Earth Day 2026: The Fund’s 10th Anniversary

Today I mark the 10th anniversary of the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, a Donor-Advised Fund I established on Earth Day April 22, 2016, to continue the legacy of my late husband. In announcing the Fund back then, I wrote: “Greg came from a modest background – and despite or perhaps because of that, he went…

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2025 Year in Review

The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund supports work to end animal cruelty in many forms, championing vegan living and systemic change that also benefits people. The Fund was launched on Earth Day 2016 — and now more than ever, we advocate for compassion toward all sentient beings, especially the most vulnerable among us. In calendar…

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2025 Top 10 for Animals and People

2025 Top 10

For a decade, my Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund has supported work to build a kinder and healthier world for animals and people. Continuing an annual year-end tradition, I’m proud to share the 2025 top 10 highlights of work the Fund has supported — providing plant-based nutrition assistance for humans, protecting animal victims of military conflict and…

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Q2 2025: Ending Animal Experiments and More

Modernizing Research: This quarter’s grants from the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund focused on supporting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in their work to end animal experiments. Scientists, physicians, and other experts at PETA and PCRM have worked for decades to both end the…

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