The Sherman Fairchild Foundation, founded in 1955, is a charitable foundation of
Sherman Fairchild
Sherman Mills Fairchild (April 7, 1896 – March 28, 1971) was an American businessman and investor. He founded over 70 companies, including Fairchild Aircraft (Fairchild Aviation Corporation), Fairchild Industries, and Fairchild Camera and Inst ...
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founder and chairman of the
Fairchild Corporations. Sherman Mills Fairchild formed two charitable foundations, the Fairchild Foundation and the Sherman Fairchild Foundation during his lifetime. Upon his death on March 28, 1971, he left the bulk of his estate to his foundations.
In 2019, the Sherman Fairchild Foundation annual giving was $35,861,412 and total assets were over $829 million.
It is headquartered in
Chevy Chase, MD.
Bonnie Burke Himmelman is the current president,
Dale T. Knobel
Dale Thomas Knobel (born 1949 in East Cleveland, Ohio) is an American historian and academic administrator. He served as the 19th president of Denison University, and currently serves as interim president of Southwestern University.
Early life ...
is a director. The Foundation grants are primarily to higher education, the fine arts, and cultural institutions.
Recipients include Caltech, Dartmouth College, MIT, and Bryn Mawr College.
Books
*Wayne G. Broehl (1995)
The Sherman Fairchild Foundation, 1955-1993'
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Non-profit organizations based in Maryland
Foundations based in the United States
Organizations established in 1955