The Black Cloud was initially funded by a Digital Media Learning Grant from the MacArthur Foundation, as well as Swissnex, Pro Helvetia and the Mellon Foundation. Black Cloud is now exclusively licensed to Aclima, Inc. Contributors include: Rhea Cortado (Costume Designer), Aida Eltorie (Arts Manager), Andy Garcia (Teacher, Manual Arts High School), Laura Greig (Artist/web designer), Farley Gwazda (Artist), Nik Hanselmann (Programmer/Artist), Eric Kaltman (Programmer), Geoff Koops (Artist), Reza Naima (Hardware Engineer), Greg Niemeyer (Principal Investigator) and Daye Rogers (Video Documentary).