The organizers of the “The Breeze of Innovation” — a design that would use hundreds of swaying rods powered by wind to light up at night — want to build the landmark at Plaza de Cesar Chavez park in downtown San Jose. The nonprofit has gone silent after collecting about $3.3 million in donations. (Photo courtesy of Urban Confluence Silicon Valley via San José Spotlight)

A SILICON VALLEY NONPROFIT raised more than $3.3 million to build a towering art installation in downtown San Jose — but the group’s funding has dwindled to about $35,000 and the project never got off the ground.

Since 2017, Urban Confluence executive director Steve Borkenhagen has touted a plan to create a landmark in the city’s downtown core to draw visitors and tourists. The nonprofit’s leaders likened the monument to San Jose’s equivalent of the Golden Gate Bridge or Eiffel Tower.

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