Claire Bernard

Claire Bernard (born February 3, 1977) is an American philanthropist and writer. She is president and a trustee of the Mariposa Foundation, trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council and is a contributor to Vanity Fair, Vogue, and the Huffington Post.

Bernard devotes much of her time to furthering the Mariposa Foundation's mission and is an advocate for humanitarian and environmental issues in addition to bringing attention to New York City organizations focusing on social services in the city. Bernard is a Resident Philanthropist for Vanity Fair contributing to the magazines columns One-Click Tip of the Day and Do-Gooder Tip of the Day, using the platform to help raise awareness and build support for philanthropic issues. She serves on the International Rescue Committee's Children's Committee, the Global Fund for Women's Philanthropy Committee, and has spent many years fundraising for the American Museum of Natural History. Additionally, she is an Oxfam GB ambassador and serves on the advisory board of Narrative Magazine. Bernard holds BAs in Art History, Art-Semiotics, and Modern Culture and Media from Brown University and received her MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University.

Claire Bernard was born in New York City, New York. Bernard's grandfather was Herbert C. Bernard, owner of a successful manufacturing company who served as the longest-serving trustee of Congregation Emanu-El and served as trustee emeritus of Montefiore Health System.

From 1999 to 2000 Bernard was the co-founder and managing director of CharitableMe.org, a nonprofit, online organization that utilized the community-building power of the Internet to facilitate relationships between donors and nonprofits. Primarily focusing on facilitating in-kind donations, the site was an electronic exchange, matching the charitable contributions and volunteer opportunities from donors with the specific needs of charities. In 2003, she became vice president of the Mariposa Foundation, a private family foundation working to fund organizations in four specific areas: environmental, with a focus on national policy; humanitarian, focusing on disaster relief and water and sanitation; New York City, with a focus on social services and education and Hurricane Sandy recovery; and New Orleans, supporting the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Bernard was in charge of the foundation's grant making and operations, as well as the endowment's investments. Bernard's has conducted site visits to countries around the world for her grantees, including nations such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, and Bangladesh. In 2014, Bernard became president of the foundation, a position she currently holds.

• "Poop-Eating Worm", The Huffington Post, July 18, 2014
• "One-Click Tip of the Day: Join City Harvest's Facebook Page", Vanity Fair, October 1, 2010
• "One-Click Tip of the Day: The Human Soul is Not For Sale",Vanity Fair, August 22, 2010
• "One-Click Tip of the Day: Help Adrian Grenier Ban Plastic Bags in California (Non-Residents Welcome",Vanity Fair, August 11, 2010
• "One-Click Tip of the Day: Watch These Three Indigenous-Made Film",Vanity Fair, August 9, 2010
• "One-Click Tip of the Day: Pakistan's Flood Victims Need Your Help",Vanity Fair, August 4, 2010
• "Flying over the Oil-Spill Site", August 4, 2010
• "Checking in on West Virginia's Mountaintop-Removal Mining Crisis",Vanity Fair, July 21, 2010
• "One-Click Tip of the Day: Continue to Support Haiti",Vanity Fair, July 12, 2010
• "One-Click Tip of the Day: The Other Side of South Africa",Vanity Fair, July 2, 2010
• "Do-Gooder Tip of the Day: Angry About the Oil Spill? Plant a Flag!",Vanity Fair, June 23, 2010
• "Do-Gooder Tip of the Day: Help Refugees in Kyrgyzstan",Vanity Fair, June 22, 2010
• "Do-Gooder Tip of the Day: Be Proactive on World Refugee Day",Vanity Fair, June 18, 2010
• "Do-Gooder Tip of the Day: Be Like Obama and Support Clean Energy",Vanity Fair, June 14, 2010
• "Do-Gooder Tip of the Day: Help David de Rothschild Eliminate Waste",Vanity Fair, June 11, 2010
• "How to Help the Victims of the Oil Spill",Vanity Fair, June 8, 2010
• "Many Toilet Lines Have No End", The Huffington Post, May 31, 2010
• "Lobbying in Washington, D.C.: A Primer",Vanity Fair, May 27, 2010
• "Click Your Way to a Greener Planet",Vanity Fair, April 22, 2010