Evelyn Haas will always be remembered as a patron of the arts, a civic leader, as well as an active philanthropist. Her previous involvement in numerous civic and cultural initiatives has helped quite a number of people. All in all, Evelyn Haas has managed to donate more than $364 million worth of gifts to a wide variety of civic, cultural, and social service organizations.

Born in 1917, Evelyn Danzig Haas was raised in New York City. She is a graduate from the Wheaton College in Massachusetts, where she eventually developed a passion for art. Evelyn Danzig also attended the prestigious Harvard Business School, where she met her husband Walter A. Haas Jr.

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Having garnered much wealth at a very young age, John Ilhan decided to contribute a large percentage of his earnings to charity. Before he died at the age of 42 in October 23, 2007, John Ilhan was also known as one of the country’s most generous philanthropists. He has provided regular donations to a wide range of charitable organizations.

In order to maximize his contribution to charity, he created the Ilhan Food Allergy Foundation. The foundation was primarily established using John Ilhan’s $1 million donation. John Ilhan was prompted to initiate the non-profit organization right after he learned of his daughter’s severe allergy to peanuts.

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She was named the most powerful female entrepreneur in the National Post and was named “Global Leader of Tomorrow” in the World Economic Forum in the year 2001. A year after, in 2002, Belinda Stronach was ranked no.2 in Fortune Magazine’s list of the world’s most powerful women in business. The following year, she earned one of Canada’s oldest and most distinguished awards, the Beth Shalom Humanitarian Award. The award was in recognition of her exceptional achievement in humanitarian service. In April 2004, she was listed as one of Time Magazine’s world’s 100 most influential people.

On November 9, 2006, Belinda Stronach co-chaired the Millennium Promise Convention in Montreal, which was a nationwide campaign to recruit Canadians to help keep off malaria from the children Africa. Together with TV personality Rick Mercer, Belinda Stronach initiated the Spread the Net campaign to raise funds for insecticide-treated bed nets for families in Africa. For the efforts of her campaign, Belinda Stronach was awarded an honorary degree from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario in 2009.

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He migrated to Canada in 1956, arriving in Toronto with nearly no funds. Christopher Ondaatje initiated the restoration of his family fortune, building a career as a stockbroker. He became one of the founding members of Loewen Ondaatjie McCutcheon, and became a multi-millionaire by founding the Pagurian Press.

Sir Philip Christopher Ondaatje is an important benefactor, with the following groups in his list: Blundell’s School, The Sir Christopher Ondaatje Devon Cricket Centre at Exeter University, Somerset County Cricket Club, Dalhousie University, Pearson College of the Pacific, the National Ballet School, the Royal Ontario Museum, Massey College in the University of Toronto, the Chester Playhouse, Lakefield College School and Lester B. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize is named after Christopher Ondaatje.

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Aside from his prominence in the fast-food chain industry, Samuel Truett Cathy is also famous for his numerous donations and contributions to charity. The entrepreneur’s idea of service goes beyond just selling boneless chicken sandwiches. Samuel Truett Cathy is also a philanthropist; he has dedicated much of his time and money to various philanthropic causes, especially those related to the welfare of needy children.

In order to maximize his support for charity, Samuel Truett Cathy established the WinShape Foundation, which recently provided around $18 million to fund the development of foster homes and a summer camp. Aside from that, the foundation’s hefty donations have also funded several college scholarships and marriage counseling programs.

Due to its contributions to charity, Samuel Truett Cathy’s WinShape foundation was awarded as the annual winner of the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership in 2008.

The altruistic businessman even goes beyond corporate philanthropy; it is a well-known fact that he has welcomed homeless children into his home and has taught in Sunday school sessions.

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Having garnered a tremendous amount of wealth, Mohammed Al Amoudi decided to donate a large percentage of his fortune to quite a few charitable organizations. In 2007, Mohammed Al Amoudi made a donation of more than 25 million Birr to help fund the construction of the Harar Cultural Center.

Mohammed Al Amoudi covered half of the estimated amount needed to construct the cultural museum in Harar. According to Bushira Mohammed, Harar’s public relations officer, Mohammed Al Amoudi gave the pledged amount right after the cornerstone was laid at the construction project’s site, which happened after the closing session of the monthlong Harar millennium celebration.

