The Center for Innovation welcomes donations, grants, and other types of support for our programs and research. The Center cannot accept donations, grants, or other types of support that seek to limit or restrict our research or work. All financial supporters of the Center agree to give their funds as unrestricted gifts or restricted for particular areas of study, but with no right to review or control the results, direction, or publication of the research.*
The following list identifies all grants, contracts, and other sources of private or corporate funding for the Center received since Academic Year 2015-2016. No single person or corporate donor accounts for more than 25% of the Center’s annual budget. The majority of the Center’s funding comes from the University of California San Francisco, College of Law, charitable foundations, and court awards.
Donations to Startup Legal Garage indicated by (SLG).
| Donor | Fiscal Year(s) | Gift Amount |
| The Laura & John Arnold Foundation | 2023-2025 | $1,509,016 |
| The Mont Fund | 2023-2025 | $350,000 |
| The Commonwealth Fund | 2023-2025 | $277,436 |
| The Laura & John Arnold Foundation | 2022-2023 | $1,091,016 |
| The Commonwealth Fund | 2022-2023 | $258,417 |
| Economic Security Project | 2022-2023 | $40,000 |
| The Mont Fund | 2022 | $150,000 |
| Wilson Sonsini (SLG) | 2022-2023 | $100,000 |
| Tipping Point Fund for Impact Investing |
2022-2023 | $90,000 |
| Vern Norviel (SLG) | 2021-2022 | $75,000 |
| Center for American Progress | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank Foundation (SLG) | 2022-2023 | $10,000 |
| The Laura & John Arnold Foundation | 2020-2021 | $1,087,251 |
| The Commonwealth Fund | 2021 | $169,446 |
| Center for American Progress | 2021 | $50,000 |
| Joseph Cotchett | 2020-2021 | $87,100 |
| Tipping Point Fund for Impact Investing |
2020-2021 | $89,925 |
| Browning Charitable Trust (SLG) | 2021-2022 | $10,000 |
| Center for American Progress | 2020 | $60,000 |
| The Laura & John Arnold Foundation | 2018-2019 | $652,120 |
| National Science Foundation | 2017-2018 | $387,324 |
| Hackers/Founders (SLG) | 2017 | $50,000 |
| The Honorable Al Knoll (SLG) | 2017 | $25,217 |
| Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, & Rosati (SLG) | 2017 | $6,000 |
Donors Who Have Made Contributions Under $5,000
- Bakers Botts LLP
- Bozevic, Field, & Francis LLP
- The Chip Robertson Fund
- Cooley LLP
- Frank Busch (Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP)
- Glen Van Ligten (Gunderson Dettmer LLP)
- Hannah Stitt
- Chris Holland
- Aswin Gunasekar
- Hanson Bridgett LLP
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- University Chicago Medical School
Our work is made possible because of this funding, and we are deeply grateful to our supporters for their contributions. For any questions related to the Center’s funding or if you would like to make a donation, please contact Professor Robin Feldman at feldmanr@uclawsf.edu.
*Beginning in 2016, coinciding with the publication of the Open Letter on Ethical Norms in Intellectual Property Scholarship in the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, the Center has followed the protocols outlined within the article to remain transparent about its funding.