Our story
Dudley and Cecilia (Ceci) Rauch met and fell in love while students at Harvard Business School. Ceci was one of seven ground-breaking women admitted to the Business School’s inaugural class of women. In addition to their careers, they started contributing to the non-profit sector early, both through volunteer roles and philanthropic gifts. A few key venture capital investments translated into unexpected wealth, prompting the couple to found the Rauch Family Foundation in 1989.
Though our founders are no longer with us, the Foundation continues to promote charitable work and their deeply-held value to “pay it forward.”
To learn more about Dudley’s work to increase access to medical education at Duke University, please see the video below.
“We value trust, innovation, transparency, and programs that directly support underrepresented and under-resourced communities.”
Board and STAFF
The Board of the Rauch Family Foundation consists of four members. In 2022 we welcomed our first member of staff, Heather L. Porter, to support foundation operations, research, and programmatic expansion.
To contact the Board or for more information on the Foundation, please reach out to Heather L. Porter via the Contact Page.
Community Investment examples to date
Global
Efforts to eradicate Trachoma in the Darfur Region of Sudan
Efforts to reduce childhood Vitamin A deficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa
Supporting local farmers and school children with nutritious, culturally appropriate food across Liberia
California - Inland Empire
Capital investments to build permanent supportive housing units
Providing scholarships for medical education incentivizing practitioners to stay in underserved communities
Establishing medical residency programs in rural hospitals
To learn more about our current partners, please see our Focus Areas.