Harvey Meissner presents a donation to the staff and volunteers of A Taste of Hope Anthony Bobrow Trust donations near $1.9M From Staff Reports Since the Anthony Bobrow Trust announced its first donations in 2018, the trust has handed out nearly $1.9 to organizations in the LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS communities, co-trustee Harvey Meissner has announced.
That includes the trust’s most recent gifts of $75,000 each to AIN, Legacy Cares and Taste of Hope. “Smaller donations were made earlier, and $100,000 more is pledged for the rest of the year,” said Meissner, who is also president and general manager of The Hidden Door, the bar that Bobrow owned and net profits of which are pledged to the Bobrow Trust.
The Hidden Door will celebrate its 43rd anniversary in December of this year. Harvey Meissner presents a donation to Executive Director Melissa Grove and the staff of Legacy Cares AIN, formerly known as AIDS Interfaith Network, was founded in 1986 to educate the faith community about HIV/AIDS and secure a more compassionate response from churches in North Texas for those affected by HIV/AIDS.
By 1988, the organization had incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and had begun to expand its services to encompass education, outreach, prevention and client advocacy.