Michael Allan McIntosh Fund

The Michael Allan McIntosh Fund honors the legacy of Michael McIntosh, who guided his family’s foundation from 1971 to 2015 with creative vision, a passion for justice, and a deep sense of civic responsibility. During that time, The McIntosh Foundation became one of the most respected private foundations in the areas of environmentalism and public interest law. Michael labored to perfect an entrepreneurial approach to grant-making to leverage the Foundation’s mid-sized budget into an effective means of creating social improvement. He was a presence, both as an individual and a Foundation officer, in the flowering of the modern environmental movement and in the field of public interest law, cultivating creative solutions to deeply rooted social and economic problems.

Michael’s deep commitment to the public interest was well illustrated by his service on other boards as well. His board memberships included the Medgar Evers Fund, National Audubon Society, National Commission on Superfund, The Wilderness Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Earth Justice, and the Urban League of Palm Beach County. He also served on the boards of Physicians for Peace, Southern Legal Counsel, and Florida State University. Among the many formal recognitions that Michael received are the Founder of Justice Award from the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, the Community Service Award from the Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach, the service award of the Chicago Legal Clinic, and the United Church of Christ’s Racial Justice Award.