Moore Family Trust Foundation
Moore Family Trust Foundation
Sugar Rautbord Appointment to The Moore Family Trust
Sugar Rautbord
The Moore Family Trust Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Sugar Rautbord to its Board, formally welcoming a woman whose friendship, counsel, and philanthropic perspective have been part of the Foundation’s history for decades.
A prominent American socialite, philanthropist, author, and patron of the arts, Sugar Rautbord was for many years one of the most recognizable figures within Chicago’s celebrated Gold Coast social and philanthropic circles. Now permanently residing in Palm Beach, Florida, she has remained closely engaged with the charitable, cultural, and philanthropic interests that have distinguished much of her life.
Her relationship with the Moore Family Trust Foundation, however, is an especially personal one.
Sugar and the Foundation’s Chairman, Randal “Ran” Moore, share a friendship spanning more than four decades—a relationship characterized by affection, candor, loyalty, and an uncommon degree of trust.
Donna “Sugar” Rautbord has never been one to simply enter a room. She has a way of becoming part of its energy.
A longtime presence in the worlds of philanthropy, society, politics, publishing, and public relations, Sugar has spent decades bringing people together with a rare mix of warmth, wit, instinct, and unmistakable style. Born Donna Louise Kaplan in Chicago, she became a celebrated fixture of the city’s Gold Coast, equally at home at a charity gala, a political dinner, a television studio, or around a table where ideas, friendships, and future plans were taking shape.
Her philanthropic life has been as substantial as it has been social. Over the years, Sugar has lent her time, voice, and considerable network to causes she believes in, helping raise millions of dollars for civic and charitable organizations. She has also appeared on national television, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and Larry King Live, contributed to leading lifestyle publications, and authored three novels inspired by the glamorous, complicated, and endlessly fascinating worlds she knew from the inside.
Sugar Rautbord and Former California Governor Jerry Brown
But Sugar’s arrival on the board has a particularly personal resonance.
She and Chairman Randal Ran Moore share a friendship that reaches back nearly four decades, one built on far more than shared social circles. Through the years, they have collaborated on initiatives, supported one another’s endeavors, exchanged ideas, opened doors, and, most importantly, developed the kind of trust and affection that only time can create.
Their relationship has always had both heart and purpose. They know one another well enough to challenge, encourage, and occasionally finish each other’s thoughts. What began as friendship grew into a long-running partnership of ideas, introductions, causes, and shared commitments. That history makes Sugar’s joining the board feel not simply appropriate, but almost inevitable.
For Randal, this is the welcome of a trusted friend and longtime collaborator. For Sugar, it is another chapter in a life defined by connection, curiosity, generosity, and a talent for making things happen.
After many years overlooking Chicago from the Olympia Centre, Sugar made Palm Beach her home, bringing with her the same sparkle and social instinct that have followed her throughout her life. Whether in Chicago, New York, Palm Beach, or wherever the next gathering happens to be, she has always understood that the most meaningful opportunities often begin with a relationship, a conversation, and the right people in the room.
And now, happily, Sugar is in ours.
Quote From The Chairman; Randal ‘Ran’ Moore
