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Borel is one of the early contributors, donating $50,000. The San Mateo County Association of Realtors Foundation has given $80,000. Other large contributors include Wells Fargo, Comcast and Nibbi Bros. Construction. Speaking at the meeting Monday, Silicon Valley Leadership Group President Carl Guardino, who co-founded the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County, said that that public-private partnership managed to raise $20 million in part by challenging the chief executives of the valley's largest tech companies to match each other's largess. After Craig Barrett - who led Intel when the housing trust was founded in 2000 - had donated $1 million, Barrett spurred Carly Fiorina - then in charge of Hewlett-Packard - to do the same, Guardino said. "The power of peer-to-peer positive persuasion cannot be underscored enough" when fundraising, Guardino said.