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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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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A $25 million gift created the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Educational Campus, the pioneer Jewish school in Las Vegas, which began operations in 2008. Boston health care and housing provider for older people in need, Hebrew SeniorLife, also received a $5 million contribution from the Adelson couple. The same amount is pledged to Massachusetts’ Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home, to be paid out over three years until 2010. Private University Shalem Center in Jerusalem created the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies from a $4.5 million pledge by Sheldon Adelson. In 2007, Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Martyrs Memorial became the recipient of $25 million.

The Friends of Adelson Drug Clinic ($135,882 in assets) and the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation ($354,884) are two of Sheldon Adelson’s family foundations that are focused on the medical field. With particular expertise in oncology, neurology and immunology, the latter institute has adopted a new model of collaborative research since its founding in 2006.

Another vehicle for his generosity is the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Charitable Trust, which in 2008 had assets of $52.1 million. Cumulatively, his contributions from 2002-2006 are estimated at $105.9 million. In 2007-2008 alone, Sheldon Adelson made a total of $69.5 million in gifts to different charitable groups.

Sheldon Adelson’s greatest and perhaps most personal philanthropic involvement is with the Taglit – Birthright Israel Program (BRI). This initiative provides free educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults (18-26) who have never had the chance to pay pilgrimage to their homeland. Since its launch in 2000, it has received the aid of the Israeli Government, Jewish communities around the world, and private philanthropists. Sheldon Adelson is one such committed supporter.

From his young years as the son of a cab driver, he took a loan of $200 to start peddling newspapers at a Boston street corner when he was still 12. After some time with the City College of New York, he decided to make the leap to work as a mortgage broker.

Sheldon Adelson would find success in his consequent years as a financial consultant and investment adviser. In 1989, with the $128 million acquisition of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, he remodelled it into a 4,000-suite Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. To this day, at 75 years of age, Sheldon Adelson takes pride in owning, operating, and chairing the Las Vegas Sands Corporation.

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Stephen Ross’ company, The Related Companies, has developed more than $15 billion worth of properties across the country, including the remarkable 2.8 million square foot, Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle in New York City, said to be worth $1.7 billion. The company is also the major shareholder in CharterMac, the country’s leading finance provider for affordable housing in the U.S., with around 250,000 units across 44 states. As of 2007, Stephen M. Ross ranks No.369 in Forbes’ list of billionaires in the world. He recently purchased Equinox Fitness Clubs, incorporating workout centers into new developments.

In his effort to create a civic impact, Ross is a trustee of the National Building Museum, Guggenheim Museum and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He is also part of the executive committee of NYC2012, which aims to bring the summer Olympic Games to New York City in year 2012. He has also supported the United Jewish Appeal (UJA)-Federation of New York for many years.

Ross has contributed financially to several groups:

• Stephen Ross gave a $5 million pilot gift to Michigan University to fund a new athletic academic center. He pledged another $1 million to create endowed professorship in real estate at the university’s Business School. He also donated $50,000 for establishing the Henry Peace Endowed Fellowship in the university’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
• Stephen M. Ross and his associates in Time Warner Center also gave $60 million for the construction of the 100,000 square-foot new home for the concert hall — Jazz at Lincoln Center
• In 2004, Ross donated $100 million to the University of Michigan Business School, which is the biggest donation ever to a U.S. Business School and the largest gift to the University of Michigan over 187 years. The university’s business school was renamed the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

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• 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.

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Kirk Kerkorian was born in California in 1917. After dropping out of school during 8th grade, he became a boxer and won the Pacific amateur welterweight belt under the moniker “Rifle Right Kerkorian.” Kirk Kerkorian became interested in aviation and during the Second World War. He opted to learn flying in order to avoid joining the infantry. After the war, Kirk Kerkorian bought his own Cessna plane and served as a commercial pilot. He spent a lot of time in Las Vegas, but quit gambling in 1947. In this same year, he bought Trans International Airlines for $60,000, a company he eventually sold to Transamerica for $104 million. Following this business success, Kirk Kerkorian invested heavily in Las Vegas, buying lands, stocks and businesses, including MGM, General Motors, and Daimler-Chrysler.

Kirk Kerkorian’s philanthropic efforts focus mainly on Armenian causes. Most of this charitable work is executed by The Lincy Foundation, which he named after his two daughters.

• Kirk Kerkorian has donated $200 million to Armenia through The Lincy Foundation. The money was allocated to help Armenia build itself through infrastructure projects beginning in 2001. This includes the repairs of highways and the reconstruction of apartment complexes that were destroyed by the devastating 1988 earthquake.
• In 1999, Kirk Kerkorian donated $15 million to the American Red Cross.

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• 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.

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Donald Bren is known for master-planning communities. He was one of the first to pioneer the creation of plush residences complemented by amenities like green spaces, business parks, schools, and retail outlets.

In fact, Donald Bren is the master builder/designed behind Orange County in California, where he owns The Irvine Ranch property. He has also developed half of Newport Beach.

Donald Bren is Chairman of The Irvine Company, a real estate development firm with 30 million square feet of office buildings, forty shopping centers, two hotels, five marinas, three golf clubs and 25,000 apartments among other properties. Aside from Orange County, The Irvine Company has assets in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.

Cited as one of America’s top ten philanthropists, Donald Bren contributes to education and research.

• Donald Bren has donated $200 million to schools, students, teachers, and other members of the academic community in the Irvine Ranch neighborhood over the years.
• To train world-class scholars and researchers, Donald Bren has created 50 endowment funds to benefit faculty chairs such as those in the Caltech and Chapman University.
• Donald Bren also feels strongly about ecological conservation. He has committed no less than $50 million for the reservation and protection of the thousands of acres of wilderness and greenery in Irvine Ranch.
• In the field of research, Donald Bren has sponsored reputed institutions looking to prevent diseases, innovate in the field of technology, and strive for environmental sustainability.
• Donald Bren has also donated generous sums of money for organizations in Orange County, including the Orange County Museum of Art and the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

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