May Department Stores heir makes biggest LGBT group donation ever by a living person

Source: Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center — which this week changed its name to the Los Angeles LGBT Center — has received the largest gift ever given to an LGBT organization by a living person: $6.5 million.

Anita May Rosenstein, 60, of Beverly Hills, pledged the sum to the center, which will greatly expand its facilities and services in the coming years. Rosenstein is the great-granddaughter of David May, founder of the May Department Stores Co.

"My grandparents taught us that 'family values' mean you give back to your community," Rosenstein said in a statement. "If you can give, you must give."

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