Glorya Kaufman

Glorya Kaufman ( Pinkis; January 23, 1930 – August 5, 2025) was an American philanthropist.

Early life Glorya Pinkis was born in 1930 to a Jewish family in Detroit, Michigan and grew up during the Great Depression. Her father, Samuel Pinkis, worked as a production manager for Automotive News and her mother, Eva, volunteered for Jewish charities. Her parents could not afford dancing lessons for her.

She was a major supporter of the Wende in Culver City, contributing capital and endowment funding for the creation of the Wende Museum's Community Center, intended to provide free community arts and education programs in perpetuity.

Personal life and death In 1954, Kaufman married Donald Bruce Kaufman, They had four children. Donald and his son-in-law, Eyal Horwitz, both died in a plane crash in 1983; afterward Glorya turned to charity work.