Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors
A trio of supporters made a large gift to a national burn survivors’ organization in honor of its founder, who died in November.
The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, a national nonprofit based in Grand Rapids dedicated to empowering burn survivors, said last week that it received a $1.5 million gift in honor of its founder, Alan Breslau, who died around Thanksgiving.
The donation from Tony Gonzalez, Howard Tellepsen and the nonprofit AlloSource, based in the Denver suburb of Centennial, Colorado all board members and supporters of the organization for years is intended to carry forward Breslau’s legacy and launch several key initiatives in 2021, including expanding the organization’s patient care, peer support and virtual programming.