Feinstein Foundation

The Feinstein Foundation is a nonprofit organization established by Alan Shawn Feinstein upon his retirement in 1991. While primarily existing [Page 556]to fight human hunger, both globally and locally in American communities, the Feinstein Foundation also aims to promote the importance of community service in schools, as well as the values of compassion, care, and brotherhood. The foundation is best known for its Feinstein Challenge, an annual $1 million giveaway in which charitable agencies across America are encouraged to raise funds to fight hunger, with $1 million from the foundation proportionately distributed among the participating agencies. Alan Shawn Feinstein, also the group’s chief executive officer, is known for his financial writing and entrepreneurial ventures, through which he accrued the large majority of his wealth. The ...