Laurie Franz is a Democratic Party donor and president of the Five Together Foundation. [1] The Five Together Foundation supports environmentalist organizations, nonprofit incubators, and refugee resettlement efforts. [2]
Franz’s father is Robert Irwin Toll, one of the co-founders of the Toll Brothers Company, [3] a multi-billion-dollar luxury home building business. [4]
Early Life
Laurie Franz was born in 1969 and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware in 1992. [5] Franz’s parents set up the Five Together Foundation, a multi-million-dollar private grant maker, for her and her siblings to manage. [6]
Franz’s father is Robert Irwin Toll, one of the co-founders of the Toll Brothers Company, [7] a multi-billion-dollar luxury home building business. [8]
OLAM
Laurie Franz sits on the board of OLAM, [9] a network of over 60 Jewish organizations devoted to reducing hunger and poverty in developing nations. [10] In 2021, OLAM released a report that surveyed organizations that were part of the OLAM network to determine the biggest challenges faced by network members in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. [11]
Other Affiliations
Laurie Franz also sits on the boards of JEVS Human Services, JEVS Foundation, and RefugePoint, [12] an organization that works to resettle refugees in other countries. [13] Franz is a committee member of the USC Shoah Foundation. [14]
Political Contributions
In 2016 Laurie Franz contributed to Democratic Party candidates and Democratic Party aligned political action committees, including ActBlue ($50), Hillary for America ($250), and the Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs ($250). [15]
In 2018, Laurie Franz contributed to ActBlue ($111), Conor Lamb (D-PA) for Congress ($250), the failed Liuba Gretchen Shirley campaign for New York’s 2nd Congressional district ($250), Marie Newman (D-IL) for Congress ($500), and the failed Shira Goodman campaign for Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional district ($2,700). [16]
In 2020, Laurie Franz contributed to the Joe Biden presidential campaign ($5,600); Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for Senate ($500); Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for Senate ($2,500); and the failed Senate campaigns of Cal Cunningham in North Carolina ($2,500), Theresa Greenfield in Iowa ($2,500), Sara Gideon in Maine ($2,500), and Steve Bullock in Montana ($2,500). [17]
In 2021, Laurie Franz contributed to the 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign of Mandela Barnes ($500) and the 2022 re-election campaign of Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) ($500). [18]