Giving the Doers Their Due

“I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open Society. My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It’s their work that I’m supporting. So it’s not me doing it.”

–George Soros, billionaire speculator & founder of the Open Society Institute

Internet Philanthropy Contest

“Philanthropy shouldn’t be defined as a bunch of people writing big checks. Small amounts of money given by large numbers of individuals can be combined to do great things.”

—Jean Case, co-founder of the Case Foundation, which is currently funding a contest in which Parade readers and Facebook Causes members can win mega-$ for their favorite charities.

Jolie-Pitt Foundation Gives a Mil to Darfur

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt have donated $1 million to assist the two-million-plus displaced people within Darfur and the 1/4 million Darfur refugees in camps in neighboring Chad.The donation will go to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Rescue Committee and SOS Children’s Villages.

Make-up Mogul Elected President of World Jewish Congress

Estee Lauder cosmetics heir Ronald S. Lauder has been elected president of the World Jewish Congress, a nonprofit group which secured billions of dollars in restitution for Holocaust victims.

President of the Jewish National Fund, Lauder is also the founder of the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, a philanthropic organization committed to rebuilding Jewish communities in Central & Eastern Europe, where the mass destruction of the Holocaust was followed by Communist rule.

The Effect of Salad Dressing on World Charities

Paul Newman and the Newman’s Own Foundation donate all profits and royalties after taxes for educational and charitable purposes. Paul Newman and the Newman’s Own Foundation have given over $200 million to thousands of charities worldwide since 1982. www.newmansown.com