Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation

Who We Are

For over a decade, the Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation has been investing in strengthening many of the unique institutions that define Los Angeles. The Foundation aims to enrich our community not just for the present, but for generations to come, with particular focus on medicine, higher education, the environment and the arts. In 2014, The Foundation launched Pritzker Foster Care Initiative to highlight its commitment to supporting transition age foster youth and the families that care for them.

What We Care About

Education

Strengthening UCLA’s capacity to remain a global leader among public universities in academics, research, athletics, and student diversity.

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Environment

Investing in institutions that will preserve and sustain our environment for generations to come.

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Pritzker Foster
Care Initiative

Ensuring transition age youth obtain the education and skills training necessary to achieve emotional well-being and financial independence.

Funding technological innovation to improve outcomes for current and former foster youth.

What We Care About

Medicine

Providing funding to promote research, scholarships, and methods for improving patient care.

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Community

Helping improve access for children and families to key institutions that promote the arts and that support Jewish life.

Recent Grants

Our goal is to partner with grantees, providing not just financial support, but a range of services aimed to help organizations achieve their objectives and fulfill their missions. The grantees featured reflect a sample of the institutions and programs that we see as making distinctive contributions in their respective fields.

Pritzker Foster Care Initiative

Foster Care Counts

Igniting initiatives to empower transition age foster youth, improve access to valuable resources, and incite change on their behalf.

http://fostercarecounts.org/

Pritzker Foster Care Initiative

Alliance for Children's Rights

Leading LA’s Opportunity Youth Collaborative, a cross-sector multi-agency effort designed to improve education and employment outcomes for foster youth.

http://kids-alliance.org/oyc/

Environment

UCLA Institute on Environment and Sustainability

Endowing The California Center for Urban Sustainability, chairs in Sustainability, scholarships, and The Pritzker Sustainability Prize.

http://www.ioes.ucla.edu/

Pritzker Foster Care Initiative

Think Of Us

Leveraging technology, data, and multimedia to improve policy, practice, and outcomes for transition age foster youth.

http://thinkof-us.org/

Environment

Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award

Recognizing emerging innovators (under the age of 40) who are doing outstanding work in the field of environmental sustainability.