The Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation based in New York City. In 2023, the Foundation gave over $35 million to nonprofit organizations focused on education, public policy, the arts, and other social services. ¹

In 2023, several of the Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation’s largest donations included the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) ($3 million), the Cato Institute ($1.2 million), and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ($1 million). ¹

Grantmaking

In 2023, several of the Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation’s largest donations included the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) ($3 million), the Cato Institute ($1.2 million), and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ($1 million). ¹

That same year, the Foundation made donations to educational institutions and foundations including Khan Academy ($2 million), Success Academy Charter Schools ($1.35 million), the Silicon Schools Fund ($1 million), and the Vela Education Fund ($1 million). ¹

Funding

The Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation is primarily funded by Ravenel Curry and the estate of Elizabeth Curry. ²

Leadership

Emily Cox is the executive director of the Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation. Cox formerly worked as director of development of the donor leadership program at the American Enterprise Institute and director of development at the Federalist Society. Cox also formerly held positions at the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and Americans for Prosperity. ³

Ravenel Curry is the president of the Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation and a founder and co-CIO of Eagle Capital Management. Curry is a trustee of the Duke Endowment, the American Enterprise Institute, the Manhattan Institute, the New York Historical Society, and the Genetics Endowment of South Carolina, and a trustee emeritus of Success Academy Charter Schools, New York Hall of Science, and Furman University. Curry is a former chair of the New Jersey Higher Education Assistance Authority and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. ⁴

Caroline Rivers Curry is a partner and managing director at Eagle Capital Management and formerly worked as an investment analyst at Elm Ridge Capital and Goldman Sachs. Curry sits on the boards of Weill Cornell Medicine and Rockefeller University and is a former trustee of Uncommon Schools of NY. ⁵

1. Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation, Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2023, Part XIV, Line 3.
2. Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation, Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2021, Schedule B, Part I.
3. “Emily Kuebler Cox.” LinkedIn. Accessed April 18, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-kuebler-cox-8867824/.
4. “Ravenel B. Curry III.” Furman University. Accessed April 18, 2025. https://www.furman.edu/people/ravenel-b-curry-iii/.
5. “Caroline Curry.” Eagle Capital. Accessed April 18, 2025. https://www.eaglecap.com/employees/caroline-curry.