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He was born and raised in West Philadelphia, and, with his wife, Caroline, spends time in New York City, Philadelphia, and California. He has committed more than $850 million to various philanthropic causes. The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center’s production of Sidney Kimmel: Then and Now earned two 2016 Telly Awards: a silver award in the ...
Learn more about Sidney Kimmel’s giving; the progression and impact of transformative philanthropy. This is the vision of the Sidney Kimmel Foundation. Formed in 1993, the Foundation has committed many hundreds of millions of dollars to causes that affect so many. The Foundation’s impact on cancer research, Philadelphia, medicine and Jewish ...
Learn more about Sidney Kimmel’s giving; the progression and impact of transformative philanthropy. This is the vision of the Sidney Kimmel Foundation. Formed in 1993, the Foundation has committed many hundreds of millions of dollars to causes that affect so many. The Foundation’s impact on cancer research, Philadelphia, medicine and Jewish ...
Born in 1928, Sidney Kimmel grew up in Philadelphia during the Great Depression. There can be no doubt that his ambition and drive are products of those hard times, but so is his generous spirit. Mr. Kimmel recalls an example of his parents’ generosity that resonates with him to this day. Sidney’s father, working as a cab driver in the ...
Apr 21, 2014 · April 21, 2014, 12:02am. View ALL 5 Photos. LOS ANGELES — WWD dubbed Sidney Kimmel “A Quiet Giant” in 1988, 18 years after he founded the Jones New York label. Kimmel subsequently served as ...
In 1998, the March to Conquer Cancer in Washington, underwritten by Sidney Kimmel personally, brought to our daily conversation the need for increased government funding of cancer research. Today, the Foundation is one of the lead sponsors of Stand Up To Cancer, which not only supports the most innovative cross-institutional research but also ...
kimmel, sidney The son of a Philadelphia cab driver, Kimmel, a self-made man, became not only a leading apparel manufacturer but possibly the biggest individual donor to cancer research in the U.S. Although he had virtually no religious education as a child, he became committed to Jewish causes and was a bar mitzvah at the age of 73.
