Obama Foundation Discloses Third-Quarter Donors
The Obama Foundation has disclosed the names of and general amounts contributed by its donors during the third quarter of the year.
According to the foundation's website, which lists cumulative contributions in dollar amount ranges, donors who made contributions between July 1 and September 30 and boosted their total to at least $1 million include the Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation, which is run by the family of Chicago real estate tycoon Neil Bluhm, a major fundraiser for Barack Obama's two presidential campaigns; the John & Marcia Goldman Foundation, the foundation established by Levi Strauss heir John Goldman and his wife; the Jewish Communal Fund; and former Microsoft president John Shirley and his wife, Kimberly.
In addition, the Stephen & Ayesha Curry Family Foundation, established by Stephen Curry of the NBA's Golden State Warriors and his wife, donated between $10,000 to $100,000 to the foundation during the quarter. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the funds were raised through an auction earlier this year of a set of Curry's customized basketball shoes and earmarked for My Brothers Keeper Alliance, a program dedicated to helping at-risk young men of color that was launched in 2015 by the Obama administration and is now run by the Obama Foundation.
Foundation fundraising for the third quarter was marked by no significant corporate contributions, the Chicago Sun-Times notes, a departure from prior quarters.