The museum, which consists of several features including a public library, international gymnasiums, and conference rooms, was named after the Ethiopian businessman and philanthropist as a tribute to his efforts and generous contribution.

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In addition to founding one of the world’s largest chain of hotels, Conrad Hilton is also the founder of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The philanthropic trust was established in 1944. It eventually became the primary beneficiary of the Hilton estate after Conrad Hilton’s death in 1979. As of 2009, the foundation’s assets had reached an approximate total of $2 billion.

The Conrad Hilton Foundation has donated almost $900 million worth of grants since its inception. As a family foundation, the trust’s board of directors is mainly composed of Hilton family members who are basically in charge of the foundation’s grantmaking and financial responsibilities. In addition to these duties, the staff also administers the Conrad Hilton Humanitarian Prize and works to support various charitable programs and initiatives worldwide.

The Conrad Hilton Foundation currently maintains headquarters in Reno, Nevada and Los Angeles, California. The foundation mainly focuses on ten priority areas including various programs and initiatives such as providing safe water, preventing substance abuse, and ending chronic homelessness among others.

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Jon Huntsman is also known as one of America’s most generous philanthropists. In fact, he has donated to a wide variety of causes. So far his contribution to philanthropy has exceeded $1.2 billion.

Jon Huntsman Sr is the founder and principal benefactor of theHuntsman Cancer Institute, a cancer research facility and hospital based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The institute was established with the help of Jon Huntsman Sr’s pledge of $100 million. Since the institute was founded, he has given a total of over $250 million (coming from his own pockets) as donation.

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As a philanthropist, John Templeton Foundation is dedicated to helping explore the core of spirituality and science. So far, the foundation has donated more than $3.6 million to the International Society for Science and Religion, a group that promotes and encourages the development of the dialogue between religion and science. Aside from this, the foundation also donated about $2 million to another similar organization, the Spiritual Enterprise Institute.

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Born on the 15th of October 1924, Lee Iacocca was raised by Italian parents in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He earned his degree in industrial engineering at the Lehigh University in Bethlehem. After graduation, Lee Iacocca received a Wallace Memorial Fellowship and he then flew to New Jersey to study politics and automotives at Princeton University. Lee Iacocca worked for the Ford Motor Company. After his stint at Ford, he went on to serve as one of the executives for the Chrysler Corporation.

Aside from working in large automobile companies, Lee Iacocca also created the Iacocca Family Foundation, an organization that supports diabetes research. The foundation was established in 1984 using the proceeds of Lee Iacocca’s bestselling autobiography, Lee A. Iacocca. Apart from helping diabetes patients, Lee Iacocca initiated the foundation in honor of his late wife Mary Iacocca, whose death was caused by the complications of type 1 diabetes.

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As a business consultant and strategist, Peter Drucker encouraged more than a few nonprofit leaders to start building a community that promotes the common good. During the earlier days of his career, Peter Drucker made a name for himself through his outstanding insights regarding business management.

His articles and books are widely read, and various companies and business personalities have sought his advice. His success as a strategist has placed him in a position that would allow him to influence a group of business organizations to take part in several charitable activities.

Peter Drucker is also the author of a bestselling book that serves as a guide on how to run a productive charitable organization. The book also shared tips on how to create a foundation that would strengthen leadership in the social sector.

As a testament of his excellence, Peter Drucker has been the recipient of various awards and recognitions. In 2002, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then US President George Bush. Aside from this, he also received various recognitions from the Japanese and Austrian governments.

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Since 1986, Ron Terwilliger has overseen his firm in Trammell Crow Residential. The firm is considered as the biggest developer of multi-family housing in the country. Aside from his work at Residential, Ron Terwilliger is also well-identified as a humanitarian. He has, in fact, been hosting charitable efforts in the city of Atlanta together with Mayor Shirley Franklin. From 1999 to 2001, Ron Terwilliger was also the chairman of the Urban Land Institute.

In 2007, Ron Terwilliger was voted to serve as the chairperson of Habitat for Humanity International’s board of directors. Two years later, Ron entrusted $100 million to Habitat for Humanity, a gift that will assist a probable number of 60,000 families.

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Alice Walton is also well-known philanthropist. Most of her charity efforts center on the Walter Family Foundation, where she serves as a board member. In addition, she is an active member of the board of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock.

