Maurice Amado Foundation

Maurice Amado established the foundation that bears his name in 1961. Mr. Amado was a descendant of Sephardic Jews who settled in the Ottoman Empire after their expulsion from Spain in 1492. He immigrated to New York from Izmir, Turkey in 1903 and moved to Los Angeles in 1940. A successful financier, he was committed to sharing his wealth with the Jewish community. During his lifetime, Mr. Amado supported organizations that perpetuated Sephardic heritage and culture. Since his death in 1968, Mr. Amado's nieces, nephews and their descendants have carried on his charitable work. Three generations of the Amado family currently direct the Foundation's activities.