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.
Philanthropists: Business
Kenneth Langone 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 Lewis has given millions to higher education. Lewis invests in people with clear, creative, courageous visions that produce results and is a major arts patron.
Richard Li In the early spring of 2003, the SARS virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) spread from southern China into Hong Kong. Richard Li and PCCW provided Hong Kong with much needed money and emergency aid during the outbreak.
Ruth Lilly contributes substantially to the arts. She is also an avid supporter of health advocacies, historical preservation causes, youth nonprofits and countless charitable entities, especially those based in Indiana.
Peter Lynch supports religious organizations, education, and cultural/historic organizations through The Lynch Foundation. Lynch also gives from Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, and two charitable trusts.
Alfred Mann ranked No.390 in Forbes Magazine’s list of The World’s Richest People in 2007 and No.12 on the list of most generous donors of the Chronicle of Philanthropy in 2004.
Bernard Marcus established the Marcus Institute, which aims to provide comprehensive aid to children with brain-related developmental disorders.
Gordon Moore and his wife Betty established the Moore Foundation to target science, conservation, and higher education.
Pierre Omidyar following the success of eBay, Omidyar and his wife Pam co-founded the Omidyar Foundation to fund non-profits.
Bernard Osher decided to invest in the state of Maine and his foster city, San Francisco, by funding projects that involved education and the arts.
Catherine B. Reynolds is the first person to develop supplementary structures to educational loans that are backed by private funds. She has also pioneered a reasonably-priced loan origination system among other programs to refine the state of education.
David Rockefeller followed in his philanthropist father's footsteps after serving in the army, earning a PhD from the Rockefeller founded University of Chicago, and becoming a banker at Chase Manhattan Bank.
Courtney Sale Ross is best known for her work with The Ross School, the innovative facility for interdisciplinary learning that Courtney Ross established in 1991 at East Hampton, New York.
Stephen Ross is a trustee of the National Building Museum, Guggenheim Museum and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Stephen Schwarzman has raised or contributed money to Phoenix House, the Red Cross, the Frick Collection, the Whitney Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, the Central Park Conservancy, the Asia Society, New York City Outward Bound, and the Inner-City Scholarship Fund.
Jeff Skoll created the Skoll Foundation which works on the principle of entrepreneurial philanthropy – a concept that has been adopted by other companies around the world.
George Soros began trading currency during the Hungarian hyperinflation of the early 1940’s. Soros operates much of his philanthropy through the Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundations.
James E. Stowers and wife Virginia Stowers founded the Stowers Institute to support Medical Research in Missouri to combat cancer.
Ted Waitt Through the contributions of The Waitt Foundation, Waitt has become one of the top 50 philanthropic contributors in Ameria.