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Glide Foundation
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Glide Foundation |
| image | Logo Glide Foundation.png |
| formation | 1929 |
| type | Charitable organization |
| headquarters | San Francisco, CA, United States |
| leader_title | President and Chief Executive Officer |
| leader_name | Karen Hanrahan |
| key_people | |
| website | www.glide.org |
The Glide Foundation is a charity organization that helps the homeless, based in San Francisco, California, associated with devout Methodist Lizzie Glide and the Glide Church.
Lizzie Glide
Lizzie Glide was the widow of millionaire cattleman, H.L. Glide of Sacramento.
Lizzie Glide's daughter Elizabeth Glide and Seldon Roane Williams were married on April 24, 1913, at Lizzie's apartments in Cloyne Court Hotel. Their home at 2821 Claremont Boulevard was Seldon Williams House.
History
Glide and the foundation bought the Hotel Californian two blocks from the church in 1935 and it was operated as a temperance hotel for decades. She also funded a home for young working Christian women and a dorm for young Christian women at U.C. Berkeley.
Recent activities
The foundation has worked with investor Warren Buffett who has donated the proceeds from his eBay "Power Lunch with Warren Buffett" auctions to Glide. As of 2017, he had raised nearly $24 million for the Foundation. The winning bid in 2006 was $620,100, won by Duan Yongping, a California investor.{{cite news | access-date=2017-03-07 | archive-date=2013-10-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024035623/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a7ZvnZWHLxuc | url-status=live | archive-date=2015-06-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613081840/http://content.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1819293,00.html | url-status=live | url-status=dead}} In 2011 an anonymous bidder paid $2,626,411 for a lunch with Buffet.{{cite news | archive-date=2016-03-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201324/http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/10/news/companies/buffett_lunch/ | url-status=live | archive-date=2016-03-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154935/https://news.yahoo.com/cost-lunch-warren-buffett-3-5-million-034012455--finance.html | url-status=live
Power Lunch Winning Bids
| Event number | Year | Winning bid (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 2025 | $200,100 |
| 21 | 2022 | $19 million |
| 20 | 2019 | $4.57 million |
| 19 | 2018 | $4.23 million |
| 18 | 2017 | $2.68 million |
| 17 | 2016 | $3.46 million |
| 16 | 2015 | $2.35 million |
| 15 | 2014 | $2.16 million |
| 14 | 2013 | $1 million |
| 13 | 2012 | $3.46 million |
| 12 | 2011 | $2.63 million |
| 11 | 2010 | $2.63 million |
| 10 | 2009 | $1.68 million |
| 9 | 2008 | $2.1 million |
| 8 | 2007 | $650,100 |
| 7 | 2006 | $620,100 |
| 6 | 2005 | $351,100 |
| 5 | 2004 | $202,100 |
| 4 | 2003 | $250,100 |
| 3 | 2002 | $25,000 |
| 2 | 2001 | $18,000 |
| 1 | 2000 | $25,000 |
References
References
- Strasburg, Jenny. (1995-02-26). "The Gospel According to the Reverend Williams". [[The San Francisco Chronicle]].
- "National Register #98001195: Hotel Californian in San Francisco, California".
- (2017-05-09). "Buffett to auction off lunch for California homeless charity". Fox Business.
- (10 June 2018). "The Cost of Lunch With Warren Buffett: $2.68 Million".
- Berg, Madeline. "Want To Have Lunch With Warren Buffett? Here's How Much It Will Cost You.".
- (17 June 2022). "GLIDE, eBay and Warren Buffett Celebrate the Grand Finale Power of One Charity Auction Lunch with Record-Breaking Winning Bid".
- (2025-07-11). "In The News: Why This AI Entrepreneur Paid Six Figures For A Lunch With Benioff".
- (2025-07-11). "In The News: Why This AI Entrepreneur Paid Six Figures For A Lunch With Benioff".
- (17 June 2022). "Someone paid $19 million for a steak lunch with Warren Buffet". eBay.
- (31 May 2018). "Lunch with Warren Buffett hits $4.23 million in eBay auction". 9Finance.
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