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Michael Milken’s Foundation Invests Mostly in Private Equity Funds

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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Michael Milken of Drexel Burnham Lambert is generally credited with developing the junk-bond market, but today and especially since he was released from prison after serving time for racketeering and securities fraud, he’s become known as a wealthy philanthropist.

One of the ways he gives to charity is through the foundation he co-founded with his brother Lowell, The Milken Family Foundation. The foundation supports education and medical research.

According to its 990-PF for the fiscal year that ended in November 2023, which was filed in October 2024, The Milken Family Foundation had net assets of $116.3 million at the end of the year.

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For tax on investment income, The Milken Family Foundation notched...

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Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.