Joseph Mitchell

Joseph C. Mitchell is listed by The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation as Chairman of its Board of Directors. ProPublica’s IRS Form 990-PF data for the foundation’s fiscal year ending July 2024 lists him as “Chairman, Managing Director,” with the foundation reporting $149.1 million in net assets and $9.8 million in charitable disbursements.

The Samuels Foundation was established by Fan Fox Samuels and Leslie R. Samuels, who lived in New York City and were major patrons of the performing arts, especially Lincoln Center and its constituents. The foundation states that its goals have remained aligned with its founders: support for performing arts and substantial resources for health and social-service programs improving the lives of New Yorkers.

Mitchell is also listed in ProPublica data as a trustee of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, a New York-based private foundation with $45.4 million in net assets in fiscal year 2024. Public sources reviewed did not verify his education, prior operating roles, LinkedIn profile, personal headshot, or personal angel-investing track record.

• The available public record supports Mitchell as a foundation executive and trustee, not as a conventional startup angel investor.
• The Samuels Foundation’s performing-arts focus is New York City nonprofit producers and presenters in dance, music, opera, and theater; its stated mission is to support organizations that deliver “the highest quality work on stage.”
• Performing-arts grants usually support established New York City institutions, often as general operating support, with historic emphasis on Lincoln Center constituents and other local arts organizations.
• Healthy Aging grants focus on patient-based and social-service activities that directly help older adults in New York City, especially programs improving care access, quality, cost-effectiveness, services for underserved older adults, home/community-based care, long-term-care quality, and professional/paraprofessional care for older adults.
• The foundation prioritizes healthy-aging programs that meet a demonstrable need, have a realistic work plan and justified budget, are run by experienced staff, and have potential to become sustainable beyond foundation funding.