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Cancer Disparities Are
Target of $15 Million Grant to
UC San Diego, San Diego State University

Email: skelley@sdsu.edu 619 594 5371 (phone) 619 594 5676 (fax) Degree Programs: Cell and Molecular Biology, M.S. And Joint-Doctoral program (UCSD), Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics, M.S. Affiliations: Center for Microbial Sciences Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Human Microbiome Project. Tanner Sloan upped the SDSU lead to 19-14 with a 7-0 decision over Nick May at 197 pounds. Needing a pin to win the dual, the Spartans came up short as heavyweight Christian Rebottaro could only muster a 6-2 decision over the Jackrabbits’ Blake Wolters.

December 16, 2008

San Diego State University (SDSU) and the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) are joining forces to help explain and eliminate cancer disparities. The five-year combined $15 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health will fund research, education and community outreach programs in the San Diego region with the goal of reducing differences in cancer incidence and deaths in the population.

The Comprehensive SDSU-UC San Diego Cancer Center Partnership, the only such program in California, will support programs ranging from studies of the potential differences in basic biology of cancers in certain populations, including specific ethnic and minority groups, to outreach, training, education and prevention. The partnership brings together the UC San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center, the region’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and academic medical center, with SDSU, a university with strong ties to a broad segment of the region, taking advantage of the strengths of both.

“Because we have such diversity here in San Diego, the issue of cancer disparity is acute,” said Partnership co-principal investigator Stanley Maloy, Ph.D., dean of SDSU’s College of Sciences. “This new collaboration between SDSU and UC San Diego is a true partnership that will make inroads in this important area of cancer research and directly benefit the health of San Diegans.”

“The NCI wants to develop a stronger national cancer program aimed at understanding the reasons behind the significant cancer disparities and the impact on minority populations,” said Partnership co-principal investigator John Carethers, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of the division of gastroenterology at the UC San Diego Medical Center and Moores UCSD Cancer Center. Carethers’ research focuses on the higher rates of colorectal cancer in African Americans. “This award helps address sometimes neglected cancer research that is specific to minority populations, particularly here in the San Diego area.”
Disparities in Cancer Rates, Outcomes
According to the NCI, differences in the incidence, prevalence, and death rates of diseases, including cancer, exist among specific population groups in the United States. For example, more American Caucasian women develop breast cancer, but African American women are 15 percent more likely to die from the disease. African Americans have the highest rates for colorectal cancer of any racial group in the U.S. and have higher rates of prostate cancer and present at younger ages than other groups. While breast cancer is diagnosed about 40 percent less often in Hispanic women than in non-Hispanic women, it is more frequently diagnosed at a later stage in Hispanics. Cancer treatment for minority populations, particularly those in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas, generally lags behind non-minority groups.

“The NCI is trying to eliminate cancer, but that won’t be achieved unless we close the gap that still exists among different populations,” said Moores UCSD Cancer Center co-principal investigator Ana Navarro, Ph.D., associate professor of family and preventive medicine at UC San Diego. “In order to eliminate cancer in our communities, we need to ramp up efforts in underserved communities.”

“We want to understand why these disparities exist and work to improve or eliminate them altogether,” said co-principal investigator Elizabeth Klonoff, Ph.D., professor of psychology at SDSU and adjunct professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego, whose research looks at the role ethnicity and gender play in health, with emphasis on cancer-related diseases.

Finding Answers Through Research
The Partnership will initially support three research projects, a training program and a Cancer Disparities Community Partners and Research Resource. The first research projects are:

• A team led by UC San Diego’s Carethers and Kathleen McGuire, Ph.D., professor of biology at SDSU will investigate why African Americans have the highest incidence and death rates for colorectal cancer among racial groups in the United States. The researchers will examine more than 1,500 colorectal tumors to determine possible biological differences in tumors among African Americans and Caucasians. They will also try to determine why a certain tumor type – more common in Caucasians – is less likely to spread to other areas in the body.
• Scientists led by SDSU organic chemistry professor Douglas Grotjahn, Ph.D., and Moores UCSD Cancer Center research scientist Boris Minev, M.D., will study the development of a nanotechnology-based vaccine against prostate cancer, which is a particular problem in the African American population.
• Stephen Howell, M.D., Moores Cancer Center member and professor of medicine at UC San Diego, and Shelli McAlpine, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry at SDSU, will lead a project aimed at exploring the development of a novel chemotherapy drug against colon and pancreatic cancers.

