Highlighted Philanthropists
Veronica Atkins
Atkins is one of the top fifty most generous philanthropists. Newsweek also proclaimed her part of the “All-Star Team" in philanthropy.
Naveen Jain
Jain has been named one of the Top 20 Entrepreneurs by Red Herring, recognized for winning the Albert Einstein Technology Medal Winner, and received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2007.
George Soros
The Soros Foundations are an international network of local, Soros-founded foundations promoting sociopolitical activities.
Kenneth Langone
In 1978, he partnered with Bernard Marcus and Arthur Blank to found Home Depot, which today is one of the largest and most successful chains in the home improvement industry. He has contributed almost $150 million dollars to various charities.
Eli Broad
Eli Broad is the developer who created two Fortune 500 companies, SunAmerica and KB Homes (formerly Kaufman Broad Homes). He currently lives in Los Angeles, and is active in projects to revitalize its downtown.
- In 1999, the Broads founded The Broad Education Foundation and has committed over $500 million to support new ideas and innovative leadership in the urban school system. One of the flagship initiatives, the Broad Prize for Urban Education, awards $1 million to stellar urban school districts.
- Since 1984, the Broad Art Foundation has operated as an art lending library, sharing the Broad Art Collection with over 400 museums and university galleries internationally. In the realm of art philanthropy, the Broads have given a gift earmarked to fund the building of the Broad Art Museum.
- Broad also endowed his alma mater, Michigan State University with the Eli Broad College of Business. Other educational institutions benefiting from the Broads’ generosity include MIT and Harvard, where a $100 million donation resulted in the creation of the Broad Institute.