Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation

Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation

"In 1959, Joyce Mertz and her parents, LuEsther and Harold, established a family foundation called the Mertz Foundation. Joyce married Robert Wallace Gilmore in June of 1964, and the couple began managing the Foundation’s operations. Their strong personal convictions influenced both their approach to grantmaking and their funding interests. Together with their colleague and friend, Bayard Rustin, they became strong advocates for peace and civil rights issues for a number of years. Their grantmaking was a logical extension of that work."


 * Jay Beckner - President

Board
Accessed December 2010:


 * Rini Banerjee, Treasurer
 * Jay Beckner
 * Laura Butzel
 * Larry E. Condon, Chairman
 * Elizabeth B. Gilmore, Vice Chair & Secretary
 * Andrew Park

Directors (December 2008)
Accessed December 2008:


 * Jay Beckner
 * Jared Bernstein
 * Larry E. Condon, Chairman
 * Robert Crane, Treasurer
 * Elizabeth B. Gilmore, Vice Chair & Secretary
 * Peggy Saika
 * Mikki Shepard

Contact

 * Web: http://www.mertzgilmore.org

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Bob Crane - former President (until 2001)
 * Hal Harvey
 * Albert Einstein Institution
 * Energy Foundation - Major Grantee ($1.7 million in 2007)
 * International Freedom of Expression eXchange
 * Center for Economic and Social Rights
 * Antonio L. Maciel
 * Charles Bloomstein - former director
 * Harlan B. Cleveland - former director
 * LuEsther T. Mertz - former chair
 * Lukas Haynes - vice president