Both institutions’ deep roots in community-based research are crucial to the success of the initiative’s wide-ranging projects.

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Noting that cancer prevention and care will continue to be emphasized in diverse, underserved communities, Navarro said, “This grant enables the programs already in place to expand, and will help expose a new generation of basic scientists, biologists and social scientists to a different environment.”

For example, Navarro and her colleagues recently partnered with local community organizations and health programs on a health fair held in National City focusing on women in the Latino community. As part of this program, approximately 100 women received mammography screening and clinical breast exams in a program conducted in conjunction with a community organization, MANA de San Diego.

Training Future Leaders in Disparities Research
The cancer disparities partnership will also seek to enhance cancer research and training at SDSU and increase the effectiveness of the Moores UCSD Cancer Center in research, training and career development related to minorities. More specifically, the grant is aimed at educating and training promising minority scientists in cancer research and increasing the number of faculty, scientists and students engaged in culturally relevant cancer research, community outreach and education.

“The real beauty of the partnership is that community and academic partners are essential contributors and also stand to benefit from the partnership work,” Navarro said. “We will support projects that are meaningful to underserved communities and at the same time provide opportunities for scientists to become involved in research to eliminate cancer disparities.”

Carethers said the partnership will provide exciting new possibilities in rapidly advancing fields of medical research.

“I think we will come to a day where we will analyze a tumor sample and blood and give diagnoses based on genetic makeup,” said Carethers. “Researchers are just beginning to do molecular profiling of cancers and it will make a difference in treatment decisions.”

The Comprehensive SDSU-UCSD Cancer Center Partnership is the only NCI-funded comprehensive partnership in California, and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center is one of only three cancer centers (along with the University of Texas’ M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York) in the nation that received funding for this type of partnership this year.

San Diego State University is the oldest and largest higher education institution in the San Diego region. Since it was founded in 1897, the university has grown to offer bachelor’s degrees in 81 areas, master’s degrees in 74 areas and doctorates in 16 areas. SDSU’s more than 34,000 students participate in an academic curriculum distinguished by direct contact with faculty and an increasing international emphasis that prepares them for a global future. For more information, visit www.sdsu.edu.

The Moores UCSD Cancer Center, part of the UC San Diego Medical Center, is one of the nation’s 41 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, combining research, clinical care and community outreach to advance the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer. For more information, visit www.cancer.ucsd.edu.

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Gina Speciale, 619-594-4563

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The following individuals are recognized at the Cum Laude level for their lifetime contributions of $100,000 to $499,999. Please note deceased members are indicated with an asterisk.

