SOURCE OF WEALTH: PAR Capital Management
FUNDING AREAS: Education & Youth, Arts & Culture, Health
OVERVIEW: Bart Epker and Medha Sinha conduct their philanthropy through the Epker-Sinha Foundation. Available tax filings indicate that the foundation awarded around $900,000 in grants in 2018. Bart Epker supports his alma maters. Other interests include the arts and health. Boston is an important region of giving.
BACKGROUND: Bart Epker graduated from University of Michigan in 1983 and received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1987. Epker worked at TA Associates and is a managing partner at PAR Capital Management.
ISSUES:
EDUCATION & YOUTH: Epker supports his alma maters, University of Michigan and Harvard Business School. Other grantees include The Steppingstone Foundation, which “develops and implements programs that prepare underserved schoolchildren for educational opportunities,” University of Pennsylvania, Boys and Girls Club of Boston, and Save the Children.
ARTS & CULTURE: Grantees include Boston Museum of Science, New England Aquarium, and Community Rowing, a rowing club.
HEALTH: The couple, via their foundation, have also supported National MS Society and Cure Alzheimer’s Fund.
LOOKING FORWARD: Expect the couple to stick with their select interest areas, with an interest in the Boston area.
CONTACT:
The Epker-Sinah Foundation accepts applications at the address below. Applications are accepted year round and should be in the form of a letter.
Mr. Arthur G. Epker III.
31 Candleberry Ln.
Weston, MA 02493
Telephone: (617) 526-8992
