Geoffrey Beene

June 19, 2009
GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK® Joins Macy's in Honoring Dads Everywhere
This Father's Day, GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK® is proud to honor Macy's national sponsorship of the Family Violence Prevention Fund's RESPECT! Campaign, a national campaign to engage parents, teachers, coaches, and other role models in positive solutions to prevent relationship violence by promoting respect. Read more

November 7, 2008
When Americans Give Respect, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® with a $500,000 Challenge to Help End Abuse
The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) - the nation's leading organization working to prevent domestic, dating and sexual violence and protect adult and child victims - has teamed up with Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™; to offer Americans a novel way to give back to a great cause during challenging economic times.In support of the RESPECT! CampaignSM, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ today announced that starting on Monday, November 10, it will donate $5 to the FVPF every time individuals offer an "act of respect" on the campaign's site, GiveRespect.org, up to a total $500,000 through December 31. Read more

June 7, 2008
Double Header with Geoffrey Beene, Inc. and Macy's
Founding Fathers: On June 7th and 8th several Founding Fathers took to the pitcher's mound with the A's and the Padres to accept two donations totaling $100,000 from Geoffrey Beene, Inc. with support from Macy's. Read more

March, 2008
Love Your Heart, Go Red For Women
Macys.com: Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association's nationwide movement to wipe out heart disease, the #1 killer of women. Read more

February, 2008
Love Your Heart, Go Red for Women
Macys.com: "Geoffrey Beene Gives Back" is proud to support Macy's national sponsorship of the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women movement. Read more

August 13, 2007
Beene Campaign to Promote Charitable Efforts
DNR News: Since Geoffrey Beene's death in 2004, the foundation running the designer's company has donated more than $75 million to cancer research, education and animal protection. Read more

May/June 2007
Geoffrey Beene - Designer and Philanthropist
Contribute New York Magazine: In a small salon tucked into Manhattan's Sherry-Netherland hotel, society fashion designer Mildred O'Quinn kept a Louis XIV chair in green satin. One day, in 1954, her young apprentice spilled mayonnaise from his sandwich onto the satin and was promptly fired. Read more

May 7, 2007
Geoffrey Beene - Toast of the Scene
BeautyNewsNYC: Such a fab-a-mataz uptown evening. Only it's downtown with the Mad-Ave fashion crowd at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Read more

March 20, 2007
Geoffrey Beene Sets The Bar High For Philanthropy
Women's Wear Daily: With a $5 million gift to the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the Geoffrey Beene Estate has set the philantropy bar high. Read more

February 15, 2007
The 2006 Slate 60: Donations
Slate: The 60 largest American charitable contributions of the year. Read more

February 1, 2006
Fashion Designer Bequeaths $10 Million to Animal Medical Center
The Animal Medical Center (AMC) has recently announced a $10 million gift from the late fashion designer, Geoffrey Beene. Mr. Beene, an animal lover and supporter of the AMC during his life, died in 2004 at the age of 77. Read more