Editing Reginald Lewis (section)

=== Philanthropy ===
In 1987, Lewis established the Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, which funded grants of approximately $10 million to various non-profit programs and organizations while he was alive. His first major grant was an unsolicited $1 million to Howard University in 1988; the federal government matched the grant, making the gift $2 million, which was used to fund an endowment for scholarships, fellowships, and faculty sabbaticals.<ref>[http://www.reginaldflewis.com/beachglamour/legacy.html "Reginald F. Lewis as Philanthropist"]</ref>

In 1992, Lewis donated $3 million to Harvard Law School, the largest grant at the time in the school's history.<ref>[http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/fellowships/the-reginald-f.-lewis-fellowships-for-law-teaching.html "The Reginald F. Lewis Fellowships for Law Teaching"]</ref> The school renamed its International Law Center the Reginald F. Lewis International Law Center, the first major facility at Harvard named in honor of an African American.<ref>[http://www.law.harvard.edu/about/administration/facilities/buildings/lewis.html "Building Overview: Lewis International Law Center"]</ref>

While alive, Lewis made known his desire to support a museum of African-American culture. In 2005, the [[Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture]] opened in Baltimore with the support of a $5 million grant from his foundation.<ref>[http://www.reginaldflewis.com/biography-4.php "Reginald F. Lewis"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305110929/http://www.reginaldflewis.com/biography-4.php |date=2014-03-05 }}</ref> It is the East Coast's largest African-American museum occupying an 82,000 square-foot facility with permanent and special exhibition space, interactive learning environments, auditorium, resource center, oral history recording studio, museum shop, café, classrooms, meeting rooms, outside terrace, and reception areas.<ref>[http://www.rflewismuseum.org/about/facilities "Reginald F. Lewis Museum Facilities"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422065753/http://www.rflewismuseum.org/about/facilities |date=2015-04-22 }}</ref> It highlights the history and accomplishments of African Americans with a special focus on Maryland's African-American community. The museum is also a [[Smithsonian Affiliations|Smithsonian affiliate]].

Lewis was counsel to the New York-based Commission for Racial Injustice.