She is passionate about creating opportunities for women to achieve their potential in the fields of science, technology, engineering and medicine. With a self-made portfolio of over $1b, she, and her international team excel in Real Estate, Asset Management and Private Equity. Ruth Parasol, the trusts principal benefactress said I am happy to provide talented, underprivileged students with the ability to pursue their education in. Ruth Parasol, born 1967, is one of the world’s most successful female entrepreneurs and an astute investor. Through education, cutting-edge technologies, advanced medical treatments and culture preservation, we hope to contribute to a better and brighter future. Here, at The Parasol Foundation, we enable change by supporting talented individuals and core centers of health and education, in order to create a better future for the next generation. You can never give or appreciate enough, but every effort helps. Ruth Parasol says: “Our time, success and fortune are borrowed.

Ruth Parasol is its Principal Benefactress giving much of her time as one of the Trustee Directors, guiding grant making, continuing to fund the Trust with her additional money and her private family office providing administrative and investment support. The Trust was established in Gibraltar in 2004 and since then it has awarded over £40,000,000 for health, heritage and education grants in Gibraltar, UK, Israel, India, US, Spain and elsewhere. At The Parasol Foundation Trust we enable change by supporting talented individuals and core centers of health and education, in order to create a better future for the next generation.” JFCS is honored to partner with The Parasol Foundation Trust to advance the JFCS mission and our shared goals in support of education, community service, and quality care.The Parasol Foundation Trust is the philanthropic division of Parasol International and Ruth Parasol and family, helping to create opportunities for women to pursue their dreams and inspiring the next generation to follow in their footsteps.

“Our time, success and fortune are borrowed,” says Ruth, “You can never give or appreciate enough, but every effort helps. Ruth grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and she and her family are committed to adding their philanthropic support to JFCS and our mutual interest in tikkun olam (repairing the world). The trust was founded by online gaming entrepreneur Ruth Parasol, originally of Mill Valley and the eldest daughter of Richard Parasol, a Holocaust survivor and real estate developer.

Since 2013 the Parasol Foundation Trust has partnered with JFCS, making substantial investments in our YouthFirst and Seniors At Home programs to help teens realize their potential and low-income elderly to receive the comprehensive services they need to live as safely and independently as possible.

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