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Roots Match · Patrons

Capacity prospects

Where the money actually is, by tier. Role-based proxies only — true capacity confirmed by NSSR Advancement's wealth screen.

The one honest truth: the 107-alumni roster is ~84% academics who cannot fund $52K. Capacity lives in trustees who already give, estates/foundations, foundations alumni run, and benefactor families.

Tier 1 — Act first

NSSR-grad trustees/governors who already give
Montie Mills Meehan
Living PhD Clinical Psych (grad) · grade HIGH
Co-chair NSSR Board of Governors; already endowed Meehan Fellowship
Action: Lead ask — proven grad+donor
David R. Poma
Living MA Economics 2002 (grad) · grade HIGH
New School Trustee + NSSR Governor; private investor (ex-UBS, Credit Lyonnais)
Action: Lead ask
Caitlin D. McKoy
Living PhD Philosophy 2003 (grad) · grade HIGH
Co-chair NSSR Board of Governors + Alumni Trustee
Action: Lead ask
Susan U. Halpern
Living MA 1976 (grad) · grade HIGH
Life Trustee, The New School; private-foundation trustee
Action: Cultivate
Ana Oliveira
Living MA Anthropology 1984 (grad) · grade HIGH
CEO, NY Women's Foundation (~$11M/yr granted)
Action: WARM FIRST CALL

Tier 2 — Estates & career-wealth graduates

Martin J. Whitman estate / Hilda Mullen Foundation
Estate/Foundation MA Economics ~1956 (grad) · grade HIGH
Founder Third Avenue Mgmt (~$3.2B); foundation ~$7.4M, trustees Lois Q. & Barbara E. Whitman
Action: Open family/estate conversation
Alexander Melamid estate
Estate/steward PhD Economics 1951 (grad) · grade HIGH
Named Melamid Fellowship; steward Ilse Melamid (NSSR Governor)
Action: Cultivate steward
Douglas Cliggott
Living (now academic) MA Economics 1985 (grad) · grade MED
Ex-Chief Investment Strategist, JPMorgan
Action: Cultivate
Stewart Krentzman
Living (now adjunct) MA 1977 (grad) · grade MED
Ex-President & CEO, Oki Data Americas
Action: Cultivate
Donna Palumbo
Living PhD Clinical Psych ~1990 (grad) · grade MED
Senior Director, Pfizer
Action: Cultivate (lower ceiling)

Tier 3 — Foundation-grant channel

alumni who direct institutional money
Kimberly Spring
Living PhD Sociology 2012 (grad) · grade HIGH
Dir. Research & Eval, Annie E. Casey Foundation (~$2.8B)
Action: FOUNDATION GRANT channel
Camila Gripp
Living PhD Politics 2019 (grad) · grade HIGH
Sr Research/Eval Officer, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation (~$3.5B)
Action: FOUNDATION GRANT channel
Emma Raynes
Living MA Anthropology ~2009 (grad) · grade MED
Director of Programs, Magnum Foundation
Action: Foundation grant (smaller)

Tier 4 — Benefactor families

mostly not graduates; Advancement owns
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Living BA 1975 (UNDERGRAD - benefactor, not grad) · grade N/A-grad
Rudin real-estate family (~$5.1B); Life Trustee; major philanthropist
Action: Advancement/President owns
Bernard Schwartz
Living NOT a grad · grade N/A
Funded SCEPA ($3.7M); Loral CEO
Action: Advancement owns
Daniel Tishman
Living NOT confirmed grad · grade N/A
Tishman Construction; $1M New School gift
Action: Advancement owns
Robert Mundheim
Living Honorary (not grad) · grade N/A
Long-time trustee; endowed multiple fellowships
Action: Advancement owns
Frank Altschul / Overbrook Foundation
Foundation NOT a grad (funder) · grade N/A
Lazard partner; Overbrook Foundation endowed an NSSR fellowship; still active
Action: Advancement owns