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Posts Tagged ‘San Francisco Foundation’

Oakland Zoo receives surprise $1 million gift from anonymous donor

By Aaron Mendelson | January 4, 2013

In December, staffers at the Oakland Zoo opened the mail to find an unexpected gift: a $1 million anonymous donation. The gift, which came from a donor or donors with the San Francisco Foundation’s Serendipity Fund, will go into the zoo’s general fund. Emma Lee Twitchell, who oversees fundraising at the zoo, says she was…

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