PLayman, poet, and athlete gather at the One World Trade Center – a site that commemorates the power of hope, recovery, and gathering together – when they share messages about the importance of investing on a better future during dinner the philanthropy of time100 on Thursday.
List of Philanthropy Time100 highlights 100 leaders who are dedicated to giving. The inaugural event occurred as long as some people referred to as “the crisis of generosity,” as the number of Americans who gave to deeds decreased-from two-thirds in the early 2000s to less than half in 2020. The federal government also tightened his wallet, releasing a broad cancellation of federal funds for foreign aid and other programs, especially those that highlighted in his escape.
The decline in giving comes together with an increase in the level of global inequality. Nearly three-quarters of Americans say that they believe their children will be financially worse than their parents, according to Pew Research Center, sentiments distributed by those in Canada, Spain, Italy, France and England.
The inaugural event saw the recipient of the award recognized the tension, while highlighting the important causes for them and trying to motivate others towards action. This is what the eight recipients of the awards are repeated during dinner:
Ken Griffin
Covid-19 is the point of the big talk that night, when the recipient of the award spoke about the way Pandemic encouraged them to take charity when the inequality became clearer. For Citadel CEO, Ken Griffin, work close to his heart involves the closure of digital gaps – unique access to technology and the internet. Coloring skin students are strongly influenced by this problem, because 1 in 4 black teenagers has difficulty completing school assignments because of limited access to technology, according to a study published in the National Library of Medicine.
“Education is superior to American dreams, but without internet access at home, millions of students are suddenly cut off,” said Griffin, whose donation of $ 7.5 million helped the city of Chicago give students the internet access needed for virtual learning. “Dermawan is a venture financiers of humanity – the dare to complete our biggest challenges. So tonight, I want to generate toast – to everyone here who have given so much to create a better world, and to inspire future generations to do the same.”
Ayesha Curry
Ayesha Curry, a food and lifestyle entrepreneur, felt a similar urgency only one year after she and her husband, NBA champion four times Stephen Curry, launched Eat. Learn. Play, when Pandemic accelerates their pursuit to improve the welfare of children into action.
“I remember looking around and realized that children not only lose access to school, they lost food, books, space that are safe to play and learn. They honestly lose the opportunity to develop,” said Ayesha Curry. “At that time fundamentally shifted our approach. It was not only about reacting to the crisis and that about rearrangement what could be seen as what support was encouraged by the community.”
The direct focus is to provide food and food ingredients, even though the organization has developed to include literacy programs, tutoring, and more.
“The spirit of entrepreneurship that continues to guide us is simple but strong,” he said. “Listen in depth and act bravely.”
Elizabeth Alexander
That night continued with the call for unity and courage by many award recipients, including the President of the Foundation Andrew W. Mellon Elizabeth Alexander. Under his leadership, this organization works to provide funds for art and humanities, even though it has also been a strong servant for diversity – both of them were attacked by the Trump government.
The President proposed to turn off the Endowment National for the Arts, the biggest funding for art, in a budget proposal in May, although this agency is only one of several cultural institutions that face attacks.
“I believe in the collective power of our voice,” Alexander said. “This is impossible to be more important now: our courage to be tested, our feelings to do for others and property of others are tested.”
Alexander encourages people to care for each other for greater collective good. “We are each harvest. We are business with each other,” he added.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
The script writer and artist who won the Pulitzer Prize Lin-Manuel Miranda, who said his roots in advocacy were part of his family ethos, began his speech by calling diversity as “the biggest thing we have and the biggest thing we export as a country.”
Miranda and her family are the founder of Miranda Family Fund, an organization that helps support color leather artists in the entertainment industry. This work is very significant like the Latin people, which forms almost one fifth of the total US population and is the largest racial or ethnic minority population in the country, has less than 5% of the role of the film industry. “More stories mean a better story means a better representation,” Miranda said.
He also used that moment to fight anti-immigrant rhetoric from federal officials and politicians. Nearly half of all US immigrants originated from Latin America, according to the Pew Research Center, although the government made a strong effort to reshape the face of the state through efforts to end the citizenship of the rights of the rights and end the legal protection for Venezuelan migrants.
“When immigrants were slandered more than before and were buried for all world diseases – I did not mean to be the biggest applause but got the biggest applause in our show, Hamiltonwho celebrated the 10th year: ‘Immigrant, we finish work.’ “
Badr Jafar
Badr Jafar, CEO of Crescent Enterprises and UAE special envoys for business and philanthropy, talking about rearranging philanthropy of “transactional actions,” for something “transformational.”
“Real philanthropy is not a charity. This is about letting what we see changes us, and let that change shape how we live with compassion and courage,” he said. “Reflection is important, because this is not just about generosity, this is also about accountability.”
Scott Miller
Scott Miller, former US ambassador to Switzerland and chairman together with the Gill Foundation, toast to activists who came before him. Miller spoke of the power of Frank Kameny, a soldier who was fired from his job because of his sexuality.
“Where most of them were forced to retreat – into the closet, into silence, even to the grave – Frank fought. He brought his case to the Supreme Court, and even though he lost the battle, he put the foundation for movements that would never be silenced,” Miller said. “Frank did not wait for the permission of the people who tried to make him invisible. He lined up, he organized, and he created a simple phrase but shook the world: Gay was good.”
Miller’s words came at a time full of LGBTQ+ America because the Supreme Court would hear cases of the legality of conversion therapy, and even the future of same-sex marriages looked shaky. Transgender and non-biner people have been specifically affected, due to executive orders who want to repeat access to sports, gender-gender care, and accurate gender markers in federal documents.
“Tonight I lift my glass to everyone who shows us what it means to push forward with the aim,” he added. “Progress is those who are brave.”
K. Lisa Yang
Investor K. Lisa who highlighted global changes that have been possible because of the giving of philanthropic, which reached more than $ 74.5 million in 2024 and includes helping further research into gene therapy for autism and designing the first bionic feet. Which dedicates his speech to his children, who Inspire him to work to create a world where neurodiverse individuals are respected.
Quoting the philosopher Maimonides, who said: “The highest charity river helps someone to help themselves.”
David Beckham
David Beckham dedicated his speech to young women and girls around the world, but especially those who live in the political conflict zone. The former 50 -year -old soccer and professional businessman highlighted his work with UNICEF to end gender -based violence and increase access to education.
“Whatever the situation, young people deserve our time and commitment to ensure a more free and fair world,” Beckham said. “Nowadays the world is a more dangerous place for children than time since the second world war. These children need us to advocate, and they need us to act. Don’t give up on them together.”
Time100 Impact Dinner: Leaders who make up the future of philanthropy are presented by The Art of Living Foundation, Cessna by Textron Aviation, and IBM.