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John H. Agle
Richard G. Ahrens*
Dominic J. and Kay Alessio
Ethel* and Norton* Allen
Javier Francisco Alonso
Patricia and Richard E. Amtower
John P. Anderson*
Alicia M. Annas
Helen Gavin Ash*
James H. and Alyce W. Ashcraft
Kate E. and John D. Atkins
Robert M. and Sari L. Awalt
Ben and Tina Bagnas
Allan R.* and Nancy A. Bailey
Laura Baird
Edwin P. Baldry
Diana J. Barliant* and Nowell C. Wisch
Frank E. Barnhart
Daniel and Donna Barr
Robert E. Barron
Lizabeth M. and Richard M. Bartell
Arthur E.* and Nancy A. Bartlett
Clifford P. and Mary I. Bee
Lisa K. and Peter Belott
Carol Bentley Ellis
Susan J. Bernay
Annalisa Berta
Michael E. Bertolino
Betty J. Brock Beyster and J. Robert Beyster*
Mary Ann Beyster
Victor E. Bianchini
Darcy C. and Robert W. Bingham
Laurie J. Black
Beverly* and David D.* Blair
Scott Borden
William R. Bradley
Margaret Braun
Frank R. Brazda*
Barbara Brockhouse*
Marguerite Brydegaard*
Shirley M. Bunker*
Sharon P. and Gerald Burgreen
Lowell J. Burnett
Anne Burns and Christopher Drake
Gay G. Burns
John Busch
Gary Cady
Beth E. Callender and Pete Garcia-Ovies
Carlota Guarana Campbell and Jason T. Campbell
Edward G. and Mary Lee Cannizzaro
Charles and Vickie Capps
Mary Ruth Carleton and Bruce Hunt
Patricia Carlisle
Martin Carlsen*
John W. Carlson*
J. E. L. Carter
Judy and Tom* Carter
Allen H.* and Nancy S.* Center
Edith B. and Kevin Choi
C. Ben* and Kathee M. Christensen
Samuel M. Ciccati
Louise M. Clark*
James W. and Margaret A.* Cobble
Dorothy H. and George H. Codling
Adelia A. and Ronald D.* Coffman
Theodore J.* and Jean W.* Cohn
Richard Collins
Sharon E. and Timothy M. Considine
Lee A. Coogan and Michael Schreiner*
Michelle Coslik
Alexander J.* and Kathleen Cota
James E.* and Mary P.* Crouch
Dennis S. and Janet M. Cruzan
Michael R. Cunningham
Joan F. Curry
Marjorie and Stephen Cushman
Richard O. Dalbey
Allan C.* and Janet T.* Dale
Scott Dale
Janet E. and Thomas E. Darcy
Adele L. and Thomas M.* Davies Jr.
Brita Colburn Davis and Richard R.* Davis
Kathie A. and Peter Davis
Steven and Karen Davis
Adela de la Torre and Stephen A. Bartlett
Ann B. and Jose L. De La Torre
George Dell
Richard DeMartini
Marlene M. DeMers
Gene and Kathleen Dente
Norman F.* and Marydale M. Dessel
Joanne D. and Glenn A. Dethloff
Deborah M. Dexter
Margaret M. Dickey
Julie Dillon and James A. Roberts
Craig D. Dingwall
Barbara* and Rodger Dishong
Scott and Shara DiValerio
Robert L.* and Hilda M.* Dodge
Ryan P. and Janelle Donovan
Connie Vinita Dowell and Stephen P. Miller
David W. and Patricia Down
Jerry and Marsha Dressel
David Du
Joyce A. and Stephen J. Duich
Alan M. Dulgeroff
Charles and Sharon Dunn
Lee M. Duran
Lester D. Earnest
Roland W. and Eveyln* Eddy
Peter and Diana Elia
Jennie L. Elliott*
Dan and Phyllis Epstein
David B. Ernst and Adam Anthony Villa
Scott C. Erreca
Andrew and Karen Esparza
Oliva M. Espin
Debra and William Fanning Jr.
Marshall Faulk
Danah H. Fayman*
Dennis M. and Linda M. Fenton
Diane I. and Elliot Feurstein
Vivian C. Finch
Arline M. Fisch
Sarita A. and Scott Flaming
Allyn and Carol Forsyth
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Leslie A.* and Nicholas L.* Frazee
Leonard Friedman*
Elaine and Murray L.* Galinson
Elaine Galinson and Herbert J. Solomon
Elizabeth A. Galligan*
Charlotte and David Garcia
Bill and Judy Garrett
Edith V. Garrett*
Joyce M. Gattas
David L. George*
Amy and Bill K. Geppert
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G'Angela Gerilyn
Arthur and Judy* Getis
Jeanne S. Ghilbert*
Wendy Gillespie
Jim and Lisa Givens
Ray E. Glass Jr.
John D. and Dianne J. Goddard
Dan and Cari Gomes
Jeffrey M. Goodall Sr.
Joel L. Goodman
Kenneth C. Gott
Joe Gregorio
Debra A. Greenfield
David Allen Gubser
