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The Bodman Foundation
The Bodman Foundation was established
by George M. Bodman and his wife,
Louise Clarke Bodman, in 1945. Mr.
Bodman was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1882
and died in 1950. Mrs. Bodman was born in
Chicago in 1893 and died in 1955. The Bodmans
lived for
much of their
lives in New
York City and
Red Bank, New
Jersey, and were
generous supporters
of numerous cultural,
civic, and service organizations.
During his
working career
Mr. Bodman was
a senior partner
at the investment
banking
firm of Cyrus J.
Lawrence &
Sons. During
World War II,
Mr. Bodman
served as the
executive assistant
to the Red
Cross Commissioner
for Great
Britain and was
regional director
in charge of
American Red
Cross Club operations in England, Scotland,
and Ireland. During World War I he headed the
Intelligence Service of the War Trade Board.
Mr. Bodman was educated at the Hill School in
Pennsylvania and Yale University.
The Bodman Foundation’s Certificate of
Incorporation states that its funds are to be
used for “the aid, support or benefit of religious,
educational, charitable, and benevolent
objects and purposes for the moral, ethical and
physical well-being and progress of mankind.”
Since its founding, The Bodman Foundation
has made nearly $80 million in grants. Total
assets of The Bodman Foundation were
$68,891,937 million on December 31, 2005.
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