DONORS
Richard and Pamela Ader conduct philanthropy through the Richard and Pamela Ader Foundation, which gave away a little under $750,000 in a recent year. Ader is on the board of the USTA Foundation, which he supports. Other interests include medical research and Jewish causes.
Dean Allen moves philanthropy through the McKinstry Charitable Foundation, which supports food banks and other human services organizations. Other interests include global health as well as education and youth organizations.
Paul Amir and his wife Herta move their philanthropy through the Herta & Paul Amir Foundation, which gave away nearly $2 million in a recent year. Grantmaking focuses on the Jewish community, including Jewish temples and schools.
Funding areas include education and youth, health, human services, arts and culture, global, and religious causes. Major gifts have gone to institutions in Southern California.
The Arnow Family Fund currently focuses on four areas: Peace and Conflict Resolution/Civil and Human Rights; Education, Innovation, and Design for Sustainability; Arts and Media; Human Health.
Marvin and Renee Ausherman, and family conduct philanthropy through the Ausherman Family Foundation and the Ausherman Family Trust, both of which focus on the family’s native Frederick County, Maryland.
The Bakers have given millions to Yale University and Yale Law School, where several family members have studied. Arts and culture, Jewish causes, and health are interests.
Thomas Baltimore and his wife Hillary do not appear to have a foundation, but have supported University of Virginia and other select educational institutions with which they have a personal connection.
Steven Baral and family move their philanthropy through the recently-minted Franka Foundation, which has so far prioritized Jewish causes.
Thomas Barrack moves philanthropy through the Thomas J. Barrack Family Foundation, an entity that in recent years has had negligible assets and made zero grants. Barrack is a major benefactor of his alma mater USC.
Bruce Beal and his wife Kathryn move philanthropy through the Beal Family Foundation, whose grantmaking prioritizes New York City.
Alberto Beeck and his wife Olga move their philanthropy through the Alberto and Olga Maria Beeck Foundation, which gave away around $2 million in a recent year. Earlier in the decade, the couple made a big $10 million gift to Olga’s alma mater Georgetown University.
Larry Benaroya and his wife Sherry move their philanthropy through the Larry Benaroya Family Foundation, which support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Much of the family’s giving focuses on the Seattle area.
Arun Bhatia and his wife Asmita move philanthropy through the Arun I and Asmita Bhatia Family Foundation, which does not have a website, restricting transparency about grantmaking guidelines, but it gave away under $100,000 in a recent year. Grantmaking addresses education and the Indian community.
Funding areas include Israel and Jewish life, health care and medical research, mental health services, children's charities and education, homeless services, veterans, environmental beautification and community gardens.
Funding areas include health and human services, education and youth, the environment and animals. June is the wife of the late Bill Boeing Jr., son of the founder of the aerospace company.
Funding areas include education, conservation, and various fields of research. Major gifts include $40 million to an enrichment program in the Irvine (California) Unified School District and $20 million to University of California Irvine Law School.
The CEO of Goldrich and Kest and family fund Jewish causes, health and human services, arts and culture, and education and youth. Los Angeles is a frequent region of giving.
The Buchanan family’s philanthropy does not appear to have a sharp focus but several recent grants have gone to environmental organizations. The mid-Atlantic states and Oregon are areas of giving.
Giving interests include education and youth (including early childhood development,) Jewish causes, arts and culture, athletics, health, the Chicago community, and the Aspen community.
In addition to his real estate business, Caiola is a Tony Award-winning theater producer and a film producer. Funding has focused on arts and culture.
Denise LeFrak Calicchio recently founded the Denise LeFrak Foundation. She serves on several key boards, particularly in the New York City arts scene. She's also given big gifts with the rest of the LeFrak family and moves giving through the Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Charitable Trust, which gives to quite a range of causes.
Funding areas include education and youth, human services and health, religious.
Interests include education and youth, Greek and Russian community, health, veterans, and law enforcement.
The couple’s giving strongly focuses on Jewish causes, particularly Jewish schools, as well as community and religious organizations.