Camille Abbott Gurevitch
Keith Edward Gurule
Karlene and Walter C. Gutjahr Jr.
Bill Habeger
Justin Halenza
Barbara and Donald Halte
Herta Hamber Trust
Judith W. Hamilton
Fred W. Hammond
Thomas F. Hanchett
Chris Hansen
Catherine L. and Scott A. Harman
Gilbert A. Harrison
Jack B. Hart Jr.
Laura J. Hart
Michael J. and Cindy Hartell
Elaine and William Hartleb
Barbara and Jim Hartung
Harlan J. Hayden*
Tory James Hazard IV
William E. Hazen*
Carol Slater Hemming
James and Pamela Henry
Jesus E. Hernandez*
Everett W. Hesse*
Sarah P. Hillier and Paul J. Strand
Cheryl J. Hintzen-Gaines
Elliot and Jeri Hirshman
Charles W. Hirst
Gary B. Hogue
Brad and Lara Holtzman
Thomas E. Hom
Barbara M.* and John M. Hood Jr.
Michael A. Howard
Kaye Hunt*
Jan and Richard Hunter
Hugh C. Hyde*
Linda and Mike Ibe
Pamela K. Jackson
Paul E. Jacobs
Stacy Jacobs
Erik L. Johannesen and Rebecca E. Long
Albert W.* and Susan G. Johnson
Brian R. and Diana B. Johnson
Helen-May Marcy Johnson*
Suzanne P. Johnson
Frank Jonasson
Christa and Keith Jones
Matthew O. Jones
Gladys F. Jukich*
Ron Jurgensen*
Robert C. and Ranelle Kain
Margo Kasch and L. B. Rickards
David A. Katz
Thomas D. Keating
Ruth G. Keen*
Kevin Anthony Keenan
Cheryl D. and Ronald H.* Kendrick
Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall
Charles G. Kerch*
Richard J. and Lynda Kerr
Kenny Key
Joe E. Kiani
Patrick J. Kilkenny
Angela and Matthew Kilman
David* and Donna* Kindig
Aline T. King
Kathryn Kirk-Malters
David W. Kistler Jr.
James R. Kitchen and Sandra Williams
Barbara G. and Hart G. Klein
Gayle Breitbard Klusky and Jerry Klusky
Alfred P. and Diane Knoll
Jim and Madeline M. Koci
Junko Koike*
Kurt Friedrich* and Harriet G. Kopp*
Daniel Kramer
Mark and Angela Krasner
Ure R. and Dianne Kretowicz
Daniel Krummenacher
Jason Kulpa
Michelle A. LaGrandeur
Barry K. and Hema Lall
Linda and Thomas Lang Jr.
Rodney N. Lanthorne
Robert P. Lantz*
Ingeborg I. Lehman*
Bob and Nancy Leone
Wyllis M. and William E.* Leonhard Sr.
Jennifer and Fred* Lewis
Michael D. and Mindy C. Lewis
Nancy Linck
Francine J. Lipman and James E. Williamson
Stephanie Lo and Benjamin K. Billings
Ken and Patricia Locati
Barbara S. and Thomas B. Longley
William F. Lucas*
Robert J. Lusitana
H. Joseph Lynch Jr.
William D. Lynch
Joan MacFarlane
Cary P. and Suzy M. Mack
Thomas Malley and Elaine Weng
Norman E. and Sivia B. Mann
Wendy L. Maruyama and Bill Schairer
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Kevin A. Mayer
Carol Mayo
Mark H. Mays
Sinda J. Gregory and Lawrence F. McCaffery
Frank McCarty
Henry* and Ada D.* McCarty
Kevin R. and Leann McCarthy
Sarah J. McElroy
Thomas P. McElroy
Irene McFarland*
Craig S. McKasson and Tina Castro
Randi E. and Thomas L. McKenzie
Margaret McKerrow
Dan D. McLeod and Sumi Adachi
Kris W. and James L. McMillan
Louise H. McNally*
William McWilliams
Vencil T. Meades*
J. Gordon Melton
David V. and Shannon Menashe
Keith L. and Kimberly Mendoza
Brian D. Miller
Tennes A. Moe*
Gracia Molina de Pick*
Rebecca E. Moore and Fielding M. McGehee
Jennifer Moores
John Moores, Jr.
Patti Morris*
Francie D. Mortenson
Eleanor* and Michael Mulalley
Bob and Deidre Murphy
Jane E. Murphy
Monica A. Murphy
Carol H. and Herbert G. Mutter
Mabel A. Myers*
Diana Nadel*
Stuart and Ellen* Naliboff
Gail K. Naughton
Merrilee and Michael Neal
James W. and Frances A.* Neel
Barbara and Gregory Nelson
Craig A. Nelson
Peter and Helen Neumeyer
Marilyn E. Newhoff
Harriet G. Newmark*
Alana M. Nicastro
Michael R. Niggli
Barbara Noerenberg
Luis G. and Rosa B. Nogales
Tosh Nomura*
Lisa and Rob O'Carroll
Vincent R. Okamoto
Christine and Thomas Olinger
Kristin O'Neal
Stanley I. and Andrea J. Ornstein
Steven F. and Ellen Osinski
Ivy O'Sullivan*
Fred Pabst
Robert J. Parrott and Jo Ann Christensen
