Stephen Gutmann is a career philanthropy manager and left-progressive activist. As of 2020, he held the position of first vice president on the board of Human Development Services of Westchester, a New York-based nonprofit. ¹ He previously worked in various finance and accounting roles at the Open Society Foundations. Formerly known as the Open Society Institute, the organization is the flagship grantmaking entity within the international philanthropy and activism network funded and managed by financier and left-of-center ideologue George Soros. ^{2 3}

In addition to his nonprofit and philanthropy work, Gutmann has been a supporter of several Jewish-affiliated charitable organizations based in New York. ^{4 5}

Early Career

Throughout the early 2000s, Stephen Gutmann worked as the director of accounting policy and audit services at the Open Society Foundations, known at the time as the Open Society Institute, a member organization within the Soros Network. ^{6 7} Several years later, he had moved up to the position of assistant treasurer, receiving a salary of more than $100,000 a year, not including employee benefits and miscellaneous allowances, which totaled nearly $80,000 in 2008. ⁸

Later Activity

Stephen Gutmann sits on the board of Human Development Services of Westchester, which provides various community services in the state of New York. These include behavioral and mental health counseling, distribution of government benefits such as rental assistance, and what the organization refers to as “neighborhood stabilization” in high-risk areas. ^{9 10}

Gutmann has been a donor to several Jewish organizations since at least the mid-2010s. These include the New Jewish Home, an assisted living facility for the elderly in New York, and the social action fund of Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, also located in New York. ^{11 12}

Personal Life

Stephen Gutmann is married to Liz Weingast, a nurse and hospital administrator who worked at the New Jewish Home for more than two decades. ^{13 14}

1. Kathy Pandekakes. “HDSW’s Living Room: Crisis Day Respite for the COVID-19 Crisis.” Behavioral Health News. May 19, 2020. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://behavioralhealthnews.org/hdsws-living-room-crisis-day-respite-for-the-covid-19-crisis/
2. “2002 Report.” Open Society Institute. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/uploads/569ceb5a-5a08-472e-ac5f-00b0c0595cf2/a_complete_report_0.pdf
3. Open Society Institute 2008 Internal Revenue Service Form 990-PF. Accessed December 18, 2021. http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/137/137029285/137029285_200812_990PF.pdf
4. “Annual Report 2016.” The New Jewish Home. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://jewishhome.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/JHL-Annual-Report-2016-NEW-3.pdf
5. “March 1 – April 30, 2017.” Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://www.congregationemanuel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Mar-Apr-2017.pdf
6. “2002 Report.” Open Society Institute. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/uploads/569ceb5a-5a08-472e-ac5f-00b0c0595cf2/a_complete_report_0.pdf
7. “2005 Soros Foundations Network Report.” Open Society Institute. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/uploads/d5ba8428-a284-4b67-87d4-af66fb93aeff/a_complete_2.pdf
8. Open Society Institute 2008 Internal Revenue Service Form 990-PF. Accessed December 18, 2021. http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/137/137029285/137029285_200812_990PF.pdf
9. Kathy Pandekakes. “HDSW’s Living Room: Crisis Day Respite for the COVID-19 Crisis.” Behavioral Health News. May 19, 2020. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://behavioralhealthnews.org/hdsws-living-room-crisis-day-respite-for-the-covid-19-crisis/
10. Human Development Services of Westchester. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://www.hdsw.org/
11. “Annual Report 2016.” The New Jewish Home. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://jewishhome.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/JHL-Annual-Report-2016-NEW-3.pdf
12. “March 1 – April 30, 2017.” Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://www.congregationemanuel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Mar-Apr-2017.pdf
13. “Volume 15 No. 48.” Temple Israel. May 23, 2019. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Welcome-to-Temple-Israel-Services—Events.html?soid=1101449490494&aid=hmgrWps6UNI
14. Liz Weingast. LinkedIn. Accessed December 18, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-weingast-18041a3a