Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation

The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation is a charitable foundation in

History

The foundation was established by Farmers Insurance Group co-founder Thomas E. Leavey and his wife Dorothy E. Risley Leavey in 1952.^[1][2] It has donated more than $200 million to institutions and charitable causes.^[1]

It is chaired by Kathleen McCarthy Kostlan, the daughter of Dorothy and Thomas E. Leavey.^[3]

Recipients

Despite the foundation's donations mainly remaining anonymous, some of the recipients of the foundations gifts are:

• The Leavey Center at Georgetown University, known as the student center, provides recreational and meeting places for students, faculty and staff, as well as a 146-room hotel and conference center, the University bookstore and various eating facilities
• The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Chair in the Foundations of American Freedom in the Department of Government at Georgetown University
• The
  Leavey School of Business
  at Santa Clara University
• The Leavey Activities Center at Santa Clara University is an indoor basketball arena which also houses athletic department offices and an academic center
• The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles is a research center focused on public opinion surveys, exit polling, and leadership and community studies at Loyola Marymount University
• The Dorothy and Thomas E. Leavey Center, the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation Information Commons^[4] and the Leavey Residence Halls at Loyola Marymount University
• The Dorothy E. Leavey Family Resource Center at the Assistance League in Hollywood
• The
  Leavey Library
  is one of the two main undergraduate libraries at USC
• The Dorothy and Thomas Leavey Cancer Center at
  Northridge, California
• The Dorothy and Thomas Leavey Commons on the Chalon Campus of
  Mount St. Mary's College
  in Los Angeles
• The Leavey Awards honor excellence in private enterprise education and are administered by the
  Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge

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