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gifts to be anonymous. Where this is not possible, he nonetheless does not seek the
spotlight and makes it clear that nothing in return is expected.
Jeffrey has also been an important benefactor to the Scholar Rescue Fund of the
Institute of International Education. This fund is designed to provide support and safe
haven to scholars who would otherwise be silenced, imprisoned, or even killed in such
places as Iraq, Iran, Rwanda, and Sudan. Jeffrey has also been one of the major sponsors
over the last several years of the “Female Economist of the Year” award offered by the
Stockholm School of Economics. Jeffrey and one of the foundations he has created were
the original sponsors and creators of “The Prize for Promise,” a national award program
designed to “identify post-graduate women of exceptional ability, ambition, brilliance,
courage, dedication, and vision” to encourage them to pursue their chosen fields of
endeavor to make improvements in the world. Yet another example of Jeffrey’s
generosity in the educational arena arose during his trip through Africa with former
President Clinton. Jeffrey approached the President of Rwanda and offered to pay the
room, board, and tuition for two worthy Rwandan students to earn an undergraduate
degree in the United States. Jeffrey has made good on this promise through the Clinton
Foundation, and the two students are currently enrolled at the City University of New
York where they are expected to graduate in 2008.
Jeffrey has also been a generous contributor to a number of wellness
organizations. In particular, he has donated significant sums to the Ovarian Cancer
Research Fund, the Alliance for Lupus Research, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the
Continuum Center for Health & Healing, the Institute for Music and Brain Science, and
the Center for Health and Healing.
Jeffrey has also been a long time benefactor of a number of civic organizations in
both New York City and the Virgin Islands. With respect to the former, he has been a
major contributor to the Robin Hood Foundation, whose purpose is to target poverty in
New York City by finding, funding, and partnering with the most effective poverty
fighting programs to maximize results. In the Virgin Islands, Jeffrey has donated money
to literally dozens of civic organizations in need. These have included educational,
sports, environmental, governmental, crisis intervention, children’s advocacy and
women’s groups. One noteworthy example is the Antilles School in St. Thomas which
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