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Glorya Kaufman (néePinkis; January 23, 1930 – August 5, 2025) was an American philanthropist.
Early life
Glorya Pinkis was born in 1930 to a Jewish family in Detroit, Michigan and grew up during the Great Depression.[1][2][3] Her father, Samuel Pinkis, worked as a production manager for Automotive News and her mother, Eva, volunteered for Jewish charities. Her parents could not afford dancing lessons for her.[1]
In 1999, Kaufman donated US$18 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, which named Glorya Kaufman Hall in her honor.[2] However, she admitted to being disappointed in the way UCLA handled her donation.[2]
She was a major supporter of the Wende in Culver City, contributing capital and endowment funding for the creation of the Glorya Kaufman Community Center, intended to provide free community arts and education programs in perpetuity.[5][6]
Personal life and death
In 1954, Kaufman married Donald Bruce Kaufman,[1] who with Eli Broad co-founded Kaufman & Broad, now known as KB Home (NYSE:KBH), in 1957.[2] Broad's wife, Edythe Lawson, is Kaufman's first cousin.[7] They had four children. Donald and his son-in-law, Eyal Horwitz, both died in a plane crash in 1983; afterward Glorya turned to charity work.[2] She raised her family in a Brentwood ranch house.
