Bloomberg – As chief executive officer of the National Philanthropic Trust, Eileen R. Heisman counsels billionaires, receives their seven- and eight-figure wire transfers and accepts odd gifts such as surf boards and an antique Army tank.
Heisman has made the Jenkintown, Pennsylvania-based trust a player in the charity world. Since its launch in 1996, it has raised more than $3.3 billion in gifts and has made grants totaling $1.7 billion to charities around the world. The trust also manages $1.7 billion in assets, which include about 3,000 donor-advised funds.