With the formation of Camp War Eagle, Alice Walton created a unique summer camp in Northwest Arkansas that brings together children of distinctive and socio-economic backgrounds.

Alice Walton also led the Walton Family Foundation’s participation in creating the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Crystal Bridges is visualized as a highlight spot for a national art institution contributed to American art and artists.

Apart from her involvement in philanthropic causes, Alice Walton is also known for her love and passion for horses. She trains and breeds horses at The Rocking W Ranch.

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A native of Houston, Texas, John Mackey was born in 1953 to Margaret and Bill Mackey. He is a former philosophy and religion student at the University of Texas, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in the 1970s.

In 2003, John Mackey was hailed as the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Aside from being an award winning entrepreneur, John Mackey is also the founder of the Whole Planet Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to creating economic partnerships with various communities in developing countries.

The Whole Planet Foundation aims to promote the creativity of every person they work with in order to achieve prosperous economies. The foundation aims to achieve this by providing innovative assistance such as direct microcredit loans and other tangible kinds of support to a range of community partnership projects.

Aside from promoting a prosperous economy, John Mackey also advocates human treatment for animals. In fact, Whole Foods is the first chain of groceries in the country to set specific standards regarding humane animal treatment.

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Aside from football, Thomas Pickens also donated to several other causes. For several years now, Thomas Boone Pickens has been financing Oklahoma State University’s Stillwater campus. In addition to this, he offered about $100 million to support the academics department of OSU.

Thomas Pickens also made hefty donations to the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, as well as to the American Red Cross. He currently volunteers for the Meals on Wheels and has made around $700 million worth of donations for charity.

Thomas Boone Pickens was born on the 22nd of May 1928. This American financier is best known as T.Boone Pickens. Serving as the takeover operator and corporate raider of the hedge fund since the 1980s, Thomas Pickens has earned for himself an estimated net worth of $3 billion. He ranks as one of Forbes magazine’s richest men in the world.

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However, aside from his wealth, Prince Al Walid is also known for his involvement in various charitable initiatives. The Prince supports mainly educational causes that aim to promote a stronger relationship between Western and Islamic communities. Over the past few years, Prince Al Walid donated hefty amounts to various centers for American studies. He also funded several researches in a number of Middle Eastern universities, as well as Islamic studies in various western universities.

In 2005, Prince Al Walid made a generous donation of about $17 million to the victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake. In addition, Prince Al Walid bin Talal also bestowed Harvard University with $20 million. This is one of the 25 largest amounts ever received by the university.

Prince Al Walid bin Talal was born on the 7th of March 1955 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is a graduate of the Menlo College in California, where he obtained his degree in BS in Business Administration. Additionally, Prince Al Walid bin Talal also a holds an MA in Social Science from the Syracuse University.

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The Li Ka Shing Foundation is based in Hong Kong and Canada. The foundation was initiated with a mission to “nurture a culture of giving in the society.” Considering medical care and education as two of the nation’s most important assets, Li Ka Shing devotes much of his time in supporting various initiatives that promote the development of several healthcare and education services.

The foundation primarily makes systematic donations to several cultural and community welfare projects in Hong Kong and Mainland China. The Li Ka Shing Foundation works with other charitable foundations in order to provide sponsorships, grants, and commitments to fund various charitable activities. So far, the foundation has given around $990 million worth of donations.

The Li Ka Shing Foundation basically focuses on capacity empowerment through education. In addition, the foundation also aims to build a caring society by pursuing numerous healthcare related projects.

The foundation has managed to initiate more than a few major projects in the field of education. Some of these major programs and projects include the Future Internet Technology Research Center, as well as the Millennium Study Tour. As for the medical field, the foundation has initiated the China Disabled Persons’ Foundation, Operation Smile, and Lifeline Express among others.

Li Ka Shing is the father of of Richard Li, who is another active philanthropist. Faces of Philanthropy has profiled Richard Li, who is also a media mogul who has worked to fight SARS and assist the elderly in Hong Kong.

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Miami Beach resident Ike Behar grew up in pre-revolutionary Cuba where, as the son of one of Havana’s finest tailors, he learned the art of custom shirt tailoring. At age 20, he left Havana with $50 in his pocket and the dream of building a new life in America and a new empire in fashion. After a career which included mentoring and partnering with Ralph Lauren, Behar became one of the greatest names in American apparel manufacturing and design.

