Roosevelt Foundation
The Roosevelt Foundation is a private foundation established in 1982 to organize the Four Freedoms Awards ceremony in Middelburg, the Netherlands and for that purpose cooperates with the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, New York. Together with the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute our mission is to inform new generations of the ideals and achievements of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and to inspire the application of their spirit of optimism and innovation to the solution of current problems.
Board
Han Polman, Chair
Ton Brandenbarg, vice-Chair
Hans Rijkse, Treasurer
Rob Meines
Hein van Ameijden
Barbara Oomen
Geert van Maanen
Tijo Collot d'Escury
Pieter Jan Mersie, Secretary
Advisors
Joke Brandt - Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dick Schoof - Secretary-General of the Ministry of Safety and Justice
Christoffer Jonker - Director of the King’s Office
Hans Wijers - Chief executive officer
Dorine Manson - Managing Director Nationale Postcode Loterij
Dick Boer - Former CEO Ahold/Delhaize
Special advisors
Alexander Wynaendts - CEO AEGON N.V.
Pieter de Gooijer - Ambassador of the Netherlands in France
Alex van Heeren - investor, businessman and honorary consul
Financial statements
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
The Roosevelt Institute is a nonprofit organization devoted to carrying forward the legacy and values of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt by developing progressive ideas and bold leadership in the service of restoring America’s promise of opportunity for all.
In cooperation with the Theodore Roosevelt Association and the provincial government of Zeeland, the province from which the Roosevelts emigrated to the New World in the 17th century, the Roosevelt Institute encourages the study of American history abroad through its support of the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg, which opened in September 1986 as a living memorial to Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Board
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Chair
George L. Knox, vice-Chair
Alison Overseth, vice-Chair
William R. Griffith, Treasurer
William J. vanden Heuvel Founder & Chair Emeritus
Felicia Wong President and CEO