Who We Are
With a lifelong commitment to children’s and women’s emotional wellbeing and health and decades of philanthropic experience, in 2019, Lisa Stone Pritzker founded LSP Family Foundation with the aim of supporting emerging social entrepreneurs in their work to foster a thriving and equitable society.
founder & chair
executive director
foundation administrator
senior advisor
Timeline
Family Legacy and Inspiration
“J.H. Stone & Sons Paper Specialties is founded; the storefront window sign reads “House of Service.””
“Ida and Norman Stone, Lisa’s grandparents, start the Emergency Fund of Chicago, now part of All Chicago Making Homelessness History
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“Lisa completes her BA in Dance Therapy from the University of Wisconsin at Madison”
“Jerome Stone, Lisa’s great-uncle, becomes founder of the Alzheimer’s Association and Chair of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
“Do things here and now, not after you’re gone. If you have some money share it. And if you have some time, do something worthwhile.” —Jerome Stone”
“Lisa moves to San Francisco and starts her family”
“Lisa begins volunteering on the Crisis Hotline at the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center, now Safe and Sound”
“Lisa completes the Wexner Heritage program for Jewish leaders”
“Lisa becomes Co-founder and President of the Lisa and John Pritzker Family Foundation.”
“Lisa begins her work with the Research Team on Child and Adolescent Psychological Services at San Francisco General Hospital ”
“First grant to SFMOMA”
“First grant to UCSF’s Child Trauma Research Program, led by Dr. Alicia Lieberman, and to San Francisco General Hospital; Lisa joins the California First Five Commission”
“First grant to Alonzo King Lines Ballet – to support new works fund”
“Center for Youth Wellness is created. Co-founders include Lisa Stone Pritzker, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Katie Albright. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, now California’s Surgeon General, is CYW’s Founding Executive Director.”
“First grant to UCSF’s Center for Health and Community, led by Dr. Nancy Adler; Lisa joins the Board of All Chicago Making Homelessness History, the third generation of the Stone family to serve”
“Lisa completes her Masters in Nonprofit Administration at the University of San Francisco”
“Lisa joins the Board of SFMOMA”
“Lisa completes the Philanthropy Workshop West cohort, now TPW; Lisa is awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the California Institute for Integral Studies”
“Grant to San Francisco General Hospital awarded for rebuilding of the Pediatric ward”
“Pritzker Distinguished Professorship in Health Disparities at UCSF established. ”
“Pritzker Family Center for Photography at SFMOMA opens”
“Lisa Stone Pritzker Pediatric Emergency Center at UCSF’s Benioff Children’s Hospital opens in Mission Bay”
“Pritzker Distinguished Professorship in Child Psychiatry at UCSF is established. Lisa joins the Board of UCSF”
“Funders Network on Childhood Trauma and Resilience is established, in partnership with Northern California Grantmakers”
“LSP Family Foundation is launched”
“Lisa joins the Board of Project Healthy Minds”
“Lisa serves as Honorary Chair of San Francisco General Hospital’s Hearts in SF gala”
“UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry building opens, realizing a vision that began nearly two decades earlier
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“The Foundation hosts “California’s Advances in Health Equity for Children and Women” at the University of California, San Francisco. Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the First Partner of California, moderated a conversation with Dr. Dayna Long, Dr. Nicki Bush, and Alex Briscoe about research and interventions to address adversity and intergenerational trauma, and the behavioral health care reforms beginning to take shape in California.”
“LSPFF helps to endow the Dr. Nancy Adler Memorial Lectureship, to honor Dr. Adler’s legacy and in support of the UCSF Center for Health and Community.”
“The Foundation hosts “Innovative Partnerships: Advancing Wellbeing for Children and Youth” at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Chelsea Clinton moderated a conversation with Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD, Patti Miller, Rebecca Bagley, Mike Marriner and Lishaun Francis about their innovative approaches to reimagining early learning and language development, building unlikely coalitions to drive systemic change in mental health care, and implementing nontraditional interventions to engage families and youth on journeys of self-discovery.”