Jack S. Silver and Shirley M. Silver
Jack is the President of Siar Capital LLC. SIAR is a family office responsible for managing exclusively the Silver’s family capital. It also coordinates the family’s philanthropic activities, which are oriented to Jewish needs as well as the Humanities and the Arts.
Jack and Shirley Silver
Shirley is the Co-founder of Jack & Shirley Center for Children with Special Needs at Jewish Community Center in Manhattan. The center has grown tremendously in the past dozen years with numerous programs for individuals ages 4-50. Shirley also helped launch and continues to support the Reel Abilities film festival at JCC Manhattan.
Charitable Activities
WSJ - Helping Adults With Special Needs
When Jack and Shirley Silver created a community program for young adults with special needs at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, they never anticipated that the program would be so much in demand.
UVM Alumni Association - Gift Announcement: Billings Library and Alumni House
A $5 million gift from class of 1964 graduate Jack Silver and his wife Shirley will ensure the restoration of two Victorian-era jewels on the University of Vermont campus while also expanding scholarly research and programs for alumni.
Times of Israel - NY couple donates $20 million to federation Jewish camps
Jack and Shirley Silver legacy gift to help renovate infrastructure at campgrounds catering to 6,000 children annually.
UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK RECEIVES $10 MILLION LEGACY GIFT FROM JACK AND SHIRLEY SILVER TO HELP LIFT NEW YORKERS OUT OF POVERTY
In recognition of the Silvers’ generosity, UJA will rename the Queens Hub as the Jack and Shirley Silver Hub at a rededication ceremony on November 15.
“The result is taking people whose lives were diminished on some level and making their lives much more enriched. Giving them an opportunity to enjoy, potentially, a full life.”