Behar’s work as an active participant in the Latin Auxiliary includes helping to fund programs at Miami Jewish Health Systems such as the Music Therapy Program. The Music Therapy Program helps promote the health and well-being of the organization’s nursing home residents through donations which help afford a full-time board certified music therapist, musical instruments, a wide range of music media and recordings, as well as support equipment and resources.

As a result of his humanitarian efforts, Ike Behar was awarded the Latin Auxiliary’s Lifetime Achievement Award held at its annual Luncheon & Boutique on June 17, 2010.

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Marie Josee Kravis and her husband Henry Kravis are major figures in the New York philanthropy community. They are currently ranked 25th highest ranking individuals who gave the most in contributions, as listed by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Marie Josee Kravis has also been recognized by New York Magazine as an “Influential in Philanthropy.”

Marie Josee Kravis is an active leader in the Henry Kravis Prize in Leadership, which recognizes innovation in nonprofit work. She is also a major patron of the Mount Sinai Medical Center, and helped raise $30 million for a heart research center there. As president of the Museum of Modern Art, she donated $10 million to the museum. Marie Josee Kravis and Henry Kravis have also been major contributors to Lincoln Center of Performing Ats, the Global Business Coalition, and Carnegie Hall.

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Apart from specializing in business, Richard Branson also focuses on philanthropic activities. For a time, he was contributing initiatives for South Africa. In fact, he worked with singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel to contribute to the founding of The Elders, a group of world leaders working together to solve world issues. The organization was also supported by South African leader Nelson Mandela.

In addition, he also established the Branson School of Entrepreneurship, an institution that works in partnership with Virgin Unite, in South Africa in 2005. The school works on the improvement of the economy in the country by promoting startup companies and small businesses with mentors, skills, networks, finance arrangements and services. Richard Branson was on trips to regions in South Africa to coach and mentor students.

Moreover, Richard Branson was the first famous guest in Reserve Dinners, a renowned charity fund raiser, raising money of more than $75,000 in one night toward his Virgin United aid group.

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Together with Edsel Ford, Henry Ford’s son, they formed the Ford Foundation in 1936. Basically, the private organization, which is headquartered in New York City, intends to improve the wellbeing of society. It makes grants through its main office in New York and through its other offices across the globe. Its first international office, which was developed in 1952, is located in New Delhi, India.

Fords Foundation’s first donation was in support of the enhancement of the broadcasting system in 1951. Later on, it contributed $1 million to the Children’s Television Workshop in the creation and launching of Sesame Street.

In the fiscal year of 2007, Ford’s charity reported assets of $13.7 billion and made official its $530 million in donations for projects that center on strengthening democratic principles, community and economic advancement, media, human rights, education and arts and culture.

The Ford Foundation is the third biggest charitable organization in the United States. It expanded to serve causes across the country and throughout the world in 1950 and eventually sold all of the Ford Motor Company shares. Today, the foundation continues to focus on the goals first set by Henry Ford.

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As he battled cancer, Michael Milken realized that he had more to offer by serving other people than by just doing business. As a result, he formed the Milken Family Foundation. A business mogul as well as a philanthropist, Milken also spent his personal wealth in fighting his disease.

Although known for his conglomerate takeover deals, Michael Milken also spends his time and money in support of charities. Although he started doing humanitarian endeavors early in his career, it was not until the mid-90s that he was greatly acknowledged for his work.

In 1995, he donated $5 million to a Jewish secondary academic institution. When he found out about his advanced prostate cancer at 46, despite it going into remission, he wanted to change his life and to make others aware of such a disease. Later on, he developed an organization that helped raise money for research in cancer.

Apart from dedicating much of his life to the foundation, he also wrote a cookbook about healthy living in partnership with Beth Ginsberg.

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As an active philanthropist, Tony Robbins formed his own charity called the Anthony Robbins Foundation. It started out as a campaign to give away bags of groceries anonymously to poverty stricken homes every year at Thanksgiving Day. Through the years, it has improved and now serves over 500,000 individuals each year all over the world. His philanthropic organization performs such deeds particularly during the holidays like Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year. What Tony Robbins’ foundation also does is inspire, educate and train those who are deprived financially and emotionally in the society.

