Caroline Kaufer (née Lipson) (August 4, 1962 – March 22, 2005) was an executive of a software development company 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.^[1] They also donated $250,000 to the Massachusetts General Hospital for similar research.^[2] 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 (class of 1980), Harvard College (class of 1984) and Harvard Business School (class of 1988).^[2] 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.

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• News release on TripAdvisor website
• Stanford Medical School
• Dana–Farber Cancer Institute
• "Caroline Lipson Kaufer died March 22 after a battle with neuroendocrine cancer. She was 42. " The Jewish Advocate April 7, 2005.
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Ruder, Debra. "Curiosity, money, and a mother’s anguish help inspire neuroendocrine cancer research, Paths of Progress, Fall/Winter 2006, pp. 18-22. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on January 27, 2007. Retrieved September 28, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Paresky, Susan S. "Kaufers’ generosity transforms into treatments for rare cancer", Impact Winter 2005 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)