Billionaire Jonathan Gray, head of global real estate at Blackstone Group, and wife Mindy are raising their philanthropic profile. Their recent seeding of a New York City effort to help families start saving for their kids' college was big news.
Read MoreChuck Royce is a pioneer of small-cap investing. He steered some of his wealth into philanthropy and even established a charity in the 1980s. A top interest? Arts and culture.
Read MoreConnecticut hedge funder Ken Tropin is yet another financier who supports the Robin Hood Foundation. But the New York antipoverty giant is just one of the human services organizations that Tropin supports through his foundation.
Read MoreDerek C. Schrier founded Indaba Capital Management, where he's managing partner. But a major component of his philanthropy with wife Cameron involves South Africa, where Schrier worked to end apartheid.
Read MoreGoldman Sachs veteran Douglas Kimmelman gives to health, the environment, athletics, and education. We explore some of the deeply personal elements behind this giving.
Read MoreInvestor Mike Vranos and his wife Anna-Karin have directed millions to stem cell research at Harvard. We dig into why the Vranoses support this science, and what they've funded.
Read MoreWhen you think of LGBT philanthropists, tech winners like Tim Gill and David Bohnett come to mind. Today we examine a lower-profile LGBT philanthropist, veteran Wall Streeter David Dechman.
Read MoreFounder of Fairholme Fund Bruce Berkowitz moved with his family to Florida last decade and is laser-focused on South Florida, with arts a top interest.
Read MoreBillionaire Gap heir Bill Fisher also works in the finance world. He and his wife Sakurako's giving focuses especially on the Bay Area, where arts and culture is a top priority. We take a look.
Read MoreFormer Highland Capital Partners Managing Partner and Boston Celtics CEO Wyc Grousbeck focuses his health philanthropy on issues of sight and vision. We tell you the deeply personal reasons why and what the financier supports.
Read MoreWall Street winner Paul Shiverick and his wife Betsy steadily support select schools and education organizations. We take a look.
Read MoreIn the 2000s, the number of poor in America’s suburbs eclipsed the number of poor in cities. Lake County, outside Chicago, has experienced this. The Gorter Family Foundation is on the case.
Read MoreOf the many Wall Street Givers we’ve profiled, no firm has produced more active female donors than Goldman Sachs. Today, we look at Robin Neustein, and how and why she supports female scientists.
Read MoreBillionaire couple Peter and Cynthia Kellogg steadily support the environment through their family foundation. We take a look at the deeply personal story that motivates some of this giving.
Read MoreGoldman Sachs winner Don Opatrny and his wife Judy are another Wall Street couple with a penchant for arts philanthropy, both in the east and out west. We take a look.
Read MoreA gold medal rower who once served as vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, J. Michael Evans has a pretty interesting background. Much of his philanthropy focuses on New York. We take a look.
Read MoreIn this new golden age of parks philanthropy, we keep coming across more donors who are putting this issue front and center in their giving. Here's another interesting case.
Read MoreFormer Goldman Sachs Partner Scott B. Kapnick and his wife Kathleen live in New York, as well as Naples, Florida, where they do much of their giving.
Read MoreRetired financier Jeffrey Walker now spends most of his time engaged in philanthropy and social change work. He tells us how he came to focus on the importance of systems and collaboration.
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