The Human Fund
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"The Human Fund" is a fictional charitable organization mentioned in the "The Strike" episode of Seinfeld, a popular United States based television sitcom of the 1990s.
Due to his unconscionable cheapness, George Constanza (played by Jason Alexander) found yet another way to save money. Instead of exchanging Christmas gifts (per normal custom) with his co-workers, when George was given a gift he in turn gave his co-worker a card stating that a donation had been made in their name to a charity called "The Human Fund" (with the slogan "Money For People"), when in fact this organization didn't exist. George had fabricated The Human Fund to get out of having to spend money on gifts. George's boss, Mr. Kruger (played by Daniel von Bargen), is told by his accounting department that his company needed to donate some money (for tax purposes). Kruger subsequently gives George a company check for $20,000 and tells him to give it to The Human Fund. The accounting department, after doing some research, later learns that The Human Fund indeed does not exist. When Kruger calls George on this, George becomes flustered and begins to babble on about how he made it up because he didn't celebrate Christmas and was embarrassed to tell anyone. He insists that his family instead celebrates 'Festivus'. Unconvinced, Kruger accepts George's invitation to the Festivus celebration at George's house to see if his story adds up.
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This is not to be confused with The Human Fund, a legitimate organization. From their mission statement :
The Human Fund effectively supports arts education programs for the under-served youth of the city of Cleveland, providing ongoing involvement and a commitment to funding several arts programs annually. We are a non-traditional foundation taking a fresh approach to fundraising. Our foundation takes arts education seriously and as a friend of the arts, The Human Fund is committed to long-term relationships and financial support for youth arts programming.
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| Characters | ||||
| Main Characters: | Jerry Seinfeld • George Costanza • Elaine Benes • Cosmo Kramer | |||
| Associated with Jerry: | Helen Seinfeld • Morty Seinfeld • Uncle Leo • Kenny Bania • Sally Weaver • Dr. Tim Whatley | |||
| Associated with George: | Estelle Costanza • Frank Costanza • Susan Ross • Mr. Wilhelm • Mr. Kruger • Lloyd Braun • George Steinbrenner | |||
| Associated with Elaine: | J. Peterman • David Puddy • Mr. Lippman • Justin Pitt • Sue Ellen Mischke | |||
| Associated with Kramer: | Newman • Mickey Abbott • Jackie Chiles • Bob Sacamano • Babs Kramer • Lomez | |||
| Other: | The Soup Nazi • "Crazy" Joe Davola • Minor characters in Seinfeld | |||
| Culture of the Seinfeld Universe | ||||
| Festivus • Master of your domain • Regifting • Shrinkage • Close talker • Fictional films in Seinfeld • Coffee Table Book | ||||
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| Episodes • Running gags • DVD releases | ||||
