The Straus Foundation — Est. 1926
Backing Baltimoreans: Turning Hope into Action
For over one hundred years, we’ve invested in meaningful work to advance justice and strengthen the place we call home.
The Straus Foundation — Est. 1926
Backing Baltimoreans: Turning Hope into Action
For over one hundred years, we’ve invested in meaningful work to advance justice and strengthen the place we call home.
The Straus Foundation — Est. 1926
Backing Baltimoreans: Turning Hope into Action
For over one hundred years, we’ve invested in meaningful work to advance justice and strengthen the place we call home.
Our Mission
Rooted in Jewish values. Committed to Baltimore. Building a strong city.
Aaron and Lillie Straus built Maryland's first incorporated foundation on the Jewish value of tikkun olam and a clear philanthropic vision: to give the people of Baltimore protection, education, and opportunity. That vision continues today in a contemporary context. To connect families of Baltimore to avenues of hope and opportunity that tap their potential for a more secure future.
Our Mission
Rooted in Jewish values. Committed to Baltimore. Building a strong city.
Aaron and Lillie Straus built Maryland's first incorporated foundation on the Jewish value of tikkun olam and a clear philanthropic vision: to give the people of Baltimore protection, education, and opportunity. That vision continues today in a contemporary context. To connect families of Baltimore to avenues of hope and opportunity that tap their potential for a more secure future.
Our Mission
Rooted in Jewish values. Committed to Baltimore. Building a strong city.
Aaron and Lillie Straus built Maryland's first incorporated foundation on the Jewish value of tikkun olam and a clear philanthropic vision: to give the people of Baltimore protection, education, and opportunity. That vision continues today in a contemporary context. To connect families of Baltimore to avenues of hope and opportunity that tap their potential for a more secure future.
What We Support
Our Giving Priorities
By bolstering long-standing institutions, nurturing emerging ideas, and sparking new ventures, we strengthen our city and the people within it.
What We Support
Our Giving Priorities
By bolstering long-standing institutions, nurturing emerging ideas, and sparking new ventures, we strengthen our city and the people within it.
What We Support
Our Giving Priorities
By bolstering long-standing institutions, nurturing emerging ideas, and sparking new ventures, we strengthen our city and the people within it.
Spotlights
Work that matters.
Spotlights
Work that matters.
Spotlights
Work that matters.
On Our Founders
Blessed of fortune, they wait not in selfishness But clasping hands with youth Lead him into a world More radiant through their service, More tender by their love. And so, in human hearts made happier And human lives made nobler, They earn, in life, their immortality.
Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron
On Aaron and Lillie Straus · 1924
Rooted in Tradition
The Straus Foundation was established in the spirit of tzedakah — the Jewish principle that giving is not charity, but justice.
For over a century, that belief has shaped every grant, every relationship, and every community we’ve had the privilege to serve.
On Our Founders
Blessed of fortune, they wait not in selfishness But clasping hands with youth Lead him into a world More radiant through their service, More tender by their love. And so, in human hearts made happier And human lives made nobler, They earn, in life, their immortality.
Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron
On Aaron and Lillie Straus · 1924
Rooted in Tradition
The Straus Foundation was established in the spirit of tzedakah — the Jewish principle that giving is not charity, but justice.
For over a century, that belief has shaped every grant, every relationship, and every community we’ve had the privilege to serve.
On Our Founders
Blessed of fortune, they wait not in selfishness But clasping hands with youth Lead him into a world More radiant through their service, More tender by their love. And so, in human hearts made happier And human lives made nobler, They earn, in life, their immortality.
Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron
On Aaron and Lillie Straus · 1924
Rooted in Tradition
The Straus Foundation was established in the spirit of tzedakah — the Jewish principle that giving is not charity, but justice.
For over a century, that belief has shaped every grant, every relationship, and every community we’ve had the privilege to serve.