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==Philanthropy== In 1990, Wozniak helped found the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], providing some of the organization's initial funding<ref name="eff-barlow">{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/history.eff |title=A Not Terribly Brief History of the Electronic Frontier Foundation |author=John Perry Barlow |date=November 8, 1990 |access-date=December 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010627230955/http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/history.eff |archive-date=June 27, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://w2.eff.org/legal/cases/SJG/?f=eff_creation.html|title=Formation documents and mission statement for the EFF|access-date=December 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204082735/http://w2.eff.org/legal/cases/SJG/?f=eff_creation.html|archive-date=December 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tuxradar.com/content/inside-electronic-frontier-foundation |title=Inside the Electronic Frontier Foundation |author=Mike Saunders |date=July 3, 2013 |publisher=TuxRadar.com |access-date=December 28, 2015 |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022035507/http://www.tuxradar.com/content/inside-electronic-frontier-foundation |url-status=live }}</ref> and serving on its founding Board of Directors.<ref name="eff-barlow" /> He is the founding sponsor of the [[Tech Museum]], Silicon Valley Ballet and [[Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose]].<ref name=wozorg/> Also since leaving Apple, Wozniak has provided all the money, and much onsite technical support, for the technology program in his local school district in [[Los Gatos, California|Los Gatos]].<ref name="iWoz" /> Un.U.Son. (Unite Us In Song), an organization Wozniak formed to organize the two [[US Festival|US festivals]], is now primarily tasked with supporting his educational and philanthropic projects.<ref name="iWoz" /><ref name="World According"/> In 1986, Wozniak lent his name to the Stephen G. Wozniak Achievement Awards (popularly known as "Wozzie Awards"), which he presented to six Bay Area high school and college students for their innovative use of computers in the fields of business, art, and music.<ref>{{cite web |title=SIX BAY AREA STUDENTS WIN WOZNIAK ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS |url=http://nishioka.com/projects/wozzie-article.html |work=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |access-date=August 5, 2020 |page=3D |language=en |date=September 13, 1986 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126060410/https://nishioka.com/projects/wozzie-article.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Wozniak is the subject of a student-made film production of his friend's (Joe Patane) nonprofit Dream Camp Foundation for high-level-need youth entitled ''Camp Woz: The Admirable Lunacy of Philanthropy''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Camp Woz: The Admirable Lunacy of Philanthropy |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCofEHAX4VgJ4B5zpfkyhM4A |website=YouTube.com |access-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105034727/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCofEHAX4VgJ4B5zpfkyhM4A |url-status=live }}</ref>
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