HERTZ COMMUNITY
Create Your Lasting Legacy
Many of our donors seek a deeper, long-term connection to the Hertz Fellows they support. An endowed or named fellowship or a fund enables you to honor a person or organization while directly funding people working in areas you’re passionate about. Individuals, families, groups or organizations can establish fellowships and funds.
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Individuals, families, groups or organizations can establish fellowships and funds. All options offer you the unique opportunity to develop relationships with Hertz Fellows, receive direct updates on their groundbreaking research and careers, and be recognized in publication citations for your critical role in enabling their bold ideas.
An investment of $1 million funds one new Hertz Fellow every five years, in perpetuity. This creates a powerful, lasting legacy in your chosen name.
An investment of $250,000, or $50,000 annually for five years, fully funds one Hertz Fellow for their entire fellowship.
A fund is pool of financial resources dedicated to a specific program or area of our mission.
Endowed Fellowships
Chan Velasquez Endowed Fellowship
Sherman Chan and Irma Velasquez
Soyoun (Soy) Choi | 2025 Hertz Fellow
Harold J. Newman Memorial Fellowship
Hertz Board of Directors, Family and Friends
Madeleine Urbanek | 2023 Hertz Fellow
Lee A. Swanger Fellowship in Engineering and Applied Science
Lee A. Swanger
Roderick Bayliss III | 2022 Hertz Fellow
Lowell Wood Endowed Fellowship
Hertz Fellows and Friends of Lowell Wood
April Qiu Cheng | 2025 Hertz Fellow
Nathan P. Myhrvold Fellowship
Anonymous
Nathan Myhrvold and Rosemarie Havranek Family Fellowship
Nathan Myhrvold and Rosemarie Havranek
Albert Qin | 2025 Hertz Fellow
Professor Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa Fellowship
Ray Sidney and John Wakerly
Kaylie Hausknecht | 2024 Hertz Fellow
The David and Louise Cannell Fellowship
David Cannell
Hertz Fellow to be announced
Thomas Weaver - Philip Welkhoff Endowed Fellowship
Lee A. Swanger and Anonymous
Hertz Fellow to be announced
Named Fellowships
Alfred Spector and Rhonda Kost Family Fellowship
Alfred Spector and Rhonda Kost
Jeffrey Brown II | 2023 Hertz Fellow
Anonymous Endowment Challenge
Anonymous
Chance Bowman | 2025 Hertz Fellow
Tuan Anh Nguyen | 2025 Hertz Fellow
Elizabeth and Stephen Fantone Family Fellowship
Stephen and Betsy Fantone
Sahil Pontula | 2023 Hertz Fellow
Future Leaders Fellowship
Shanahan Family Charitable Foundation
Isabel Orlanes Gallegos | 2023 Hertz Fellow
Anna Soper | 2023 Hertz Fellow
Katherine Van Kirk | 2021 Hertz Fellow
Hertz Fellowship
By recommendation of Eric and Wendy Schmidt
Emmy Blumenthal | 2024 Hertz Fellow
Chu Xin (Cloris) Cheng | 2025 Hertz Fellow
Cade Gordon | 2025 Hertz Fellow
Lillian Kay Petersen | 2025 Hertz Fellow
James Roney | 2024 Hertz Fellow
Jason Yang | 2024 Hertz Fellow
Hertz Named Fellowship
Anonymous
Amani Maina-Kilaas | 2024 Hertz Fellow
Zijian Niu | 2024 Hertz Fellow
Benjamin Spector | 2023 Hertz Fellow
The Myhrvold and Havranek Family Charitable Fund Fellowships
Nathan Myhrvold and Rosemarie Havranek
Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman | 2022 Hertz Fellow
The William and Maria Spears Fellowship
William and Maria Spears
Hertz Fellow to be announced
Supporting science communicators
The Robbee Baker Kosak Leadership Fund provides new funds for securing world-class speakers for our signature events and an annual prize to recognize speakers’ leadership. It honors Kosak, former president of the Hertz Foundation, who guided the organization into a new era of philanthropic leadership.
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Deepening the fellowship experience
The David Galas Fund for Fellows supports and celebrate Hertz Fellows and deepens their experience through mentorship activities, events and professional development opportunities.
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A TRANFORMATIONAL $5 million GIFT
An anonymous $5 million endowed gift honors Hertz Fellow Nathan Myhrvold, one of the most visionary technology and business leaders of our time, and a long-time supporter of the Hertz Foundation’s mission alongside his wife, Rosemarie Havranek, a member of the foundation’s board of directors.
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Joining Forces to Support Future Leaders
Mid-career Hertz Fellows Chris Loose and Christian Wentz are paying their Hertz Fellowships forward, joining forces to fund a named fellowship and encouraging others whose careers have been transformed by the foundation to do the same. Their fellowship in honors Harold Newman, a long-time supporter of and generous donor to the foundation.
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