The Cayre’s philanthropy almost exclusively focuses on Jewish causes, including grantees in Israel.
Funding focuses on education and youth. Since 2006, the Chamberlin's foundation has contributed more than $5 million to support students in Richmond and the surrounding West Contra Costa public schools, in the Bay Area.
Giving focuses on the New York City area, particularly the arts, Jewish causes, elderly/disabled/youth care, and medical care.
Arnold and Sandra Chase move philanthropy through the Sandra & Arnold Chase Family Foundation, which gave away around $222,000 in a recent year. Grantmaking focuses on Connecticut, with small grants going to a range of organizations.
Cheryl Chase and Stuart Bear move philanthropy through the Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation, which gave away close to $300,000 in a recent year. Grantmaking focuses on Connecticut and addresses a range of causes, including the arts.
Rhoda Chase moves philanthropy through the Rhoda and David Chase Family Foundation, which gave away around $502,000 in a recent year. Grantmaking focuses on Connecticut and is one of several family vehicles that support a similar set of causes.
Jeffrey and Rona Citrin conduct philanthropy through the Citrin Family Foundation, which gave away $526,000 in a recent year and does not maintain a website, restricting transparency about the foundation’s grantmaking guidelines and strategies. The couple support schools with which they have a personal connection.
Constance is founder, president, and executive director of the Sundari Foundation, best known as the Lotus House Women’s Shelter, and its supporting foundations. Its mission is to improve the lives of homeless women, youth and children by providing sanctuary, support, education, tools and resources that empower them to improve the quality of their lives on every level, achieve greater self sufficiency, and build safe, secure lives
Philanthropy focuses on justice, with support for organizations that address racial, economic, and gender justice.
Funding areas have included the environment and animals. Conlon is involved in civic life in his hometown of Chicago but the current status of his charity is unclear.
Funding goes to Jewish causes (particularly American Jewish Committee and American Israel Education Foundation,) health and human services, and education and youth.
Ted and Marty Couch conduct philanthropy through the Couch Family Foundation, which supports Hillsborough County community in the Tampa region in education, medical advancement, and faith and community organizations.
Funding interests include education and youth, and arts and culture. The family's giving focuses on the Boston area.
Funding areas include human services, arts and culture, education and youth, and Jewish causes. New York City is a top area of giving.
Funding areas include health, education and youth, arts and culture, and Jewish causes. New York City is a top region of giving.
Daniel and Phyllis Epstein conduct philanthropy through the Epstein Family Foundation, which gave away around $1.9 million in a recent year. Southern California, particularly San Diego and Los Angeles serve as important sites of philanthropy. The Epsteins have supported University of Southern California and UC San Diego.
The Falcos recently established a family foundation and giving has been modest so far, with interests including education and youth, health and human services, and arts and culture.
The family foundation supports education and youth, health, arts and culture, human services, and the environment. New York City figures prominently in their giving.
The Foulger family’s giving has focused on education in recent years.
Funding areas include education and youth, youth philanthropy. Music and music education are topics of interest.
The New York real estate family's Sol Goldman Charitable Foundation gives millions annually. Topics include education and youth, Jewish causes, health and human services. Amy has particular expertise and interest in plant conservation.
Funding areas include education and youth, arts and culture, health and human services.
Barden and Flavia Gale conduct philanthropy through the Eloise Susanna Gale Foundation, which lacks transparency, restricting grantmaking guidelines. However, it supports education, literature and music. New York City serves as a region of giving but the family's giving also has an international component.
The New York real estate family's Sol Goldman Charitable Foundation gives millions annually. Topics include education and youth, Jewish causes, health and human services.
Goldstein made his fortune developing office real estate in Los Angeles. He is a big supporter of the arts, and has promised his architecturally significant home and its contents to Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Gordon is from Philadelphia and focuses giving on the community, including education and youth, arts and culture, and human services.
