Bill and Anne Kneisel
/SOURCE OF WEALTH: Morgan Stanley
FUNDING AREAS: Education & Youth, Arts & Culture, Health & Human Services
OVERVIEW: Bill and Anne Kneisel conduct philanthropy through the Kneisel Foundation, which gave away around $304,000 in a recent year. Family giving focuses on the Northeast, particularly Boston. The Kneisels support schools with which they have a personal connection rather than having a broader education strategy. Another interest is the arts.
BACKGROUND: Bill Kneisel graduated from Dartmouth College and then from the Harvard Business School. He joined Morgan Stanley & Co. in 1974, where he eventually became head of Morgan's Worldwide Equity Capital Market Group. He worked at Lazard Frères & Co. for a year and then returned to Morgan Stanley, becoming an advisory director.
ISSUES:
EDUCATION & YOUTH: Kneisel supports his alma maters Harvard Business School and Dartmouth College. The family also supports Anne’s Pingree School. Other grantees have included Island Academy, Teach for America, and Charlotte Country Day School.
ARTS & CULTURE: Grantees have included Peabody Essex Museum, Bruce Museum, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, WNET and Cape Ann Museum. The couple have also supported places like Met Opera.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: The Kneisels have supported places like Beverly Hospitals, Hospital for Special Surgery, and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Anne is also involved with her family’s Hooper Fund, which makes grants to “promote year round after school educational and recreational programs for children in the Manchester/Essex community.”
OTHER: Kneisel has a passion for nature and the outdoors. The family have made smaller grants to places like Conservation International and Conservation Law Foundation.
LOOKING FORWARD: Expect the family to stick with their established interest areas.
CONTACT:
The Kneisel Foundation does not provide a clear avenue for getting in touch with the family, but below is an address:
The Kneisel Foundation
8 Washington St.
Beverly, MA 01915
