Jill Erica Braufman is a former interior design business owner with degrees from Brown University and the Parsons School of Design at The New School. After closing her business in 2001, she became active in philanthropy, supporting Israel and Jewish causes and left-of-center advocacy projects. She is a registered Democrat in Florida and financially supports Democratic organizations and candidates. ^{1 2 1}

Background

Jill E. Braufman founded and operated an interior design firm specializing in antique textiles prior to her philanthropic work and is a board member of Success Academy Charter Schools in New York and the New York State Council on the Arts. ¹

Braufman is a board member of the Miami City Ballet that produces ballet events and operates the Miami City Ballet School with year-round and summer programs for children, students, and pre-professional dancers. Jill and her husband are credited with giving $100,000 to $249,999 to the organization. ^{3 4}

Braufman is a board member of National Institute for Reproductive Health, an organization that advocates for expanded abortion access and increased access to birth control and a board member of Partnership with Children, an organization that provides anti-bias training and healing spaces in New York City Schools. ^{5 6 7}

Braufman is president of the Center for Arts Education, an organization that delivers dance, music, theater and visual arts instruction in New York City public schools that includes school based, after school, and summer programs. ^{8 9}

Philanthropy

Jill E. Braufman and her husband Daniel L. Nir were members of the 2024 Gala Benefit Committee for the Drawing Center, an organization that operates an exhibition space in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood of New York City that promotes the value of drawing, and were donors of $5,000 to $9,999 to Southampton History Museum in 2024. ^{10 11 12}

Braufman published the Service Giving website and free downloadable guide designed to educate young people about the business of philanthropy that included sections on volunteering, finding your passion, how to evaluate a nonprofit, vocabulary of philanthropy, and how to find more information on charities. ¹³

Jill E. Braufman is president of the Daniel L. Nir and Jill E. Braufman Family Foundation, which makes grants to organizations including Greater Miami Jewish Federation, the Giving Group Community, PEF Israel Endowment Funds Inc., Colel Chabad, Brothers for Life, and American Friends of Leket Israel. ¹⁴

Political Activities

Jill E. Braufman is a resident of Miami-Dade County, Florida, and according to voter registration records is affiliated with the Democratic Party. ²

Braufman is a longtime supporter of Democratic Party candidates and organizations including former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s campaigns, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), EMILY’s List, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and former Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). ¹

Braufman’s political contributions in 2024 include $40,000 to Floridians Protecting Freedom Inc. (PPF), an organization that received over $14 million from left-of-center Sixteen Thirty Fund/Make it Work Action, over $9 million from left-of center New Venture Fund (NVF), $5.5 million from George Soros’s Open Society Fund and $4.5 million from the Florida Democratic Party; $20,000 to Florida Women’s Freedom Coalition Action, an organization that received a $4.8 million contribution from FPF and in turn contributed $2.4 million to the Florida Democratic Party; $5,000 to Florida Women’s Freedom Coalition PC; $20,000 to Fentrice for Florida PC, the Florida House of Representatives Democratic Party Leader; and $15,000 to For a Brighter Future. ^{15 16 17}

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2. “Jill Erika Braufman’s registration” Voter Records. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://voterrecords.com/voter/76401713/jill-braufman
3. “Board of Trustees.” Miami City Ballet. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://www.miamicityballet.org/about/board-and-staff/board-of-trustees/.
4. “Principal’s Circle.” Miami City Ballet. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://www.miamicityballet.org/support/giving-circles/principals-circle/.
5. “National Institute For Reproductive Health, Inc.”. Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. Form 990. 2022. Part VII, Section A., subsection 1a line 9.
6. “Financial Documents.” National Institute for Reproductive Health, November 10, 2022. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://nirhealth.org/documents/.
7. “Our History.” Partnership with Children. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://partnershipwithchildren.org/history/
8. “Our Board.” The Center for Arts Education. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://www.centerforartsed.org/our-board.
9. “Our Programs.” The Center for Arts Education. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://www.centerforartsed.org/our-programs-1.
10. “Our Donors: Southampton-History.” southampton. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://www.southamptonhistory.org/donors.
11. “The Drawing Center’s 2024 Gala.” The Drawing Center: The Drawing Center’s 2024 Gala. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://drawingcenter.org/programs/2024-gala.
12. The Drawing Center: Mission & History. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://drawingcenter.org/about/history.
13. “A Broader Perspective on Giving”. Wall Street Journal. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304743704577380453743530344
14. “Daniel L. Nir & Jill E. Braufman Family Foundation Inc.”. Return of Private Foundation. Form 990-PF. 2023. Supplementary Information, Part 3.
15. “Jill Braufman – Florida Contributor.” Transparency USA. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://www.transparencyusa.org/fl/contributor/jill-braufman/contributions.
16. “Floridians Protecting Freedom, Inc. – Florida Committee.” Transparency USA. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://www.transparencyusa.org/fl/committee/floridians-protecting-freedom-inc-83927.
17. “Florida Women’s Freedom Coalition Action – Florida Committee.” Transparency USA. Accessed June 2, 2025. https://www.transparencyusa.org/fl/committee/florida-womens-freedom-coalition-action-88708.