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.
Richard Fields
Richard Fields is a native New Yorker best known for resort and Indian gaming/casino developments, including the Seminole Hard Rock Resort & Casino locations in Tampa and Hollywood, Florida. Richard Fields is also a rancher and owner of Jackson Land and Cattle, in Jackson, Wyoming. In 2006, Richard Fields became the owner of Suffolk Downs race track.
- In 2007, Richard Fields donated $1.7 million to The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) to help fund a research and clinical center for facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD), a form of muscular dystrophy. Richard Field’s gift is the largest private donation for a specific disease program in the Medical Center’s history.
- Richard Fields is also committed to helping underprivileged/neglected children. His involvement encompasses the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Good Shepherd Services. He also supports the Jackson High School 4H and rodeo teams by providing them with facilities on his ranch for training their animals.
- Fields and his family have also committed to placing an easement on the open cattle range he owns as part of his ranch. This easement will preserve the land and the culture of the Jackson area.