How Others Have Given
Donor Stories of Personalized Philanthropic Planning
Just as good science is all about people, so is philanthropy. Here are stories of donors whose gifts serve as models of innovative, personalized philanthropy.
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Sally Appelbaum Pioneers Concept of “Discovery Endowment Fund”
Read how visionary supporter Sally Appelbaum pioneered the concept of the Discovery Endowment Fund and how she is fulfilling her vision with the creation of a fund in...
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Lilly Salcman and her Daughters Join Together to Memorialize their Late Husband and Father with a Professorial Chair
Read the amazing story of how Holocaust survivor Lilly Salcman and her daughters Julie Salamon and Dr. Suzanne Salamon joined together to create an endowment fund in...
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Mary Helen Rowen Creates Music and Science Research Fund in Memory of her Mother
Read the remarkable story of how Mary Helen Rowen developed an interest in the connection between music and the brain after watching her mother respond to music after...
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Donald L. Kirk Creates Center for Childhood Cancer and Immunological Diseases
Read in Donald Kirk’s own words how his grandson’s childhood cancer inspired him to fund a research center to help other children who face medical challenges early...
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Stanley Posthorn Creates “Double Mitzvah”
Read in Stanley Posthorn’s own words how he has created a “double mitzvah” by combining charitable gift annuities and a future bequest to establish a Discovery...
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Norman Cohen’s Great Legacy to Weizmann Includes an Endowment Fund that will Grow Over Time
Norman Cohen, who passed away last year, was one of Weizmann’s great leaders. Learn about Norman’s passion for Weizmann and how he created the Judith and Norman D....
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Ira and Gail Mondry Create Professorial Chair Funded in Part With Income from a Charitable Lead Trust
Read about how Gail and Ira Mondry have “stepped up” the Mondry Fund For Instrumentation, established by Ira's parents, to the Mondry Family Professorial Chair,...
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Martin Slotkin and Dr. Frances Gruen-Slotkin Establish Seven Charitable Gift Annuities
A scientist herself, Dr. Frances Gruen-Slotkin wants to help young scientists turn their curiosity into invention and discovery. Read how she and her husband,...
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Maks Etingin Uses IRA to Create Discovery Fund for Cancer Research
Read how Holocaust survivor Maks Etingin has taken advantage of the opportunity to roll IRA assets tax-free to charity. His IRA gifts, along with outright gifts made...
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Rabbi Mordecai S. Chertoff Creates Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease
Read the inspirational story of why Rabbi Mordecai Chertoff decided to establish a research fund for Alzheimer’s disease after his wife of 26 years died of this...