Writing inspirational books is his other way of helping other people. In fact, he has created book and audio programs titled Awaken the Giant Within, which motivates readers and listeners in controlling their physical, financial and emotional health; and Unlimited Power, which aims to make people trust in themselves in overcoming fears.

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Anita Roddick established the Children on the Edge Foundation in 1990. The foundation’s purpose is aimed at defending the rights of the youth from all over the world. Through the charitable organization, children are assured that they are given significance, protected and their needs are met. It is further committed to support all the children’s rights “in accordance with the principles and provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.”

As part of her contributions to philanthropy, the environment and business, she published several books, such as Take it Personally: How to Make Conscious Choices to Change the World, Troubled Water: Saints, Sinners, Truth & Lies About the Global Water Crisis, Body and Soul: Profits with Principles and Business as Unusual: The Triumph of Anita Roddick.

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Apart from his efforts in real estate and other businesses, Sam Zell actively promotes education through philanthropic ventures. In fact, he helped raise funds for the Sam Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center and the Real Estate Department at the University of Pennsylvania. He also assisted in the establishment of the Zell-Lurie Institute at the University of Michigan, to which he has likewise contributed donations. He additionally funded the Zell Center for Risk Research at the Kellogg School of Management in Northwestern University.

Sam Zell’s involvement in education does not stop with endowments, though, as he acts as a member of the University of Michigan’s President’s Advisory Board. At the same time, he is one of the members of the Visitor’s Committee at University of Michigan’s School of Law.

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Gary Polson has crafted the culture of Cydcor to emphasize volunteerism, and Cydcor’s philanthropic ventures are a direct reflection of this commitment. Cydcor employees have the opportunity to have a paid volunteer day, and Cydcor has sponsored a Neighborhood Leaders Program in all of nearly all of its 200 offices. Cydcor emphasizes community outreach into meetings and events. Through its Neighborhood Leaders Program, Cydcor has supported more than a dozen charities. Cydcor’s philanthropic credentials, spearheaded by Gary Polson, are impressive for this midsized company based in Westlake Village, California.

Cydcor’s charities have included:

• Casa Pacifica, a program that serves abused, neglected, and emotionally children in the Tri-Country region of Southern Californa. Cydcor began its partnership with Casa Pacifica in 2007, with Cydcor employees working in a new warehouse to unload donations. Cydcor has also held clothing and toy drives for Casa Pacifica.
• Any Soldier, a program that sends care packages to American soldiers serving overseas. Cydcor donated 27 boxes of goods soldiers covet, such as newspapers, magazines, food, toiletries, and letters of support.
• Haiti Gospel Mission based in Despinos, Haiti. Cydcor donated 25 large boxes of vital goods to provide relief after the deadly earthquake of 2010. These goods were collected within a week of the disaster.
• Cydcor and Boys and Girls Club have collaborated in encouraging reading with the Reading Fair.

Cydcor community have also given vital support to the Massachusetts Special Olympics, Miami and Ohio Habitat for Humanity, Project Bread in Mass, Boys & Girls Club of Venice Beach, Muscular Dystrophy Association, American Cancer Society, Multiple Sclerosis Society, March of Dimes, Corazon a Corazon, Philabundance (NJ Food Bank), and Cattyshack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary.

“We’re proud of the Cydcor community relations program success, and we want to continue to support the important efforts put forth by our sales offices,” said Gary Polson. Cydcor believes it’s imperative to not only support the communities in which we live and work, but also to support those communities in which the Cydcor sales offices thrive.”

Cydcor recently announced the launch of the Cydcor Cares Program, which directly encourages its employees to engage in philanthropy.

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Born on August 15th 1964 in Dallas, Texas, Forbes ranked her as the 12th most powerful woman in the world in 2006. Together with her husband, Melinda Gates established the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000. The foundation has now grown into one of the biggest world renowned charitable organizations. She acts as the co-chairperson of the foundation.

Melinda Gates’ work at the foundation includes developing approaches to take on issues that need to be solved and to review the results the group has achieved. The foundation also intends to promote global health care, to get rid of poverty especially in the impoverished areas in the world, to support education and to offer access to technology in libraries.

As a result of their humanitarian efforts, Melinda Gates and her husband were named Person of the Year by Time magazine in 2005.

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The 62-year old David Booth co-founded the Santa Monica, California-based international finance firm, Dimensional Fund Advisors. Today, the company oversees 300 diverse accounts and funds that are valued at about $120 billion in assets. Dimensional applies Booth’s directive of “passive investing,” which has served him well in amassing his own fortune.

