21 Facts About Lynn Schusterman

Lynn Schusterman is an American billionaire philanthropist.

Lynn Schusterman is the co-founder and chair emerita of Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, and founder of several other philanthropic initiatives.

Lynn ran the foundation from her husband's death in 2000 until 2018 when her daughter Stacy H Schusterman took over as chair of the organization.

Lynn Schusterman was born as Lynn Rothschild on January 21,1939, at Menorah Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri to Wes Rothschild and Amelia Mayer.

Lynn Schusterman's father was the son of Louis Phillip Rothschild and Nora Westheimer Rothschild.

Lynn Schusterman was raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where she attended Sunday school and was confirmed in the local B'nai Israel Reform synagogue.

Lynn Schusterman graduated from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

Lynn Schusterman began volunteering in the early 1960s with the National Council of Jewish Women.

In 2018, her daughter, Stacy H Schusterman, took over as chair of the foundation and Lynn took the role of chair emerita.

Lynn Schusterman's giving is focused on the global Jewish community, Israel and her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In 1994, Lynn Schusterman helped to found Hillel in the Former Soviet Union.

Lynn Schusterman is a supporter of Teach For America and Teach For All and was instrumental in establishing Teach For America to create a corps in Tulsa and Israel.

Lynn Schusterman has been deeply involved in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect, both in Tulsa, OK, and in Jerusalem, where she helped to establish the Haruv Institute.

Lynn Schusterman contributed $6 million to the Lynn Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.

Lynn Schusterman has advocated for acceptance of LGBT people in the Jewish community.

In June 2017, Lynn Schusterman was one of 65 signatories of a petition criticizing Benjamin Netanyahu's government for canceling the Kotel compromise and advancing a controversial conversion bill.

Lynn Schusterman donated about $5 million dollar to Floridians for Freedom, a group supporting Florida Amendment 4 to protect abortion access in the state.

Lynn Schusterman donated $200,000 to support Colorado Amendment 79, a measure to ensure abortion access in that state.

In 2000 Lynn Schusterman was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame; in 2003 she was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame; and in 2006, she was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

Lynn Schusterman was honored in 2008 with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Public Service award.

In 2021, Lynn Schusterman was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Brandeis University, where she had endowed the Lynn Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and served on the board of trustees.