Norman L.* and Judith C. Pasas
Douglas X. and Barbara Patiño
Rosario J. Patti*
Kay Pauling
Betty Peabody
John T. and Mary Sue Pedicini
Michael James Perkins and C. Anne Turhollow
Eva S. and Ralph R. Pesqueira Jr.
Mark E. Peterson*
Randall B. and Kim Peterson
Matthew and Joan Pohl
B. James* and Margaret* Polak
Stuart and Lee Posnock
Foster S. Post*
Carla and Scott Pressley
Theresa A. and Ricky A. Price
Chase A. Price
Robert Puccini*
Bessie Purdy*
Marvine M. Quam*
Steven B.* and Deborah A. Quiett
Craig A. Ramseyer
Betty Jo and Michael L. Randall
Gerry Ranglas
Sarah B. Marsh-Rebelo and John G. Rebelo Jr.
C. Edward Reed
Rick W. and Mary C. Reeder
Cloyd P. Reeg Jr.
Claire K. and Robert E.* Reiss
Bernard E.* and Judith* Revak
Keith Ritchie*
David W. and Kristin Ritterbush
Arthur and Jeannie Rivkin
Michael P. Rizzo Jr.
John W. and Diane Robinson
Paul E. Robinson and Trudy Stambook
Carla Roddy
Dorothy* and Joseph A.* Rodney
John J. Rogers
Paul and Wendy Rosengard
Marilyn A. Ross*
Marion Ross and Paul Michael*
T. M. Ross*
Anne L. Rosser
Glenn and Lynne Rossman
James Rostello
Ralph and Dione Rubio
Paul E.* and Ruby K. Ruhling
Marlene S. and Ronald J. Ruiz
Michael T. Rundlett
John A. and Charlotte M. Russell
Bill* and Peggy Ruzich
Paul A. Sager and Natalie Venezia
Jerry R. Sanders and Rana Sampson
Jerome M. Sattler
John W. Scannell
Bob and Sheryl Scarano
Michele Schlecht
Barbara Moore Schuch* and Frank B. Schuch*
William H. and Kathryn A. Scripps
Richard and Susan Seiler
Francoise and Salim Shah
Elaine and Peter J. Shaw
Thomas Shepherd*
Jeffrey A. and Bonnie Sherman
Jason Shidler
Gary Shira
Deborah and Steven Silott
Stephen L. and Laural Sledge
Janet R. Sloan*
Gregory J. and Arlette Smith
Jeffrey A. and Wendy Smith
Virginia Smith Richardson
Delton R. Smyth*
Mark A. Snell
Beatrice Starr Sokol*
Herbert J. and Elene* Solomon
Mary Ellen Sousa-Hiner
Larry K. and Judith A. Sowder
Dean and Susie Spanos
Matt Spathas
Camille H. Speer*
Christine Springston*
Robert T.* and Frances H.* Sprouse
Thomas Spruance
Kevin B. Staff
Mike and Pamela Stafford
Foster Stanback
Gerald M. Starek
Dave and Linda Stecher
Craig T. Stevens
Nancy M. Carmichael and Charles J. Stewart
John Richard Storey*
Albert Storts*
Rachel Lyn Lackey and Stephen J. Strasburg
Paul Stuverud
Cookie and Tom Sudberry
Daniel L. and Kathryn B. Sullivan
Jimmy and Sherri Summers
George A. and Judith A. Sunga
Robert Svet*
Ruth W. Sweeney*
George M.* and Judith Rae Swift
Kurt Sylvia
Dennis and Elaine G. Szeto
Li-Pin and Lily Tan
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Pat and Ellen Theodora
Glae Thien
Carol W. Thomas
Carol Thorsnes
Michael T. Thorsnes
William G. Tong
Howard and Leslie Toole
Robert and Joan* Toomey
Cynthia A. Torres
Ariss Treat*
Marian K. and Walter A.* Turner Jr.
Kenneth G. and Joyce Ulrich
Gianangelo Vergani and Lois Hobbs*
David L. and Rebecca J. Vigil
William R. Wade
Dorsha Wallman*
Bruce D. and Margo Walsh
Nancy and Bruce Ward
Phillip A. and Margaret A.* Ward
George* and Ruth Warwick
Edwin A. Watkins*
Robert J. and Margaret T. Watkins
Lauretta S. Wenc*
Thomas L.* and Akiko* Wendelmoot
Daniel M. Whitaker
Ulla Lotta Wiik-Lambert and Robert Lambert*
Karen Elizabeth Wilcken* and Ray W. Glass Jr.
Brent R. and Gina Wilkes
Denise M. and Ronald Williamson
Beulah J.* and John H.* Wills
Robert Wilm
Paulette* and Samuel J.* Wilson Jr.
Karin Winner
R. Dennis Wise
The Ellen G. & Edward G. Wong Family Foundation
Henry N. Wood*
Amy J. Wormser*
Alice and Charles E. Wylie
Cheryl and Rudy Zavalani
Mary Ellen Trainor Zemeckis*
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The following corporations and foundations are recognized at the Cum Laude level for their total contributions of $100,000 to $499,999.

