Raphael (Rafi) Toledano
PhilanthropistReal Estate InvestorAuthorCEO of Sorrento Property Group
Rafi Toledano began his career as a real estate broker, went on to lead an investment firm and then his private family investment office, and at just 25 became the largest landlord in the East Village. Success brought an early conviction: that giving back is a central part of life. He founded Rafi Toledano | Philanthropies to give back in every form possible.
One of the ten founding congregants of Hachaim Vehashalom, he today serves as its Founding Trustee and Vice Chairman. He is also the Founder and CEO of Sorrento Property Group, and the author of The Deal Itself. Through the foundation he supports college scholarships, housing, cancer research and care, and the Shuls and institutions that hold our community together.
A home is more than a building.
It is the school down the street, the clinic around the corner and the Shul that gathers every Shabbat. Rafi Toledano | Philanthropies gives to strengthen all of it.
Rooted in Jewish life
For Rafi Toledano, community has never been an abstraction. It is the minyan that needs a tenth man, the neighbor who needs a hand, and the shul that feels like home the moment you walk in.
He was one of the ten founding congregants of Hachaim Vehashalom, which began as a small basement minyan in Far Rockaway. He watched it grow, one Shabbat at a time, into a shul with nonstop minyanim in Cedarhurst, New York, where he now serves as Founding Trustee and Vice Chairman.
Those years taught him that the most lasting things are built together, a conviction he carries into his work as Founder and CEO of Sorrento Property Group. The company owns and manages garden-style gated communities across 13 states, with $1.4 billion in acquisitions and 4,000+ units.
For Rafi, business and giving have never been separate pursuits. A passion for philanthropy and for helping others shapes how he leads Sorrento, from the communities it builds to the military and veteran discounts offered at every property. It is the same set of values behind Rafi Toledano | Philanthropies, which carries Chesed and Tzedakah to families, students and patients of every background.
A minyan teaches you that no one counts alone. Everything I give back starts from that.
Where he shows up
One of the ten founding congregants; today Founding Trustee and Vice Chairman.
Walking every year in Central Park, with the Sorrento Property Group team leading the fundraising.
Helping families build and improve the homes they live in.
A scholarship that helps students finish their degrees.
Rafi Toledano
- Founder & CEOSorrento Property Group
- ChairmanRafi Toledano | Philanthropies
- Founding Trustee & Vice ChairmanHachaim Vehashalom
- AuthorThe Deal Itself