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About Us
Our Vision
A society in which becoming a successful philanthropist is as valued and desirable a goal as success in
athletics, business, entertainment, or any other field
Our Mission
The Giving Back Fund is a national public charity with the following goals:
Board of Advisors
President, Marc Pollick
Senior Vice President, Stephanie Sandler
Visit Guidestar.org to view The Giving Back Fund's 990
Tax-Id # 04-3367888
Our Vision
A society in which becoming a successful philanthropist is as valued and desirable a goal as success in
athletics, business, entertainment, or any other field
Our Mission
The Giving Back Fund is a national public charity with the following goals:
- To help establish philanthropic role-models who will inspire others to give back to their communities
and create a high-profile, mutually supportive charitable community that works together in support of a
diverse range of missions and goals - To help cultivate a new group of philanthropists within the entertainment and sports industries, with a
particular emphasis on groups often underrepresented in traditional philanthropy such as people of
color, women, and youth - To honor philanthropy in all of its aspects, whether manifested by the giving of time, talent, or money to
assist others - To encourage and support new philanthropy by offering professional, strategic, and cost-effective
philanthropic consulting and management services
- David Kingsdale, Partner and Managing Director of Del Rey Management, LP
- Jimmy Lynn, Vice President, Partnerships and Strategic Development for AOL Sports
- Andrew Morton, General Counsel and Director of Government Relations, Newdea
- David Nobs, Senior Counsel, Goodman Media
- Marc Pollick, Founder and President, The Giving Back Fund.
- Mitch Rosenberg, Ph.D., MRosenberg Consulting
- Jim Smith, Vice President Acquisition, Development Services, UnumProvident
- David A. Vogan, Jr. Chairman and Professor of Mathematics, MIT
- James H. Warsaw, Founder, Warsaw Sports Marketing Ctr., University of Oregon
Board of Advisors
- Marcia Aaron, Trustee, University of Oregon
- Jules Belkin, Entertainment Promoter, Belkin Productions/Clear Channel Entertainment
- David Carter, Executive Director, USC Sports Business Institute; Professor USC Marshall School of
Business - Fred Claire, Former General Manager of Los Angeles Dodgers
- Michele Courton-Brown, SVP & Director, Charitable Management Services, Bank of America
- Alan Dershowitz, Defense Attorney; Author; Professor, Harvard Law School
- Alex English, Member, NBA Hall of Fame
- Leland Faust, Founder & Chairman, CSI Capital
- Ben Goldhirsh, Founder & CEO, Reason Pictures & Good Magazine
- Andrew Hahn, Professor and Director, the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy
- Steven Grossman, President, MassEnvelopePlus
- Arnold Hiatt, President, The Stride-Rite Foundation, Former CEO Stride Rite
- Janet Hill, Partner, Vice President and Owner, Alexander and Associates
- Michael Klingensmith, Executive Vice President, Time Inc.
- Jonathan Kozol, Author; Educator; Humanitarian
- Rabbi Harold Kushner, Best-selling Author and Rabbi
- Richard Lapchick, Chair of the DeVos Sports Business Management Graduate Program, University
of Central Florida - Debbie Levin, Executive Director, Environmental Media Association
- John H. Morton, Executive Vice President, Burstein Technologies, Inc.
- Charles Ogletree, Professor, Harvard Law School
- Prashanth Rao Palakurthi, CEO, Reflexis
- Jeffrey Pollack, Vice President, Sports and Entertainment Marketing, Harrah's Entertainment
- Paul G. Schervish, Professor, Director, Social Welfare Research Institute, Boston College
- Lloyd Shefsky, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Management Northwestern
University - Ken Shropshire, Professor and Director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative
- Bobby Valentine, Baseball Manager
- Bill Walton, Member, NBA Hall of Fame
- Terrie Williams, President, The Terrie Williams Agency
President, Marc Pollick
Senior Vice President, Stephanie Sandler
Visit Guidestar.org to view The Giving Back Fund's 990
Tax-Id # 04-3367888
Contact Us
CASE STUDIES
Coming Soon!
In collaboration with leading
business schools, The Giving Back
Fund is preparing case histories on
some of the most successful
celebrity philanthropists. We will
make these case histories about
best practices in celebrity
philanthropy available online to
help guide up-and-coming celebrity
philanthropists, as well as others in
the philanthropic, sports, and
entertainment communities. Sign
up to receive an email notification
when these are available.
Coming Soon!
In collaboration with leading
business schools, The Giving Back
Fund is preparing case histories on
some of the most successful
celebrity philanthropists. We will
make these case histories about
best practices in celebrity
philanthropy available online to
help guide up-and-coming celebrity
philanthropists, as well as others in
the philanthropic, sports, and
entertainment communities. Sign
up to receive an email notification
when these are available.
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