WHAT INSPIRES PARI LIVERMORE
Pari Livermore began volunteering in her early twenties. Her commitment increased when she reached her 30s and created the Red & White Ball, a fundraiser for the American Heart Association given for single people in the San Francisco Bay Area. The success of the Red & White Ball events and Pari’s tireless efforts to produce them, won her a seat of the board of the American Cancer Society in 1988.
This led to an introduction to her future husband, Putman Livermore. During their friendship, Pari became inspired by the Livermore family’s devotion to public service. Put and his mother, Caroline Sealy Livermore were well known conservationists. Caroline Sealy Livermore was responsible for the founding of the Marin Art and Garden Center. Samuel P. Taylor State Park and the Richardson Bay Sanctuary. She has been credited for saving Angel Island. The top of the island is now named in her honor. Put was responsible for the formation of 11 California State Parks and was a founding member of the Trust for Public Land. One of Caroline’s and Put’s family foundations, The Sealy and Smith Foundation, has contributed over 900 million dollars to hospitals and medical education since its onset. The foundation donated 75 million in 2015 alone, and received the Santa Rita Award that same year.
Although a much more modest amount, always motivated by the Livermore family, Pari has raised almost 5 million for California nonprofit organization in the past 30 years.
According to a recent nonprofit audit by the California Attorney General’s Office, it was noted that Pari has a 30-year clear record of fundraising, and has received an extraordinary number of letters and awards for her nonprofit work. Additionally, Pari and her husband, Putnam, have contributed a considerable amount of their own funds to her chartable causes.