Jeffery Gow, his ex-wife Pamela, and family move their philanthropy through the Gow Family Foundation, which largely support youth and human services organizations via their foundation.
Funding areas include the Florida community, policy, Jewish causes, and the arts. But the philanthropy of this Giving Pledge couple has been hard to track recently, so grantmaking will likely come into greater focus in coming months and years.
The Grimm’s focus giving on education and youth, including through scholarships.
Frank Guarini moves philanthropy through the Frank J. Guarini Foundation, which gave away around $440,000 in a recent year. Guarini has given some of his largest gifts in education, with an eye towards schools with which he has a personal connection.
Haber's H/3 Foundation is focused on animals and the environment, providing financial and participatory support to animal welfare organizations worldwide.
Funding interests include education and youth, health and human services, Jewish causes.
Bill Haines and his wife Angela move their philanthropy through the Haines Family Foundation, whose grantmaking focuses on the arts, education, and youth.
Heifetz is a longtime leading supporter of LGBT causes. He recently gave $16 million to the GLBT Fund of America.
The three siblings support Jewish causes, education, health and human services, humanitarian and global causes, environment and civil rights causes, and arts and culture.
Dale Hemmerdinger and his wife Elizabeth move their philanthropy through the Hemmerdinger Foundation, which supports Harlem Academy. It also supports various community organizations in New York City.
The Hirsch family primarily funds Jewish causes, including educational and community organizations.
Gary and Patricia Holloway conduct philanthropy through the recently-minted Gary M. and Patricia P. Holloway Family Foundation, which gave away $924,000 in a recent year. Grantmaking focuses on the Philadelphia area. The couple support their mutual alma mater Villanova University. Healthcare is another interest.
Ray Hunt, his wife Nancy, and family move their philanthropy through several philanthropic vehicles, focusing strongly on their Texas community. The Nancy Ann Hunt and Ray L. Philanthropic Fund’s grantmaking has been modest of late. The Nah Foundation and The Nancy Ann Hunt Foundation, the most well-endowed vehicle, focus on causes like education and health.
Funding interests include healthcare, education, arts and culture, human services, and economic development. Grants concentrate on the Paso del Norte region, comprising El Paso County, TX, Doña Ana County, NM, Otero County, NM, and Cuidad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Jacobowitz focuses his philanthropy on Jewish causes, particularly in Brooklyn.
Christopher and Lisa Jeffries, and their family, conduct their philanthropy through the Jeffries Family Foundation, which appears to be recently minted, and has given modestly. Jeffries has supported his alma mater University of Michigan.
Philanthropy focuses include education and youth, religious causes, health and human services, arts and media. Los Angeles is a region of giving.
Racial justice is a major interest. The couple's Akonadi Foundation is focused on the Oakland and Bay Area communities and works to eliminate structural racism.
Kalsi is interested in education, particularly literacy, and is involved with nonprofits in New York, India, and Africa.
Funding areas include education and youth, health, and arts and culture. Giving focuses on Southern California.
One of the four siblings of the Goldman real estate family, Diane has also given through the Diane Kemper Fund, though the fund's status is unclear. Funding interests include education and youth, mental health, and policy.
Jacqueline LeFrak has also given big gifts with the rest of the LeFrak family and moves giving through the Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Charitable Trust, which gives to quite a range of causes.
Funding focuses on the Santa Barbara community. Interests include arts and culture, Jewish causes, and a range of community topics, such as physical and mental health, and the environment.
Funding areas include education and youth, including scholarships, animals, and health.
Funding goes to education and youth, animals and environment, and arts and culture. Other interests are health, and employment training for women.
Education and youth, arts and culture, human services and health, environment, and policy are interests. The family has strong roots in Lake Forest, Illinois, and much of their philanthropy focuses on the community.
Funding areas include health, education and youth, and welfare. Giving focuses on the Tuscon, Arizona, region.
The Lundquists are notable champions and top funders of public schools and education causes in Los Angeles, and also support cultural and healthcare institutions, such as the Torrance Memorial Medical Center.
