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.
Earle I. Mack
Earle I. Mack was a senior partner of The Mack-Cali Company, a century old real estate investment and development firm, before retiring to become a philanthropist, a patron of the arts, and an activist in thoroughbred horse racing and trading. Earle Mack has also been an Ambassador to Finland.
- Earle Mack has donated to a number of causes, including education and cancer research. Earle Mack has been the director of Executive and Compensation Committees for DiGiorgio/White Rose Foods Corporation, Chairman Emeritus for the Benjamin N. Cardoza School of Law, and a member of the Board of Directors for the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
- Earle Mack has contributed heavily to the arts, especially in New York. Earle Mack is a recipient of the Governor’s Arts Award for his service to the arts in New York City. Earle Mack has served as the CEO and Chairman for the New York State Council on the Arts, Chairman Emeritus of the New York State Council for the Arts, and the former Vice Chairman of the Alliance of Arts. Ambassador Mack has also been a board member to the New York City Ballet. Earle I. Mack was the Co-Chairman of the Dance Theatre of Harlem and a member of the Board of Trustees for the American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet. Earle Mack has helped finance, produce and co-direct a number of films, including a 90-minute documentary called The Children of Theatre Street.
- Earle Mack is a passionate horse breeder and thoroughbred racing enthusiast. Earle Mack has attracted national attention for his activism efforts to establish horse trading laws in Tampa Florida that would make horse trading fair and transparent. Earle Mack has also been Chairman of the New York Racing Commission, a trustee for the New York Racing Association, and an advisor on racing issues and policy.