Tag: Philanthropy

Widow of Shoney's Restaurants Founder Has Died

The widow of the Shoney’s Restaurants founder has died. Betty Schoenbaum was 100.

Schoenbaum and her late husband, Shoney’s founder Alex Schoenbaum, were longtime philanthropists in West Virginia, Sarasota, Florida and Columbus, Ohio, where she met him on her first day of classes at Ohio State University.

Alex Schoenbaum died in 1996 at age 81. His Parkette drive-in restaurant in Charleston became the very first Shoney’s in 1947.

Today, there are more than 100 Shoney’s restaurants in the United States.

Services are scheduled in West Virginia for Betty Schoenbaum.

Her funeral is set for Friday at B’nai Jacob Synagogue in Charleston, followed by a burial at the B’nai Jacob Eternal Home in South Charleston.

Rabbi Victor Urecki of the synagogue where Schoenbaum was a longtime congregant says she died Tuesday in her hometown of Sarasota.

Report: W.Va. Sees $10M Drop in Charitable Giving

A philanthropic group says there has been a $10 million drop in charitable giving in West Virginia over the period of a year.

The report released Tuesday by the Philanthropy West Virginia reveals there was a 2.2 percent decline in charitable giving between 2012 and 2013 while the national average for the same time period increased by 5.4 percent.

The Herald-Dispatch reports the data examined federal tax return numbers from 2013, the most recent year available.

Paul D. Daugherty, president and chief executive officer of the group, says the decline was due to the state’s slower recovery from the 2008 recession.

Philanthropy West Virginia describes itself as a statewide leadership organization for private, family, corporate and community foundations.

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