Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation

The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation is a private grant-making organisation established by Howard and Geraldine Polinger in 1968. Today, the Foundation consists of Geraldine, Howard and Geraldine's four children, as well as five of their grandchildren.

On their website, it states:

'The mission of the Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation is to improve the quality of life for families and their communities through support of innovative projects and successful ongoing programs.

The Trustees are particularly interested in programs that preserve and strengthen Jewish life and the Jewish People, provide access to and appreciation of performing arts, and enhance the well-being of families.'

Affiliations

• Investigative Project on Terrorism

Grants

2010

• CAMERA: $3,000
• Hasbara Fellowships: $2,500
• Joint Distribution Committee: $3,000
• Investigative Project on Terrorism: $4,000
• Israel Project: $35,000

2011

• Joint Distribution Committee: $66,050
• Anti-Defamation League: $10,000
• CAMERA: $3,000
• Friends of the IDF: $8,000
• Hasbara Fellowships: $2,500
• Israel Project: $35,000

2012

• Joint Distribution Committee: $43,000
• Hasbara Fellowships: $2,500
• CAMERA: $3,000
• Friends of the IDF: $8,000
• Israel Project: $10,000

2013

• Joint Distribution Committee: $86,000
• CAMERA: $2,000
• Israel Project: $10,000

Staff

• Lorre Polinger: President
• Rebecca Goldman: Associate Director
• Sarah Kirschenbaum: Program Associate
• Erica Pressman: Senior Program Consultant, Washington DC

Contact

E-mail: info@polingerfoundation.org
Website: http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/polinger/index.html
Address: 5530 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000, Chevy Chase, MD 20815