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Ted Taube died Sept 13. Taube escaped the Gestapo at 8 years old to come to America. Leveraged the tech boom through real estate, then had major influence on tennis through his donations.
Stanford university's "Taube Stadium" helped Dick Gould put his college tennis program on the map, drew John McEnroe and won doubles figures in NCAA titles.
Far more important, are his donations to charities from Berkeley to Tel Aviv.
Excerpts:
Tad Taube: The Master of Giving Passes at 94
Tad Taube changed everything.
The philanthropist tirelessly gave to projects that were little and large. And everyone who knew him understood two things: his heart was big and he was a sublime master of the art of giving. This is the story of this unique man that we published in August. He passed on September 13.
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Through their family foundation, Taube Philanthropies, Tad and Dianne have backed Youth Tennis Advantage’s programs in San Francisco and the East Bay, and contributed to the Kimmelman Center in LA and the Positive Coaching Alliance. They also regularly support pro tournaments like Phil Cello’s Taube/Kennedy-Grossman Solano Challenger in Fairfield.
Around the world, observers of philanthropy know that the Taubes have mastered the art of giving. Dignity, community, collaboration and accountability are all key. They support museums in Poland, education in Israel, and hospitals, art installations, opera, and Jewish Community Centers across the Bay Area. Their generous grants span leukemia and Huntington’s disease research, initiatives to combat concussions and addiction, programs to promote mental wellness, preservation of historical documents, and medical research and humanitarian aid from the Bay Area to Tel Aviv.
Still, at heart, Tad is a tennis guy. The only philanthropist in the NorCal Tennis Hall of Fame has endowed the Stanford men’s tennis coaching position and backed UC Berkeley’s Hellman Tennis Center. The Taube Tennis Series’ annual Arthur Ashe Champions Day in Mountain View attracts hundreds of youth.
Ted Taube died Sept 13. Taube escaped the Gestapo at 8 years old to come to America. Leveraged the tech boom through real estate, then had major influence on tennis through his donations.
Stanford university's "Taube Stadium" helped Dick Gould put his college tennis program on the map, drew John McEnroe and won doubles figures in NCAA titles.
Far more important, are his donations to charities from Berkeley to Tel Aviv.
Excerpts:
Tad Taube: The Master of Giving Passes at 94
Tad Taube changed everything.
The philanthropist tirelessly gave to projects that were little and large. And everyone who knew him understood two things: his heart was big and he was a sublime master of the art of giving. This is the story of this unique man that we published in August. He passed on September 13.
~~~~~~~~~
Through their family foundation, Taube Philanthropies, Tad and Dianne have backed Youth Tennis Advantage’s programs in San Francisco and the East Bay, and contributed to the Kimmelman Center in LA and the Positive Coaching Alliance. They also regularly support pro tournaments like Phil Cello’s Taube/Kennedy-Grossman Solano Challenger in Fairfield.
Around the world, observers of philanthropy know that the Taubes have mastered the art of giving. Dignity, community, collaboration and accountability are all key. They support museums in Poland, education in Israel, and hospitals, art installations, opera, and Jewish Community Centers across the Bay Area. Their generous grants span leukemia and Huntington’s disease research, initiatives to combat concussions and addiction, programs to promote mental wellness, preservation of historical documents, and medical research and humanitarian aid from the Bay Area to Tel Aviv.
Still, at heart, Tad is a tennis guy. The only philanthropist in the NorCal Tennis Hall of Fame has endowed the Stanford men’s tennis coaching position and backed UC Berkeley’s Hellman Tennis Center. The Taube Tennis Series’ annual Arthur Ashe Champions Day in Mountain View attracts hundreds of youth.
