The Madeleine Gordon
Gift of Life Foundation
About the Foundation
Madeleine H. Gordon, Mady, is the Founder and President of The Madeleine Gordon Gift of Life Foundation. This 501(c)(3) organization provides financial assistance for deserving candidates of infertility care at UC Health and the Institute for Reproductive Health under the auspices of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the Institute for Reproductive Health. Together, they promote the possibility of a new life for Cincinnati-area couples by providing IVF treatments for childless couples longing to become a family.
The dream continues to be realized with each child’s birth. Today, with the foundation’s help, over 100 babies have been born. The first-born Gift of Life child has graduated college with a dual degree in Chemistry and French. Two of our “babies” have married and have had babies. We live to see the rippling effect the foundation has created for other generations and celebrate our “grandchildren.”
The foundation has been lauded as front-page news in “The Cincinnati Enquirer” and featured in national magazines and major television networks.
About Mady Gordon:
“Mady nurtured and loved the children she did not have by teaching American and British literature and coaching high school debate teams. Today, she revels in the families that Gift of Life has created and escorts them to plays, concerts, and hosting ice cream socials.
Mady sold riverview real estate in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was counted among the top five percent of agents in the United States. She was the first to convert apartments to condominiums and among the first to see Cincinnati’s glorious views and vistas as destinations for development. She followed her lead by making her residence a spacious duplex penthouse atop a beautiful Eden Park building, surrounded by a panorama of river and park in East Walnut Hills.
Mady has served as a trustee on the board of The Cincinnati Opera, where she focused on corporate development; the Cincinnati Art Museum, where she served on the Acquisitions Committee and worked on event planning and development, and the boards of The Isaac M. Wise Temple, The Children’s Theater and JVS Career Services. She has led book reviews at The Mercantile Library and has worked on committees at the library focusing on membership and marketing. Mady donated the Grand Staircase at the Cincinnati Ballet Center and is an avid theater fan, often sojourning to New York to enjoy Broadway productions.
Mady plays competitive tennis and pickleball and is a bronze life master duplicate bridge player. (Unfortunately, Mady has met her match with the game of golf!) She has traveled the globe, finding adventure, fine art, and exquisite cuisine, and has gained a deepening appreciation of cultural diversity. Mady hails from New Orleans; however, when asked, she unequivocally says, “Cincinnati is home.”