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.
Peter Lynch
Peter Lynch is known for his highly successful stock picks at Fidelity Investments. He got his start at Fidelity after caddying for Fidelity’s president and other notables and went on to manage a fund which averaged a 29.2% annualized return since its inception.
- Peter Lynch gives money in several ways. He gives individually, through the Lynch Foundation, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, and two charitable trusts. The Lynch Foundation supports religious organizations, education, and cultural/historic organizations.
- Lynch prefers to support ideas that he thinks can spread, such as First Night. First Night is an arts and culture celebration on New Year’s Eve, to ring in the New Year. Another example is City Year, a community service program that began in Boston and has since spread to cities around the country.