SOURCE OF WEALTH: Alpine Associates
FUNDING AREAS: NYC Community, Education
OVERVIEW: Victoria Zoellner has conducted philanthropy through the Zoellner-Eckert Foundation and the Sycamore Hill Foundation, though recent grantmaking has been negligible. Available tax filings reveal that neither foundation awarded grants in 2018. The family are strong backers of New York Botanical Gardens.
BACKGROUND: Victoria Zoellner co-founded hedge fund Alpine Associates with her late husband Robert in 1976. Alpine was one of Wall Street’s first female-owned broker dealers.
ISSUES:
NYC COMMUNITY: The Zoellners are founding sponsors of New York Botanical Garden’s annual holiday train show, which features model trains riding through miniature city landmarks.
EDUCATION: The family has supported Robert’s alma mater Lehigh University, with steady grantmaking particularly last decade.
LOOKING FORWARD: Zoellner’s giving, at least through her foundations, has slowed in recent years. Now in her 70s, perhaps philanthropy will ramp up.
LINK: Alpine Associates
