The Lois Pope Foundation and Leaders in Furthering Education (LIFE) are nonprofits dedicated to making the world a better place through various initiatives. These include contributing $100,000 to establish a new water system for a town in Guatemala after a hurricane, donating $10 million to build a research center at the University of Miami focused on paralysis research, and giving $50,000 annually to help Sudanese refugee women devastated by war. The founder, Lois Pope, is one of the top philanthropists in the United States.