Ken Griffin Writes Checks to Spur Citadel Employees’ Nonprofit Work

A new perk at Citadel and Citadel Securities has founder Ken Griffin personally writing checks for as much as $20,000 to nonprofit groups where his employees are serving in a board or committee role.

So far more than 350 employees are participating, with Griffin in for $10 million. The organizations that Citadel workers have chosen are largely concentrated in health, anti-poverty and education, according to Julia Quinn, Citadel’s director of philanthropy.