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Abigail Disney - $10-$25MI was afraid to be bold in my 20s. The first leap I took was moving from LA to NYC – far from my family of origin, to have the space to become myself.
My husband and I started a family foundation in 1991 because it seemed like a good thing to do. The... More |
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Alan Slifka - $10-$25MFor 20 years I have given over $1 million a year to the Abraham Fund Initiatives, which I founded to support co-existence in Israel among Jews and Arabs. Of my annual giving of $4-5 million, I give 2/3 to co-existence projects and 1/3 to Jewish projects. ... More |
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Ariel Thomas Nessel - $10-$25MI pledge to give at least $1,000 a day away, every day, for the rest of my life.I've had the blessing of earning significant amounts of money in my career as a real estate re-developer, sustainably renovating tired and dilapidated apartment buildings into... More |
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Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield - $10-$25MWhen we started Ben and Jerry’s in 1978 we had no business experience and no money, so we sure weren’t thinking about philanthropy. We were worried about making the business successful. We had both failed at other things we had tried: Ben at being... More |
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Carol Newell - $10-$25MI grew up in Ogdensburg New York, in a business-oriented family, where our business was one of the main employers in the small town. My father was an executive at the Newell Company and my mother a home maker. After my father died at 48, my mother took his... More |
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Cathy Raphael - $10-$25MThe world is out of balance. We need to support the divine feminine parts of life that are much more loving and peaceful. When it comes to giving, that means breaking through the isolation and barriers that often exist between and among donors and... More |
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Diane Feeney - $10-$25M“How do I do the most good with my philanthropic dollars?” This challenging question has guided my development as a bold giver for the past two decades.
I was 21 when my parents created a family foundation so their five children could learn about... More |
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Doris Buffett - $10-$25MI live to give. Since inheriting money from my mother in 1996, I have given away nearly $35 million. I’m 78 and I’m pedaling as fast as I can to give it all away before I die.
I was lucky not to be raised in a wealthy family. I know what it... More |
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Elizabeth Sheehan - $10-$25MOver the past three years, I’ve completely transformed myself as a giver. Previously, I was the uninspired yet loyal trustee of our family foundation. Although our grant-making was generous and thoughtful, the process seemed perfunctory, not nearly... More |
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Farhad Ebrahimi - $10-$25MAs a teenager, I was gifted a significant amount of money. This gift came from my father, who was and is a very successful high-tech entrepreneur. Even as I write this, he's probably out there making more money, and all of it will be set aside for family.... More |
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Genevieve Vaughan - $10-$25MIn 1979, my father told me had inherited many millions.
I decided to give it to social change projects. Here’s why: I had a vision of a gift economy (gift-economy.com) based on women’s values. I felt so strongly about this vision that I wanted to... More |
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Harry and Carol Saal - $10-$25MThe network technology company I founded went public in 1990. Previously, my wife Carol and I had not given much beyond $100 checks to direct mail appeals; now we could give in the thousands and tens of thousands.
The breakthrough in our philanthropy in both... More |
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Jin Zidell - $10-$25MMy goal is to bring safe drinking water to 200 million people by the year 2022. So far I’ve volunteered ten years of my full-time energy and given $7 million (half my wealth) towards that goal- -and at age 73, I’m having the most interesting... More |
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Joan - $10-$25MMy wise and beloved father once said to me, “Don’t ever invade the principal. Before you know it you could be reckless and lose everything!” I heard him, but long after he died I broke through that barrier and it scared the "h-" out of... More |
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John Hunting - $10-$25MAs a passionate environmentalist, John Hunting believes the time to give is now. When he inherited $130M from the office furniture company his father started, he committed nearly all of it to the Beldon Fund for environmental grantmaking. Instead of paying... More |
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Joshua Mailman - $10-$25MAll my adult life, I’ve woven together three passions – cutting edge philanthropy, socially responsible venture capital, and building networks to support innovation. I follow my instincts and move toward people and ideas that excite me, whether I... More |
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Kim - $10-$25MMy inherited wealth comes from a business that is still in the family. Whatever income I don't need I give back to the community. Currently that surplus is $500,000 a year and growing. For the past 25 years I have done my giving on my own. Now I'm working to... More |
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Kristin Hull - $10-$25MFor 25 years, when people ask me what I do, I have always answered, “I am an educator.” Lately, I have started to introduce myself as an entrepreneur. I realize that I have a lifetime of experience with start- ups. Both of my parents are... More |
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Phil Villers - $10-$25MI came to the U.S. when I was five, fleeing France with my family two hours ahead of the German army. This experience may have helped to shape my social conscience. As a young man, my father pushed me toward sciences and engineering, so I became a mechanical... More |
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Sheri Cohen - $10-$25MI grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba in a Jewish Family. My father and his five brothers grew up working class. They established SAAN stores/Gendis and were successful financially.
My life however, was complicated. I grew up as a survivor of violence, abuse and... More |
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Zell Kravinsky - $10-$25MI always wanted to to be a philanthropist and to give part of my body away to help others. Now at age 54, I am pleased to say I have done both.
I have had a successful real estate business. In 2003, I reached a point when I had provided for my kids and had... More |