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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Joan_KrocJoan Kroc - Wikipedia

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   Joan Beverly Kroc (née Mansfield, previously Smith; August 27, 1928 – October 12, 2003), also known as Joni, was an American philanthropist and third wife of McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc.

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3. melmagazine.com › en-us › storyThe Tumultuous Marriage Behind the McDonald’s Empire

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   Feb 14, 2017 · Joan Kroc was the second wife of Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's. She inherited his fortune and became a generous philanthropist, but their marriage was turbulent and passionate.

4. time.com › 4616956Joan Kroc Gave Away the McDonald's Founder's Fortune | TIME

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   Dec 22, 2016 · Joan Kroc parlayed his fortune to become one of the greatest philanthropists of the 20th century, inventively supporting liberal causes that would have made the conservative...

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     The Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Chicago Illinois

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6. apnews.com › article › joan-kroc-salvation-armyHow Joan Kroc's surprise $1.8 billion gift to the Salvation ...

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   Nov 8, 2023 · When she died in 2003, Joan Kroc stunned the Salvation Army when she left what amounted to $1.8 billion — roughly half her fortune —with instructions to carry out her wish for the centers. In today’s dollars, that is $2.9 billion.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2017/01/20 › your-moneyKroc’s Giving, Like McDonald’s Meals, Was Fast and Super ...

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   Jan 20, 2017 · What do you do with all that money when you can never spend it all? After Ray Kroc amassed a vast fortune, his third wife, Joan, gave most of it to philanthropic causes.

8. news.nd.edu › news › billions-served-mcdonaldsBillions Served. McDonald's Heiress Joan Kroc Took Her ...

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   Mar 13, 2004 · On a spring day two years ago, when making surprise gifts of staggering sums was still pure fun for the Big Mac billionaire — before she felt the deadline pressure of terminal cancer — Joan Kroc stood briefly before a crowd of Salvation Army officers and San Diego dignitaries.

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   Who is Joan Kroc?

   • (Christiana Botic/The Chronicle of Philanthropy via AP) First-class recreation centers in low-income neighborhoods — dozens of them, scattered around the nation. That was the vision of Joan Kroc, billionaire philanthropist and heiress to the McDonald’s fortune of her husband, Ray.

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   Who was Ray Kroc's widow Joan B Kroc?

   • Joan B. Kroc, the billionaire widow of McDonald's Corp. founder Ray Kroc who became known for her philanthropic donations to groups promoting world peace, died Sunday of brain cancer. She was 75.

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   Was Joan Kroc a churchgoer?

   • The occasion was the June 2002 opening of the Salvation Army’s $90 million Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in east San Diego. Kroc herself was not a churchgoer, though she believed in God, nor was occupying such a spotlight her custom.

   Billions Served. McDonald's Heiress Joan Kroc Took Her Philanthropy and

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   Did Joan Kroc take her philanthropy?

   • McDonald's Heiress Joan Kroc Took Her Philanthropy and Super-Sized It Billions Served. McDonald's Heiress Joan Kroc Took Her Philanthropy and Super-Sized It SANDIEGO It would begin with the mysterious blonde’s presence in the audience, or in the seat beside you on the airplane, or on the telephone calling from somewhere.

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10. www.cbsnews.com › news › joan-kroc-dies-of-brain-cancerJoan Kroc Dies Of Brain Cancer - CBS News

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    Oct 13, 2003 · Joan Kroc, who inherited the San Diego Padres from her husband Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's, passed away in 2003 at 75. She was known for her generous donations to promote world peace and justice, especially to Notre Dame, Emory and the Salvation Army.