bentley Meeker
Marc Mehli
Shawn Melamed
Josette Melchor
John Michael
Michael Mikel
William Millichap
Affinity Mingle
Alex Moradi
Uwe Morawe
Nick & Sloane Morgan
Ryan Moriarty
Kay Morrison
Margie Motorboat
John Mueller
Marion Müller
Nikki Mumolo
Paul Munro
MacKenzie Murphy
Christine Neumeier
Walter New
Jen Jen Oldland
Brooke Oliver & Elba Rivera
Kay Omeara
Devyn Osborne
Grace Paglen
Emmanuel Panther
Dorne Pentes
Bertrand Perrodo
Crimson Peterson
Will Roger Peterson
V Pizzuto
Scott Platsky
Miriam Post
Scott Potter
Eleanor and Bob Preger
Garrett Price
Brian Pridham
Bruce Raben
Jen & Frances Rainin
Jennifer Raiser
Michelle Ramatici
Jesus Ramirez
Danger Ranger
Katie Rapozo
Kathy Ray
Anet Redmer
Rouven Reiff
Sean Rhea
Ricardo
Matthew Roberds
Randy Robison
Parker Roe
Brendan Roof
Rotary Club Reno
Ana Roth
Jack Rubinson
Sven Ruetti
Marissa Sackler
Gustav Sallander
Saltamantis
San Francisco Grants for the Arts
Christina Sanini
Alex Sapir
Bobby Sarnoff
David Sayer
Kristin Scagliotti
Andy Schilling
Bullfrog Schlinger
Graham Schneider
Paul Schreer
Joe Schwan
Bart Seidler
Justin Shaffer
Patricia Shao
Darian Shapiro
Lisa Simon
Jeff Smith
Jeffrey Smith
Frank Somma
Keith Starkey
John Stayton
Matthew Stepka
Benjamin Stern
Duane Stiller
Rebecca Stillwell
Trevor Stone
Kirk & Mary Strawn
Scott Struthers
Rudi Stumpf
Tonya Surman
Mark Suva
Ryan Sweat
Greg Taggart
Dorothy Tecklenburg
Tecovas Foundation
Lance & Karyn Tendler
Jonathan Teo
Amber Terry
The Jeffrey A. Altman Foundation
Nicky Thompson
Rachel Tos
Transformus
Ross Tweedy
Christopher Tweit
Tyler Vadeboncoeur
Marten van de Sanden
Hugo van der Goes
Tom Van Dyck
Sebastiaan van Kempen
Rob Van Nieuwkerk
Maria Velasquez
Michael Veneziano
Martin Vesper
Frederico Victorino
Ron Vidal
Vicki Vinton
Amy & Chip Vitarelli
Mark Walick
Darby & David Walker
John Warmerdam
Martha Watson
Paul Weinberg
Ruthi Wertheimer
Megan Wheeler
John Whitaker
Dodge White
Heather K. White
Lawrence G. White
John Wilson
Mike Wilson
Lion Wintemute
Amanda Wolf
Anthony Wood
Roger Wu
Alex Young
Ko Yu
Marc Yvanes
James Zhang
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