Billionaire Philanthropist Stewart Rahr Announces $350,000 In Donations
NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Stewart Rahr, the flamboyant philanthropic billionaire announced today the most recent recipients of his donations. Mr. Rahr is listed as #298 on the Forbes 400 according to Forbes Magazine with a net worth of $1.6 Billion.
Rahr sold his pharmaceutical distribution company and put aside $100 million to establish the Rahr Foundation. In the past 30 days Rahr has donated more than $350,000 to charity through an online trivia game via email with his friends.
His friends – some famous and well-known, and others just special people to Stewart – participated. The following charities are the beneficiaries of the most recent online trivia game:
| Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Associations |
| Andre Bocelli Foundation (Charities Aid Foundation America) |
| Baruch College Fund |
| Carlebach Shul |
| Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America |
| Doctors Without Borders |
| EFI Revlon Run/Walk for Women |
| Emunah of America |
| Friends of Israel Defense Forces |
| Girls Educational and Mentoring Services |
| Global Green USA |
| Good Shepherd Catholic School |
| Hebrew Academy of Five Towns & Rockaway |
| Helping a Hero |
| High Socks for Hope, Inc. |
| Hope for Change Inc. |
| Hospital for Special Surgery |
| Kulanu Torah Academy |
| Larger Than Life USA Inc. |
| Little Lighthouse Foundation Inc. |
| Los Angeles Ballet Inc. |
| Maasai Wilderness Conservation Fund |
| Make-A-Wish-America |
| March to the Top - Africa |
| Medical Development for Israel, Inc. |
| Miracle House of NY, Inc. |
| NephCure Foundation |
| NY Police and Fire Widows and Children Benefit Fund |
| Prevent Cancer Foundation |
| Project Mediashare for Haiti Inc. |
| Project Play |
| Russian-American Jewish Experience (RAJE) |
| Sailing Heals |
| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
| Syracuse University |
| The Brotherhood/Sister Sol |
| The David Foster Foundation |
| Yeshiva of Far Rockaway |
| Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst |
"I have always lived my life by Winston Churchill's statement 'We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give'. I am blessed to be able to give back so much to important causes," said philanthropist Stewart Rahr.
Rahr is the world's largest donor to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He is also a donor to the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, the NYU School of Medicine, The Buoniconti Fund, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Celebrity Fight Night Foundation.
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