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Alvarado Hospital Medical Center
AMN Healthcare, Inc.
Apple Computer, Inc.
ARCO Products
ARGUS Financial Software
BAE SYSTEMS
Balfour Beatty Construction
Bank of America
Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino
Berg Electric Corp.
Beyster Foundation for Enterprise Development
BioMed Realty Trust
Boeing Company
Brandt Company
Bully's East Restaurant
California Restaurant Association, San Diego County Chapter
CACI Incorporated
California Bank & Trust
California Wellness Foundation
CBT Systems
ChevronTexaco Products Company
Clark Construction Group
Conexant Systems, Inc.
Continuous Computing Corporation
Cornerstone Communities Corp.
Crest Beverage Company
DDH Enterprises, Inc.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
DJO Global, Inc.
Doris A. Howell Foundation
Dr. Seuss Foundation
DTZ
Duane Morris LLP
Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Association
Erreca Associates, LLC
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
ExxonMobil Corporation
Frazee Paint
Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids
H.G. Fenton Company
Harper Construction Company
Harris Corporation
Helen Freedman Family Living Trust
Helen K. & James S. Copley Foundation
Hilton Hotel San Diego Mission Valley
Hollister, Inc.
Hologic
Hughes Electronics Corporation
IBM Corporation
Illumina, Inc.
Inamori Foundation
J.D. Bud and Vonda Webb Foundation
Jessie Klicka Foundation
Joseph & Dorothy Goldberg Scholarship Fund at The San Diego Foundation
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
J. W. Sefton Foundation
Kabcenell Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Kyocera International, Inc.
Leichtag Foundation
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Lipp Family Foundation
Lockheed Corporation
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Manchester Grand Hyatt
Matthew and Marion Dietschman Fund at The San Diego Foundation
Microsoft Corporation
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Mobil Foundation Inc.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation
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Pfizer Inc.
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Sony Electronics, Inc.
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Target
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Tri-City Hospital District
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William and Mary Ross Foundation
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