# Reissa Foundation

Reissa Foundation is an Endowment / Foundation based in Fairfield, United States.

## Overview

- **Organization type:** Endowment / Foundation
- **Headquarters:** Fairfield, United States
- **Region:** North America
- **Address:** Fairfield, CA, United States
- **Founded:** 2016
- **Assets under management:** $66.4M (Altss estimate)
- **Website:** reissa.org
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/reissa

## Regulatory record

- **Reports private funds:** No

## About

Reissa Foundation traces its capital and governance to the RGK Foundation, the Austin-based philanthropic institution Ronya and George Kozmetsky built from the fortune George Kozmetsky co-created as a co-founder of Teledyne. When the Kozmetsky family restructured its philanthropic architecture in 2016, Reissa became one of two successor foundations alongside the Kozmetsky Family Foundation. President Suzanne Scott and Secretary/Treasurer M. Jordan Scott — a real estate developer by profession — lead the entity, with retired board member Nadya Kozmetsky Scott providing multigenerational continuity. The foundation pursues a blended portfolio that spans venture capital, buyout, expansion-stage, secondaries, and fund-of-fund commitments. Confirmed real asset holdings include Industry SoMa in Austin, a Northwest Austin container-homes project and a commercial property at 1632 S. 1st Street. On the grantmaking side, Reissa channels capital to vulnerable-population causes in California and Texas, while its investment arm engages in direct co-investments and seed-through-late-stage venture. The foundation participates in the Southern California Grantmakers network, the LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investment, and the LA County Arts Ed Collective Funders Council. With an Altss-estimated AUM of $66.4 million and no publicly disclosed staff headcount, Reissa operates from a lean base in Fairfield, California. M. Jordan Scott represents the foundation in the Asset Funders Network, reinforcing an institutional-philanthropy posture that deliberately mirrors the grantmaking-plus-investing model of the original RGK Foundation. In November 2024, the Scott family continued the foundation's steady board-level governance with Nadya Kozmetsky Scott formally listed in a retired board capacity. The foundation's structural distinction lies in its active investment posture: unlike most private foundations that outsource the entirety of their endowment to external OCIO providers, Reissa directly acquires real estate and commits to venture funds under family leadership. That architecture places Reissa closer to a family investment office than to a conventional grantmaking foundation, with capital generation and charitable distribution treated as two legs of a single, internally managed balance sheet.

## Sectors

- Venture Capital
- Buyout
- Secondaries & Special Situations
- Real Estate

## People

- Suzanne Scott — President and Board Member
- M. Jordan Scott — Secretary, Treasurer
- Nadya Kozmetsky Scott — Retired Board Member

## Questions

### What investment stages does Reissa Foundation target?

The foundation's investment strategy spans seed, start-up, early-stage, expansion/late-stage venture, buyout, mezzanine, fund-of-funds, and secondaries. Real estate is held directly rather than through third-party managed vehicles, giving the foundation both early-stage technology exposure via fund commitments and hard-asset positions on its balance sheet.

### How is Reissa Foundation governed?

The foundation is governed by a small family board. Suzanne Scott serves as president and board member, M. Jordan Scott acts as secretary and treasurer, and Nadya Kozmetsky Scott — granddaughter of the founders — served as a board member before retiring in late 2024. No external or independent trustees have been publicly identified.

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Last updated: 2026-06-03T20:00:00.000Z

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