Funding interests include arts and culture, with particularly strong support of the Smithsonian Institution, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
The Malkins conduct philanthropy through the Malkin Fund, whose grantmaking focuses on New York City. Top interests include the arts, which is common of private giving in NYC.
Funding interests include education and youth, religious, work related to Greece, health, and arts and culture. Support has gone to the Bay Area, including San Francisco State University.
Martin Margulies moves philanthropy through the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation, which was organized with the mission to provide arts education free of charge to the public. He launched the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, allowing access to his vast collection of art.
Funding areas include education and leadership, arts and culture, health, humanitarian and youth causes. Women's leadership is a particular interest.
Support from the Mehlman family focuses on the Jewish community, particularly in the New York City area.
The Meisels are laser-focused on Jewish causes, giving to various Jewish educational, religious, and social service organizations. They live in Brooklyn and keep a low profile.
Howard and Abby Milstein do their grantmaking through the Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation, which prioritizes seven key areas: medical/scientific research, higher education and youth, history, religious and communal organizations, arts and culture, law enforcement and homeland security, and civic engagement. The foundation applies a venture philanthropy approach to grantmaking.
The Milsteins' PLM Foundation supports education and youth, Jewish causes, arts and culture, and health and human services.
Lester and Enid Morse conduct philanthropy through the Morse Family Foundation, which gave away around $1.1 million in a recent year. The foundation does not have a website, which restricts transparency about grantmaking guidelines and strategies. The family’s giving focuses on New York City. They’ve given major support to Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, and Columbia University, among other institutions.
The Moss family’s philanthropy focuses on health, and arts and culture. The family has directed funds to Mount Sinai, Newberger Museum of Art, and Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Funding areas include education and youth, arts and culture, and the environment. Seattle and Southern California are regions of giving.
The Nordstrom family supports education and youth, arts and culture, and health and human services, all with a primary focus on the Seattle area.
The Olenicoff family’s giving has gone to vision impairment and blindness, the environment, and animals. Much of their funding has gone to Southern California organizations.
The family has consistently supported health causes, particularly kidney disease research.
Funding focuses on a mix of Jewish causes, particularly in the New York City area.
Giving focuses on the Northeast, particularly Boston. Interests include arts and culture, education and youth, and health.
Quintin and Diane Primo serve as co-chairs of the Primo Center for Women and Children in Chicago, which they support. Other philanthropy touches other Chicagoland institutions. The couple do not yet appear to have a family foundation.
Funding interests include global causes in India and East Africa.
Support has gone to public policy, health, and arts causes. Public issues in the Boston area are an area of focus.
Funding areas include education and youth, Jewish and religious causes, the arts, healthcare, and anti-poverty work.
The Razore family supports education and youth, and has focused on the Seattle area.
T. Ricardo Quesada, his wife Strand, and family conduct philanthropy through the Fore River Foundation, which gave away $887,000 in a recent year. The family also steer the General E R Educational Foundation. Maine serves as an important region of giving.
Roger Rieger and his wife Annette founded the Tudor Foundation, which provides funding in support of programs that assist at-risk children in the Seattle Public schools. The couple have also given millions to their mutual alma mater University of Kansas.
Through their Lostand Foundation, the Roses fund causes in social action, land conservation, sustainable development, arts and culture, and education and youth. They also help steer the arts-and-culture-focused Frederick P and Sandra P Rose Foundation.
The Rosens give through the Abner Rosen Foundation, supporting arts and culture, Jewish causes, and education and youth. Rosen is a leading collector of coins and ancient art, and some giving focuses on those areas.
Funding interests include Jewish causes, and education and well-being of children and young adults. The couple is based in Seattle and some giving is focused on that community.
Funding areas include education and youth, family, health, violence prevention, and veterans.
The owner of the Miami Dolphins supports education, health, and sustainability. He's given hundreds of millions to the University of Michigan.
Giving strongly prioritizes Jewish organizations in the New York City area. Other funding interests include policy education and youth, and health and human services causes.
