Purdy-Kresge Library with a five and ten cent store that opened in 1899 in Downtown Detroit and now there are thousands of K-mart stores in the U.S. and in other countries. Also being a successful business man Kresge was a philanthropist. When The Kresge Foundation was founded in 1924, he thought his gains would be able to better mankind. The Kresge Foundation has donated millions of dollars to many colleges and organizations but the foundation is also known as a “bricks and mortar” foundation because it helped institutions and non-profit organizations. In 1949, the trustees of The Kresge Foundation offered Wayne State
Israel Discount Bank building the 30-story Bank Discount Tower to house the bank headquarters on Herzl Street in Tel Aviv, Bank Discount undertook the historical restoration of the Schiff House, built in 1910. The building reopened as the Museum of Banking and Tel Aviv Nostalgia, featuring interactive exhibits and old movie clips. Israel Discount Bank Israel Discount Bank Ltd. () is one of Israel's three largest banks, with 260 branches, around 5,700 staff, and assets of ₪185 billion (US$48 billion). Israel Discount Bank, formerly known as "Eretz Yisrael Discount Bank" or "Palestine Discount Bank", was founded on 5 April 1935 by Leon Recanati,