RAUL AND JEAN-MARIE FERNANDEZ As the founders of the Fernandez Foundation, the couple’s primary focus is on education reform and creating opportunity in the arts for underpriviledged youth in the Washington area, giving around $1 million each year since 2000. Raul Fernandez is the chairman of Fight for Children, which raised just over $2 million last year through its annual fundraiser, Fight Night. He also serves on the boards of America’s Promise, D.C. College Access Program, and D.C. Public Education Fund to contribute to educational improvements. Jean-Marie Fernandez serves on the board of the Washington Ballet and Imagination Stage and is passionately dedicated to THEARC. The couple served as chairmen of this year’s Catholic Charities Gala, raising an astounding $2.1 million. MICHELLE FREEMAN Freeman leads the Carl M. Freeman Foundation, which donates $1.5 million annually in grants, and the Joshua M. Freeman Foundation, which focuses on art for all ages and art education. She has supported and chaired THEARC’s gala for the last three years and sits on the board of Washington National Opera,The Landon School and CharityWorks, where she was honored as “Philanthropist of the Year” in 2012.This year, she received the 2013 Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Community Service Award for her instrumental role in raising over $2.5 million for the organization. She is also sponsoring the American Film Institutes 2013 Documentary Festival’s move back to Washington, along with Ted Leonsis and Jim Kimsey. MORTON AND NORMA LEE FUNGER The Fungers recently endowed the W. Scott Funger Memorial Scholarship in honor of their late son, a 2012 George Washington University Law School grad. They serve on the boards of the National Air and Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art and American Art Museum, the Kennedy Center and Children’s Hospital Foundation. Over the years their foundation has supported the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Children’s National Medical Center, the Mayo Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, the National Symphony Orchestra, Duke University
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