NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stewart Rahr,
the flamboyant philanthropic billionaire announced today several
recent philanthropic gifts. Mr. Rahr is listed as #298 on the
Forbes 400 according to Forbes Magazine.
Rahr sold his pharmaceutical distribution company for
$1.3 billion, and put aside
$100 million to establish the Rahr
Foundation with which he donates to many charitable causes.
Generous gifts have been made by the Rahr Foundation in the past 90
days to the following charities:
- $150,000 to the Melanoma Research
Alliance, a charity devoted to research programs regarding
melanoma
- $100,000 to The American Fallen
Soldiers Project to help provide comfort and healing to the
mourning families of our fallen military men and women.
- $100,000 to Daniel's Music
Foundation, a non-profit organization which provides free music
programs for people with disabilities in the New York City area.
- $100,000 to Harboring Hearts
Foundation, to provide heart patients and their families with
support through a home-like haven and a nurturing community of
resources.
- $50,000 to RAJE (Russian-American
Jewish Experience) an organization committed to sparking Jewish
life in Russian American society
- $25,000 to George Jackson
Academy, an independent, nonsectarian upper elementary and middle
school for academically capable boys from lower-income and
underserved families in New York
City
- $25,000 to the Association For
Advancement Of Blind & Retarded
- Additional donations were made to the Susan B. Komen
Foundation, Amfar, Play For Pink, Joe Torre
Safe at Home Foundation, Hospital of Special Surgery,
Lincoln Center for Performing Arts and other causes
"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. The Stewart Rahr Foundation will
continue helping people in need," said philanthropist Stewart Rahr.
Rahr is a donor to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 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,
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and the Celebrity Fight Night
Foundation.
CONTACT RONN TOROSSIAN,
212-999-5585
SOURCE Stewart Rahr