NET WORTH: Unknown
SOURCE OF WEALTH: H/2 Capital Partners
FUNDING AREAS: Animals & Environment
OVERVIEW: Spencer Haber founded the H/3 Foundation in 2014. The foundation provides financial and participatory support to animal welfare organizations around the world. The foundation is also interested in leveraging media to bring attention to these causes.
BACKGROUND: Spencer B. Haber received a bachelor’s and an MBA from Wharton. He was president of iStar Financial Inc. and went on to found H/2 Capital Partners, a multibillion-dollar alternative investment management business in real estate.
ISSUES:
ANIMALS & ENVIRONMENT: Founded by Haber in 2014, the H/3 Foundation is “committed to identifying and combating the fundamental causes of animal suffering.” H/3 engages in the development and production of documentary film and other media concerning animal welfare and the environment. Haber served as an executive producer on Toucan Nation, a 2016 documentary film presented in association with Humane Society International and H/3 Foundation. Haber sits on the board of directors of Humane Society of the United States.
H/3 also focuses on grant-making for “first responders and researchers, issues-based advocacy, and the development and sponsorship of educational programs and curricula for the ethical and humane treatment of animals.” Grantees include In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center, Friends of Felines, Maryland Animal Society, Sundance Institute, and New Rochelle Humane Society.
H/3 Foundation and Humane Society International (HSI) recently launched an animal rescue and relief initiative in the British Virgin Islands on the heels of Hurricane Irma. HSI and H/3 Foundation also aimed to secure airlift and logistics to bring lost and stray animals from the islands to shelters in the United States.
LOOKING FORWARD: Haber’s animal advocacy through H/3 Foundation is just getting started; expect greater giving down the line.
CONTACT:
H3 Foundation
680 Washington Blvd., 7th Fl.
Stamford, CT 06901
LINK: Spencer Haber Linkedin
