The Times of Israel: NYC Holocaust museum offers free trips to eighth graders from city’s public schools
$2.5 million program will cover transportation, guides and take-home materials for schools as city seeks to mitigate rising antisemitism throughout the US. The program will allow up to 85,000 students at traditional public schools and charter schools to tour Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage over the next three years, starting this fall. New York City […]
Cleveland Jewish News: New program will send 85,000 8th graders to NYC’s Holocaust museum to curb spike in antisemitism
New York City will send tens of thousands of students to Manhattan’s Holocaust museum as the city and its school system grapple with a surge in antisemitism since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. Under the new initiative, 85,000 eighth graders from public and private school will visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage over the […]
Downtown Magazine: Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC Officials Team to Launch $2.5M Holocaust Education Program for Eighth Graders
Amid a rise in incidents of antisemitism in the city and across the globe, New York City Councilmember Julie Menin, the Gray Foundation’s Mindy and Jon Gray, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust , have joined forces to launch a groundbreaking Holocaust Education School Tours program for all 8th-grade students in New York […]
NYT: N.Y.C. Public Schools Will Send 8th Graders to Visit Holocaust Museum
New York City plans to send eighth-grade students from across the city on field trips to the Museum of Jewish Heritage as part of an effort to address antisemitism. The program, part of a $2.5 million public-private partnership to address antisemitism, will be seeded with $1 million from a foundation run by Jon Gray, the […]
The Philanthropy 50: an Exclusive Chronicle Ranking of Who Gives the Most to Charity
America’s biggest donors gave more than $11.9 billion in 2023. This year’s report features our analysis of the list, giving trends among megadonors, and a look at their giving to and from their foundations and donor-advised funds in 2023. The report highlights some of the country’s most interesting philanthropists, including a look at how those who will dominate big […]
Chicago Tribune: Highland Park native, wife donate $1M for permanent parade shooting memorial; ‘It’s always been the place I consider home’
A $1 million donation has been made to the city of Highland Park for the construction of a permanent place of remembrance to honor the victims of the parade mass shooting that claimed seven lives on July 4, 2022. The donation by Jon and Mindy Gray, current residents of New York City, is the first […]
Blackstone president’s foundation awards $15 million to cancer researchers in Greater Boston
A foundation created by Jon Gray — president of private equity giant Blackstone Group — and his wife Mindy has awarded $25 million to seven research teams to fight BRCA-related cancers, and all but two of them are based here in Greater Boston. The fact that most of the money from the Gray Foundation’s latest […]
Gray Foundation Hosts New UNCF Gray NYC Scholars Attending HBCUs
On June 26, 2023, UNCF (United Negro College Fund) and the Gray Foundation announced the 2023 high school graduates selected to receive scholarships from the UNCF Gray NYC Scholars Program. Funded with a $3 million grant from the Gray Foundation, the program helps underrepresented New York City students from low-income backgrounds attend and earn their […]
She’s Going Into 6th Grade and Already Saving for College
A New York City program encourages children to save from kindergarten. Caileigh is one of nearly 3,300 rising sixth graders who were given their own college savings accounts for the 2017-18 academic year, when Caileigh entered kindergarten. Collectively, they have banked $1.26 million for college in NYC Scholarship Accounts since then. That works out to an […]
Blackstone’s Jon Gray Gives $3 Million to Fund Scholarships at HBCUs
A foundation created by Blackstone Inc. President Jon Gray and his wife Mindy is partnering with the United Negro College Fund to create scholarships for New Yorkers to attend historically Black colleges and universities. Funding will be up to $50,000 a year per student, with UNCF providing guidance on academics, securing internships and exploring career paths. The […]