Leroy Schecter

Leroy Schecter is the founder and current chairman and director of the Leroy Schecter Foundation (EIN: 30-0134495) (also known as the Schecter Family Foundation). 
==Background==
Born in 1927, Schecter served in the US military during World War II. After the war Schecter began working in surplus metal sales, later diversifying his interests into trucking, building products and real estate. University of Miami School of Law Website Shoshana Candiotti Schecter v. Leroy Schecter. Accessed 17 February 2015. The Leroy Schecter Foundation is a major donor to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, the US body that sends funds to the Israeli Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers. Between 2002-2013 the foundation donated $8,011,387 to the FIDF.
Data compiled from filings of Form 990s 2002 - 2013. 
Schecter's ex-wife Shoshana Candiotti Schecter is a businesswomen born and raised in Israel. After graduating from high school she served in the Israeli Defence Forces and the Israeli Intelligence Service. After her military service she migrated to Miami, Florida. 
 University of Miami School of Law Website Shoshana Candiotti Schecter v. Leroy Schecter. Accessed 17 February 2015.
==Political Contributions==
Schecter is reported to have contributed a total of $47,400 to eighteen campaign committees in the United States.Inside Gov Website Leroy Schecter. Accessed 4 June 2015. The majority of which were Democrat-affiliated committees.Inside Gov Website Leroy Schecter. Accessed 4 June 2015. Amongst his contributions he gave $5000 to the pro-Israel SunPAC.Inside Gov Website Leroy Schecter. Accessed 4 June 2015. 
Campaign committee name
Amount contributed in $
Electoral cycle
SunPAC
5,000
2008/2010
Forward Together PAC
5,000
2006
Wyden for Senate (Ron Wyden)
4,800
2010
COLEMAN FOR SENATE 08 (Norman Coleman)
2,600
2008
Hastings for Congress (Alcee L. Hastings)
2,400
2010
Niki Tsongas Committee (Niki Tsongas) 
2,400
2010
Ros-Lehtinen (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen)
2,400
2010
Friends of Blanche Lincoln (Blanche Lincoln)
2,400
2010
Friends of John Thune (John Thune)
2,400
2010
Kirk for Senate (Mark Kirk)
2,400
2010
Moran for Kansas (Jerry Moran)
2,400
2010
Elizabeth Dole Committee (Elizabeth Dole)
2,300
2008
Lautenberg for Senate (Frank R. Lautenberg)
2,300
2008
Finegold Committee (Barry R. Finegold)
2,300
2008
Jim Risch for Senate Committee (Jim Risch)
2,300
2008
Johanns for Senate (Michael O. Johanns)
2,000
2008
Lisa Murkowski for US Senate (Lisa Murkowski)
1,000
2010
Ike Skelton for Congress Committee (Ike Skelton)
1,000
2008
Inside Gov Website Leroy Schecter. Accessed 4 June 2015. 
==Wealth==
In 2002 Schecter's net worth was estimated at $156 million. University of Miami School of Law Website Shoshana Candiotti Schecter v. Leroy Schecter. Accessed 17 February 2015. In August 2012 Forbes Magazine reported that Schecter was the own of two adjoining condos in Central Park, New York that were listed at $95 million.Morgan Brennan, '$100 Million Homes: In The Stratosphere Of Real Estate, Logic Breaks Down', Forbes, 23 August 2012, accessed 4 June 2015.
Schecter is also reportedly the owner of a $25 million mansion on the Upper East Side of New York and a 'train station sized' beach side mansion on Indian Creek Island in Miami Beach. The latter property was listed by Schecter in May 2012 with a valuation of $45 million.Mark David, 'Monday Morsel: Leroy Schecter', Variety, 3 June 2013, accessed 4 June 2015. It was eventually sold for $28 Million in July 2014.Staff, 'Steel Magnate Leroy Schecter Sells Miami Beach Mansion For $28 Million', Jewish Business News, 25 July 2014, accessed 4 June 2015.
==Notes==
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