Caroline Kaufer

Caroline Kaufer was an executive of a software development company, Centerline Development Systems, and a philanthropist, especially for research into neuroendocrine cancer, the disease from which she died. Before her death, Mrs. Kaufer and her husband Stephen Kaufer gave $1.05 million to the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute to fund research of this rare disease. They also donated $250,000 to the Massachusetts General Hospital for similar research. The Stephen and Caroline Kaufer Fund for Neuroendocrine Research continues to support medical research around the world.
Kaufer was a graduate of Newton South High School, Harvard College and Harvard Business School. She was head of Centerline Development Systems, based in Newton. Her husband managed and was co-founder of TripAdvisor. The money that they donated has been used for research at, among other places, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University.