Angel Ball 2025

Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation

Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research celebrated the 27th annual Angel Ball in New York City on October 27th hosted by co-founders, songwriter Denise Rich and her daughters Daniella Rich Kilstock and Ilona Rich Schachter, raising $3 million for cancer research! 

This year, the Angel Ball honored three outstanding philanthropists ~ Tina Knowles, Skye & Rufus Hankey and Amy Green. Dinner Chairs included the fabulous Simone I. Smith, Lorraine Schwartz & Ofira Sandberg. Honorary Chairs were Elizabeth Elting and Warren Lichtenstein. 

The Gala was emceed by CBS Mornings & Oprah Daily’s Gayle King and featured performances by the one & only Patti LaBelle, Montego Glover, Paul Russell and Ja Rule!   

The evening’s notable guests included: Michelle Williams, LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige, Star Jones, Blue Ivy, Brooks Nader, Clive Davis, Lil Kim, Mary Holland Nader, Grace Anne Nader, Sarah Jane Nader, Ubah Hassan, Melissa & Joe Gorga, Dennis Basso, among others. 

The evening was presented by Lorraine Schwartz, with additional sponsors including Valmont, Naviva®, Windsor International Limo, Armand de Brignac, Apres Caviar and Rumor Rose.  

“Big Time Adulting’s” Caitlin Murray shared her son Callum’s fight with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, reminding us of why funding research matters.  “When I say that we are the luckiest family, I mean it. When I say I understand the desperation with which so many families would give anything to trade places with us, because they have not been so lucky, I mean it, and that is why I am here today. Leukemia was once a death sentence for children, but with funding and research, cure rates for most childhood Leukemia is over 85%. This is not a miracle, this is a result of what money and science can do as a team, and it is for the families that are not as lucky as we are that I will never, ever stop advocating or fundraising for cancer research,because I cannot bare even the thought of what it might feel like to hear the words that your child has run out of options. I will always do whatever I can to raise more money for this cause. Yes, we always keep hope and we will always dance, and we will always pray for miracles, but I’d rather live in a world where we don’t have to rely on a miracle. As a mom of a cancer patient, thank you all from the bottom of my heart for helping fundraise for this very worthy cause – you’re making a difference.”

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Published : November 25, 2025
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