Featured Philanthropist
AL GORE
Al Gore served as the Vice President of the United States, under President Bill Clinton. A Democrat from Tennessee, he has spent much of his life concerned with environmental issues, global climate change, and environmental policy.
Warren Buffet
Buffett chose to give the bulk to his estate, 10 million class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway, to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Jimmy Carter
Carter has been the most visible proponent of Habitat for Humanity since 1984. Habitat for Humanity is a charitable NGO that provides affordable housing for the poor.
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.
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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.
Cheryl Saban is the Chairman of the Saban Family Foundation that has greatly contributed to various charities.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger has donated money and sponsored fund-raising events that have contributed substantially to the betterment of children’s causes.
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 Turner established the United Nations Foundation with a $1 billion pledge to benefit the United Nations. Turner also chairs the Turner Foundation.
Ted Waitt Through the contributions of The Waitt Foundation, Waitt has become one of the top 50 philanthropic contributors in Ameria.
Oprah Winfrey is most well known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show. Through her Angel Network, Oprah Winfrey has raised over $60 million dollars for various charitable organizations.