Aside from Dimensional Fund Advisors, David Booth divides his time functioning as a non-executive director and member of the Risk Committee of Barclays Bank PLC ever since 2007. Prior to establishing his own firm, he served as the managing director of the Global Operations and Technology Division for investment company Morgan Stanley & Co.

Currently, David Booth is a trustee of the University of Chicago Business School, of which he is a Master’s in Business Administration 1971 alumnus. He acknowledges the guidance of several key professors in shaping his own financial philosophy when it comes to efficient market theories. Of those that David Booth feels gratitude for his “intellectual epiphany” and sharpening his business acumen are Frank Reilly, Merton Miller, and the mentor he has considered the greatest force of influence, Eugene Fama.

In 2008, together with his wife, the normally fame-reserved David Booth, pledged a $300 million commitment to the University of Chicago’s Business School. The payment, spread over a period of years, will be partly in cash and in the form of a considerable share of stock in the finance firm’s parent company, Dimensional Holdings. In honor of one of its most prominent alumni, the school decided to change its name to The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Although the amount has not yet been broken down into specific programs and projects, the fund’s general purpose is to further the school publications and research centers, as well as the faculty’s professional development that includes securing the employment of and retaining the best professors in the academe. There is also the opportunity to use part of the amount to expand its reputation as a regional player through its international campuses already in London and Singapore.

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The company that the legend built also holds the title of being the Largest Corporate Cash Contributor in America as recognized by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Sam Walton was born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma in the year 1918. He passed away in 1992, and in his passing, left the distinction of having accumulated the largest American family fortune.

In his autobiography, Made in America: My Story, Sam Walton’s own ideals are clearly shown to have shaped the culture of giving across all his businesses and relations. He wrote about how important it was to encourage ordinary people to do extraordinary things. This is philanthropy at its truest core.

In 1987, upon his wife Helen’s encouragement, he put in $1,000 for his family foundation. Upon his death, he bequeathed a trust fund valued at $172 million exclusively for this institution. Wal-Mart Foundations and The Walton Family Foundation are the pioneer organizations, while there are also quite a number of philanthropic commitments that his family has established over the years.

• Sam Walton and his entire family have been the consistent guardians of advocacies for education. One recipient is the Knowledge for Power Program, geared toward public education and exploring financing alternatives for the sector.
• The Walton Family Foundation provides support through PRIs/loans, scholarships to deserving individuals, program and curriculum development, as well as technical assistance.
• Among the highest aid Sam Walton and his empire provided are:
• $3,000,000 – Blue Ridge School in Dyke, Virginia
• $1,177,709 – Center for Education Reform, Washington DC
• $1,270,304 – the International Community Foundation San Diego, California
• $500,000 – National Center for Educational Accountability, Austin, Texas
• $421,500 – Minnesota Association of Charter Schools
• A report by The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy highlighted how the financial donations of the Waltons have indeed become greater than their monetary value as they continue to change the lives of thousands. BusinessWeek named the Walton Family as one of The 50 Top American Givers in 2008.

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• Some of the charities Naveen Jain has contributed to include organizations dedicated to helping children in the community, such as the Bellevue Boys and Girls Club, Hopelink, Kindering Care, Treehouse, Peps, and Cry-Child Relief
• Naveen Jain also supports philanthropic organizations that benefit the Indian and South Asian community through education, research, spreading cultural awareness, and a variety of social needs. Naveen Jain’s contributions include donations to Indian American Education Foundation, Chaya, the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Vedic Cultural Center, ASHA, and SMVA Trust.
• In addition, Naveen Jain has also donated to medical facilities, research institutions and community programs such as United Way, Children’s Hospital, Overlake Service League, and IAFF Firefighters.
• Finally, Naveen Jain has made contributions to education and the arts, including donations to University Prep, University of Washington, and the Seattle Art Museum.

A full list of the charities and nonprofits that enjoys the support of Intelius and Naveen Jain can be found on the Intelius Philanthropy Page. Naveen Jain also keeps a blog tracking his and Intelius community efforts at Naveen Jain NonProfit News, which chronicles the nonprofits that he supports. His other blogs include Naveen Jain Space Explorers and Naveen Jain Internet Security.

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