Real estate entrepreneur Harold Grinspoon, founder and president of Aspen Square Management, established the Harold Grinspoon Foundation in 1993 in West Springfield, Massachusetts and continues to play an active role in the foundation as its chairman.

He also serves on the board of the birthright israel Foundation, and he and his wife, Diane Troderman, are founding partners in the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) and serve together on the board of governors of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life and are trustees of the Washington Institute.  Diane is also chair of the Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA), and serves on the boards of the Hadassah International Research Institute on Jewish Women at Brandeis University, American Jewish World Service, B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO), The Jewish Funders Network, Hazon and the Davidson School of the Jewish Theological Seminary. In addition to their philanthropic activities, the couple travels and hikes extensively throughout the world.

Harold and Diane have also taken an active part in promoting education in the inner-city of Springfield, as well as fostering entrepreneurship among young people and encouraging energy conservation. These activities are carried out through a different foundation, the Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation, which has a separate website, www.hgcf.org.