JAMES LINTOTT AND MAY LIANG James Lintott has spent his life around philanthropic endeavors and managing money. In his current role as co-founder of Freedom Management Group, where he helps successful individuals and families manage the responsibility that comes with great wealth. (Previously he headed one of the nation’s largest private foundations, Sterling Foundation Management.) It is no surprise then that his own family entity, the May Liang and James Lintott Foundation, has been a prolific donor to a wide range of causes including the Children’s Law Center, Children’s National Medical Center, the Freer Gallery of Art, the Junior Statesmen Foundation, Stone Soup Films and the Institute for Justice. Lintott serves on the boards of several local charities including Children’s National Medical Center and Best Buddies International. Marriott Family The J. Willard and Alice Marriott Foundation, controlled by brother hoteliers J.W. “Bill” Marriott Jr. and Richard E. Marriott, distributed more than $19 million last year to recipients that included Fight for Children, Urban Alliance, E.L. Haynes Public Charter School, and Higher Achievement’s summer and after-school academic programs. The Foundation also pledged $2.5 million to the University of South Carolina to support construction of a culinary laboratory in the university’s School of Hospitality, Retail and Sports Management. The Foundation supported the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities, which has placed more than 20,000 young people in jobs with 4,400 employers since 1989. The Foundation is also active internationally with an ongoing initiative to expand career opportunities for youth in the hospitality industry through the Marriott China Hospitality Education Initiative. Bill Marriott’s youngest son and daughter-in-law, David and Carrie Marriott, have become more active in philanthropic work in recent years, especially with Children’s National Medical Center and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Carrie Marriott served as chairwoman of the 2014 Children’s
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National’s Race for Every Child 5k, which raised more than $1 million and is the vicechairwoman of the MS Society’s board of trustees; she was also co-chairwoman of its 2014 Women on the Move Luncheon, which raised more than $350,000. MARK AND BRENDA MOORE Mark and Brenda Moore, a businessman and a retired nurse, met in high school and have been married for 30 years. Their generosity to education, music, arts and health care causes is significant, with donations made through the Mark and Brenda Moore Family Foundation. By pledging $1 million, the Moores are founding donors of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, a $500 million heritage museum on track to open on the National Mall in 2016. Last December, the Moores’ support of Inova Health System came to fruition with the official opening of the Mark and Brenda Moore Patient Tower at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. The couple pledged the $2 million lead gift and served as co-chairmen of the steering committee to raise philanthropic support for the project. Their connection to the hospital is a personal one. Mark Moore suffered a serious stroke in 2007 and was admitted to the Rehabilitation Center at Inova after a month of intensive care. During his time there, he experienced a remarkable recovery and forged lasting bonds with the caregivers who worked with him. ALFRED H. MOSES A corporate lawyer and 40-year partner at Covington & Burling. Moses was lead counsel to President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 “Billygate” hearings in the U.S. Senate and later served as U.S. ambassador to Romania from 1994-1997. He is active in Jewish causes, especially the American Jewish Committee (where he served as president). In April, he contributed $20 million to fund the addition of a middle school to the Jewish Primary Day School in northwest Washington. Last year he gave $5 million to the Beit Hasfusot Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv to build a Great Hall of Synagogues, which will contain replicas of synagogues around the world over
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