SOURCE OF WEALTH: Goldman Sachs
FUNDING AREAS: Education & Youth, Health
OVERVIEW: Joseph and Susan Gatto conduct their philanthropy through the Joseph and Susan Gatto Foundation, which according to available tax filings, gave away around $430,000 from 2017 to 2018. The couple steadily support their schools and certain health outfits.
BACKGROUND: Joseph Gatto received an A.B. from Princeton University, his MBA from the Wharton and a J.D. from University of Pennsylvania Law School. Gatto began his career in M&A at Goldman Sachs. In 1991, he organized the Strategic Development Group in Investment Banking and began his concentration in the consumer sector. He made partner in 1994. Gatto currently works at Perella Weinberg Partners.
ISSUES:
EDUCATION & YOUTH: The Gattos have supported Susan’s undergraduate alma mater, Cornell. The couple both graduated from UPenn, where Gatto is on the board of overseers at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Other grantees include Kids in Crisis, Princeton University, Boston University, and Dorchester Boys and Girls Club.
HEALTH: Grantees include Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, and NAMI Southwest CT.
LOOKING FORWARD: Expect the couple to stick with these interests.
CONTACT:
The Joseph and Susan Gatto Foundation
10 Melville Park Rd.
Melville, NY 11747
