Virginia Manheimer

Virginia Manheimer is the ex-wife of ultra-conservative Richard Gilder.

Organizations
She is the president of the Hickory Foundation, valued over $19M with nearly $2M in income a year in 2005, gives grants to conservative Christian and school voucher programs.

Giving
Between 2005 and 2007, Manheimer gave $350,000 to the anti-union, school choice group All Children Matter.

2006
2006 was a particularly big year for Manheimer:


 * Her Hickory Foundation gave money to the New York Charter School Association in 2006
 * She gave the ultra conservative political advocacy group the Club for Growth $871,090 in 2006, making her the 15th biggest individual contributor in the nation.
 * She gave Prosperity PAC $5,000