Jerry Kline is the founder and former chairman of Innovative Interfaces and SkyRiver Technology Solutions, both based in Emeryville, California, USA.

[2] Kline co-founded Innovative Interfaces, Inc., a provider of integrated library system software, in 1978 and began building the company in the spare bedroom of his home.

[4] In February 2012 Kline sold Innovative Interfaces and SkyRiver Technology Solutions to Huntsman Gay Global Capital and JMI Equity.

The Foundation has donated to various organizations pertaining to libraries, education, food, public health, housing and environmental issues.

Among the current initiatives undertaken by the Foundation are the Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize[6] for public libraries and the John H. Francis Polytechnic High School Scholarships, enabling graduating seniors to attend college.