As the New Year is upon us, we reflect on our work in the past year. Our projects have grown in scale and impact, and we are proud that in 2025, our giving (funded and pledged) has reached a new high — $36,049,608! We continued to explore and fund ever expanding projects across all our…
The restoration of the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem will begin soon, thanks to a notable donation by Mike & Sofia Segal. It is a sacred national and international site of Jewish remembrance since 1961, and our foundation will ensure it maintains its important stature for many years to come. The famous Israeli architects…
Read this press release on the eJewish Philanthropy website. ROAD TO RECOVERY Planting seeds of renewal: Philanthropy’s role in rebuilding early childhood education in Israel By Sonia Gomes de Mesquita September 19, 2025 In the wake of Oct. 7, 2023, the communities of Israel’s Gaza Envelope faced devastation that shook families to their core. Homes…
Read this press release on the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society website. The Blood Cancer United (formerly Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) Receives $17 Million from Mike and Sofia Segal Foundation to Accelerate Progress in the Treatment of Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia Mike and Sofia Segal, who immigrated to the U.S. from present-day Ukraine in 1978, lead a…
The Mike & Sofia Segal Center for Academic Pluralism in NYC is home to academic researchers who produce and disseminate scholarship to advance HxA’s mission and improve discourse within higher education. Heterodox Academy (HxA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization of thousands of faculty, staff, and students advocating for policy and culture changes that allow universities…
The Constructive Dialogue Institute and the Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation partnered on a unique project: The Constructive Dialogue Leadership Institute. The Constructive Dialogue Leadership Institute equips campus leadership teams to create a climate of constructive dialogue across curricular and co-curricular spaces. Each year’s cohort consists of 10 schools, who come together for a 2-day…
The Mike and Sofia Segal Center for Jewish Culture in Tel Aviv presents a diverse array of activities and events at ANU museum, catering to the general public, families, and youth. The foundation also gifted the museum its beautifully renovated terrace, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The terrace is used for private events for the general public and the…