She has a love for the Canadian wilderness and, when not writing, can often be found canoeing, cross-country skiing, hiking or rock climbing, depending on the season. The plants and creatures in her Orca book The Twelve Days of Summer can all be found in her backyard. In September 2020, Feeney and his wife Helga shuttered his foundation, the Atlantic Philanthropies, after it gave away the last of its assets.Jan Andrews lives at the end of the road on a lake in Eastern Ontario. Of his $8 billion in donations, some $3.7 billion went to education, including $1 billion to his alma mater, Cornell. He eventually went public with his “Giving While Living” idea, which influenced Bill Gates and Warren Buffett when they launched the Giving Pledge in 2010.
Feeney, who cofounded the wildly successful retail chain Duty Free Shoppers in 1960, began by anonymously giving away parts of his fortune. The former billionaire who set out to die broke has finally met his financial goal. In September, Bloomberg also announced a $100 million pledge over the next four years to fund scholarships at four historically Black medical schools.Ĭharles “Chuck” Feeney Giving Focus: Science, human rights, youth Net Worth: Under $2 million Lifetime Giving: $8 billion Bloomberg Philanthropies has also donated more than $330 million to Covid-19 related programs ranging from medical research to paying for meals for frontline healthcare workers. He’s spent more than $1 billion to curb tobacco use over the last decade, and in 2018 announced a $1.8 billion pledge to Johns Hopkins University, his alma mater. The former New York City mayor and Bloomberg LP cofounder has poured more than $11 billion into charitable causes, according to his Bloomberg Philanthropies, focusing on climate change, gun control and public health. Michael Bloomberg Giving Focus: Climate change, health Net Worth: $54.9 billion Lifetime Giving: $11.1 billion
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