SOURCE OF WEALTH: Bear Stearns
FUNDING AREAS: Education & Youth, Health & Human Services, New York City community
OVERVIEW: Howard and Mary Rubin give through the Rubin-Henry Family Foundation. According to available tax filings, the foundation awarded just under $31,000 in grants in 2017. One interest is education: the couple supports their schools and their children’s schools. Another interest is health.
BACKGROUND: Howard Rubin received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Lafayette College in 1977, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1982. In 1987, he joined the mortgage department at Bear Stearns becoming a senior managing director and head of the CMO Trading Desk. Rubin later worked at Soros Fund Management. The couple divorced in 2021.
ISSUES:
EDUCATION & YOUTH: Support has gone to Howard’s alma mater, Lafayette College, and to Mary’s alma mater, Occidental. Other grantees include Rollins College (the couple are Rollins parents), Trevor Day School (Mary is on the board of the parents association), Student Sponsor Partnership, and Harlem Village Academies.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: Rubin sits on the board of MS Hope for a Cure, which the couple supports. Other grantees include Samuel Waxman Cancer Research, Citymeals on Wheels, Franciscan Charities, and Autism Speaks.
NYC COMMUNITY: The couple supports UJA Federation and Museum of the City of New York.
LOOKING FORWARD: The couple divorced in 2021, and the foundation’s status and their philanthropic priorities and are unclear at this time.
CONTACT:
The Rubin-Henry Family Foundation
120 East End Ave.
New York City, NY 10028
