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Roots Match · International

International patrons

The whale, the living diaspora-matched donors, the connectors by country — and the six fellowships NSSR already runs.

Existing country fellowships (the warm leads)

NSSR already runs the program six times. These donors and their fellow rosters are the warmest leads anywhere.

Leo Model Fellowship
Israel Leo Model Foundation (1993)
Family foundation already funding Israeli students at NSSR
Janey Program
Latin America Rothenberg family (1991)
30+ yrs of LatAm fellows; Advancement holds roster
Guna S. Mundheim Fellowship
Latvia Robert & Guna Mundheim (2003)
Living, high-capacity, already diaspora-matched
Katarzyna Kalwinska Fellowship
Poland Vera List
Polish-targeted; GSSR Warsaw network
Thanks to Scandinavia / Raoul Wallenberg
Scandinavia / Sweden Vera List + Henry Arnhold
Country-targeted, WWII-rescue framed
Zolberg Institute & related
Germany / migration Arnhold Foundation
Migration studies; whale funder

Patrons & connectors by country

Nelson Barbosa
Brazil Grad (high profile) · NSSR Econ PhD '01; ex-Finance Minister of Brazil
High visibility; policy not personal wealth
Action: Reputational/connector + Janey roster
Tang Xiaoyang
China Connector (academic) · NSSR Phil PhD '11; Chair IR, Tsinghua; Carnegie
Chinese policy/academic networks
Action: Connector intro
John & Jody Arnhold / Arnhold Foundation
Germany Benefactor family (whale) · Henry Arnhold 60+ yr trustee; $9.125M gift 2021; funded Zolberg Inst.
~$500M foundation; German-Dresden emigre heritage
Action: LEAD MAJOR-GIFT — via existing foundation relationship
Leo Model Foundation
Israel Foundation (existing donor) · Funds Leo Model Fellowship for Israeli students at NSSR
Philadelphia-based; 161 grants/yr; US trustees
Action: RENEW & EXPAND
Yoav Fromer
Israel Connector (academic) · NSSR Politics/History PhD '15; Tel Aviv US-studies center head
Israeli policy/philanthropy orbit
Action: Connector intro
Robert & Guna Mundheim
Latvia / Germany Benefactor family (living) · Endowed Guna S. Mundheim Fellowship (Latvia) at NSSR, 2003
Sr partner A&O Shearman; ex-Penn Law dean; fund U. of Latvia
Action: RENEW & EXPAND — already diaspora-matched donors
Nader El-Bizri
Lebanon Connector (academic) · NSSR Phil PhD '99; Assoc Dean, AUB
Door to Lebanese UHNW / AUB donor class
Action: Connector intro
Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera
Mexico Connector (academic) · NSSR PoliSci PhD; ex-Mexican finance/ag ministries
Mexican policy/government networks
Action: Connector intro
Elzbieta Matynia
Poland Connector (NSSR faculty) · NSSR faculty; GSSR Warsaw bridge
Polish academic/civic elite
Action: Connector intro
Marina Kaneti
Singapore Connector (academic) · NSSR Politics PhD; Lee Kuan Yew School, NUS
Singapore govt/business-funded school
Action: Connector intro

Whale: the Arnhold Foundation (~$500M, $9.125M gift 2021, German-Dresden heritage, 60-yr trustee). Zero foreign-resident wealthy alumni found — real foreign capacity = emigre-heritage US families + existing-fellowship rosters + connectors + Advancement's wealth screen. Parsons Paris board wealth (Moet Hennessy, Cartier) is the WRONG division — not NSSR.