The East End is a region rife with philanthropic ways to help the community and beyond. We asked real estate leaders about the ways that they give back. Here’s what they shared with us.
Tim Davis, The Corcoran Group
Philanthropy is near and dear to me personally and one of the many things that my wife, Susan, and I spend time being involved in. Giving back has always been part of who we are and our way of giving thanks for the blessed life that we are fortunate to live. As longtime locals, we are deeply committed to several regional nonprofits and chapters of national foundations to which we give annually. Please take a look to see how you can also get involved. Just think of the lives you’ll touch. Both of us thank you.
NATURE
Peconic Bay Keeper
Lake Agawam
Peconic Land Trust
Sail Newport
CULTURE & HISTORY
Parrish Art Museum
Southampton Arts Center
Southampton History Museum
Preservation Society of Newport County
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
Newport Hospital
East End Hospice
God’s Love We Deliver
Elton John AIDS Foundation
Ellen Hermanson Foundation
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Ronald McDonald House
Fighting Chance
Center for Therapeutic Riding of the East End
FAMILY & YOUTH SERVICES
The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center
Have a Heart Community Trust
LaGuardia Community College
CHURCH-AFFILIATED COMMUNITY SERVICES
First Presbyterian Church of Southampton
St. Michael’s School in Newport
Jennifer Wilson, Saunders & Associates
Treacy and I grew up here and we are strong believers in giving back to our local community. We are involved every year in supporting i-tri which is a local community-based program for adolescent girls. It’s an amazing and important youth initiative that teaches girls self confidence, positive body image, and personal empowerment. These young women are the next leaders of our local communities. We are also very involved in donating to our local food pantries.
Read more about the Wilson Team here.
Sheri Winter Parker, The Corcoran Group
I am on the board of directors for Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital Foundation. This hospital was prepared when the pandemic hit. I say this, having firsthand experience. We are so blessed to have such incredible care on the North Fork and it is the only hospital on Long Island that you can get to by air, land, and sea!
I am also a supporter of CAST (Community Action-Southold Town), North Fork Parish Outreach, the North Fork Animal Welfare League and many others.
Read about Sheri Winter Parker here.
Cee Scott Brown, Compass
I was on the board of the Parrish Art Museum for two years. I support Gimme Shelter Animal Rescue and ARF. I am a founding board member of Art Matters, a foundation that supports visual artists nationally through direct grants. In the past grant cycle Art Matters supported a Shinnecock artist, Jeremy Dennis. Bay Street Theater and Arts Center had an exhibition of his photographs at the end of 2022. Before real estate and moving full time to Sag Harbor, I was involved in the arts in New York City for over 25 years, from working at MoMA as a curatorial assistant for the PROJECTS program (MoMA’s first venture into contemporary art), to running a commercial gallery (Holly Solomon), to heading up the seminal non-profit arts organization, Creative Time, that produces artworks all over the city enabling everyone an opportunity to have an art experience without having to go to a museum or gallery. Art Matters Foundation was in play during almost all of that span of time and it continues to give money to individual artists, over 30 years later.
Read more about Cee Scott Brown here.
Cristina Matos, Brown Harris Stevens
I am a big fan and support two outstanding local organizations.
- i-tri, who empowered young women. My daughter also attended the program.
- Citizen4Humanity, an organization who started their focus on single mothers and their families. Today the organization helps individuals or families in crisis or suffering from a variety of set-backs and where I volunteer my time.