Primary funding areas for the Seattle-based couple include education and youth, health and human services, the environment, and arts and culture.
The Sakhai brothers primarily fund Jewish causes, with some giving for arts and culture, health, and education.
Funding areas include arts and culture, health and human services, education, and policy. The couple are avid art collectors and give to many arts institutions.
Support has gone to education and youth, and health causes. The Mid-Atlantic, Ohio, and Palm Beach, Fla., are regions of focus.
The Shrensky couple’s philanthropy focuses on Jewish causes and education.
Areas of support include health, education and youth, human services, and religious causes. The Silks are regular USC supporters.
Major donations have gone to Columbia Business School and Riley Hospital for Children. Other funding areas include Jewish causes, human services, arts and culture, and the Indiana community.
Support has gone to education and youth, environment and animals, arts and culture, Jewish causes, and the Indiana community. Social justice in various spheres is an interest.
Funding goes to arts and culture, health, Jewish causes, education and youth, and the environment. New York City is a focus.
Interests include education and youth, health and human services, and Jewish causes. Specific topics include poverty, homelessness, education, and literacy for at-risk children in Los Angeles and Southern California.
Interests include education and youth, human services and homelessness, and environmental causes. The New York City area is in focus.
Funding interests include health and human services, education and youth, animals, global, and religious causes.
Philanthropy focuses on Jewish organizations in New York and to education causes, including the Wharton School.
Funding interests for this branch of the philanthropic Tisch family include education and youth, health and human services, arts and culture, and Jewish causes. Major grantees include Tufts University and Jewish Communal Fund.
The wife of the late Laurence Tisch and mother of sons Andrew, Daniel, James, and Thomas, (all givers themselves) funds education and youth, Jewish causes, health, and arts and culture.
The Tishmans focus the majority of their philanthropy on climate change, land conservation, and human health.
The Lemberg Foundation has been around since 1945. Recent support has gone to arts and culture, Jewish causes, and education and youth. Weslyen University is a big recipient.
Support has gone to education and youth, religious causes, and health and human services. They've funded several educational and religious institutions in Los Angeles and Southern California.
The New York real estate developer and family support education and youth, arts and culture, and civic development. Brooklyn and New York City are areas in focus.
Top funding interests include arts and culture, education and youth, and health and human services.
Support has gone to education and youth, health, and Jewish causes. Giving centers on the Boston area, particularly schools and hospitals.
Marcus Weinstein and his wife Carole do not appear to have a formal charitable vehicle but they’ve given big gifts to their mutual alma mater University of Richmond. They’ve also engaged in philanthropy along with their daughter, Allison, and son-in-law.
Lyle Weisman and his son Aaron conduct philanthropy through the Weisman Family Foundation, which gave away a litttle over $550,000 in a recent year. The Weismans are laser-focused on the Jewish community in their giving through their foundation, largely supporting organizations locally in their Southern California community.
Jeffrey and Lise Wilks conduct philanthropy through the Lise and Jeffrey Wilks Family Foundation, which gave away around $1 million in a recent year. The couple support schools with which they have a personal connection. Another interest is Jewish causes. The Northeast serves as an important region of giving.
Elaine Wold move philanthropy through the Bay Branch Foundation, whose grantmaking addresses Florida and Minnesota.
Kevin Wold and his ex-wife Linda founded the Wold Family Foundation. The foundation’s annual grantmaking has been modest of late. Interests include health and animal organizations.
Funding areas include education and youth, arts and culture, health and human services, and environmental causes. The Bay Area is a focus.
Charles Wright and his wife Barbara move their philanthropy through the Bagley and Virginia Wright Foundation, which supports Seattle and the arts.
Funding areas include human services, education, and community.
Funding interests for this New York City oriented family include health, arts and culture, and education. Millions have gone to Hofstra University and Northwell Health.
The real estate and publishing mogul supports education—particularly STEM—health, and Jewish causes. He's also a big collector of contemporary art.