Stephen and Cindy Fry

SOURCE OF WEALTH: Fry Steel Company

FUNDING AREAS: Arts & Culture, Education, Health & Human Services

OVERVIEW: Stephen and Cindy Fry conduct philanthropy through the Fry Family Foundation, which gave away around $1.9 million in a recent year. Grantmaking focuses on Southern California, particularly Orange County.

BACKGROUND: Stephen Fry was associated with Fry Steel Company, a steel distributor in Santa Fe Springs, California, until he retired in 2019. He keeps a very low profile.

ISSUES:

ARTS & CULTURE: Fry has co-chaired Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ Next Act Capital Campaign. The couple are strongly involved with the institution, which recently received a 7-figure gift via the couple’s foundation. Other grantees have included Orange County Museum of Art.

EDUCATION: The Frys steadily support Harbor Day School in Newport Beach.

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: The couple supports CHOC Children’s Hospital of Orange County, including supporting its division of metabolic disorders. The forces here are personal as their young granddaughter was diagnosed with glycogen storage disease 1a (GSD). Other grantees have included Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, CHP 11-99 Foundation, and Be Aware Foundation, which deals with breast cancer.

LOOKING AHEAD: Expect the couple to stick with their established interest areas.

CONTACT:

The foundation accepts contact at the address below:

Fry Family Foundation
1 Tidecrest
Newport Coast, CA 92657