Maisin Foundation

The Maisin Scholar Award is funded by the Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation.

Alexander Maisin was of Russian Jewish descent and grew up in Harbin, China, where his family had moved to escape discrimination and violence. He fled China before the beginning of World War II, and moved to San Francisco, coming as a new immigrant without any funds, and worked as a longshoreman, loading and unloading ships in the San Francisco harbor. He invested his savings into a house, then another building, eventually owning commercial and residential properties throughout San Francisco.

When Mr. Maisin died in 1995 he left a significant portion of his estate to establish the Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation, to support needs in the community to make a difference in the lives of people in the San Francisco Bay area. The Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation is a supporting foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.