Stewart Rahr "RAH-RAH" Celebrity Challenge Surpasses $800,000 in Donations

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Stewart Rahr, the flamboyant philanthropic billionaire announced that he has now donated more than $800,000 to charity through an online trivia game via email with his friends.  The most recent Forbes 400 list ranked Stewart Rahr #327 with a net worth estimated at $1.7 Billion.

400 of Stewart's friends – including Actor Ed Norton, Rapper LL Cool J and others – as special people to Stewart – participate in the game regularly.

September donations were made to AABR Foundation Inc, Hebrew Academy of Five Towns & Rockaway, Children's Tumor Foundation, Harboring Hearts Housing Foundation, March to the Top – Africa, Maasai Wilderness Conservation Fund, Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths and a $100,000 donation to the Eric Trump Foundation.

Stewart Rahr is the largest donor in the history of Make-A-Wish, responsible for making countless dreams come true for the 'Make a Wish' children.  His donations have benefitted hundreds of organizations including: The Buoniconti Fund, The Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Keep a Child Alive, The Prostate Cancer Foundation, the NYU School of Medicine, Faster Cures, Robin Hood Foundation, Melanoma Research Alliance, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces and many more.

More information on the Rahr Foundation is available at www.rahrfoundation.org

SOURCE Rahr Foundation