Oracle Education Foundation
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The Oracle Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization funded by Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...

. Its mission is to "inspire students globally to think, connect, create and share -- using technology to help them dissolve boundaries, fulfill their potential, and create a better society."

The Foundation operates an educational program called ThinkQuest
Oracle Thinkquest
Oracle ThinkQuest is an online learning platform that helps students develop important 21st-century skills, including communication, critical thinking, and technology skills....

, offers professional development for teachers, and makes grants to schools and nonprofits by invitation only.

History

The Oracle Education Foundation was formally incorporated in October 2000. Originally, it was called the "Oracle Help Us Help Foundation" and made hardware grants to needy schools and youth organizations in the U.S. In 2003, the Foundation switched its focus to operating education technology programs such as ThinkQuest.

Board of Directors

Members of the Foundation's Board of Directors include Safra Catz, President of Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...

; Matt Mayerson, Vice President of Manufacturing & Distribution of Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...

; Kevin Walsh, Senior Vice President of Research and Development in the Asia Pacific Division at Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...

; Mark Atkinson, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Teachscape; John Baugh, Professor in Arts & Sciences and Director of African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...

; Barbara Means, director of the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International
SRI International
SRI International , founded as Stanford Research Institute, is one of the world's largest contract research institutes. Based in Menlo Park, California, the trustees of Stanford University established it in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region. It was later...

; and Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation
Skoll Foundation
The Skoll Foundation is a social entrepreneurship foundation based in Silicon Valley, California, with a mission to drive large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world’s most pressing problems...

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