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philanthropy

[fi-lan-thruh-pee] / fɪˈlæn θrə pi /


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Philanthropy can fund scholarships, clinics, museums and disaster relief.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

These new givers “are almost certainly going to be fairly small dollar donors,” Jon Bergdoll, interim director of Data & Research Partnerships, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, said in an interview.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Philanthropy was all the rage among wealthy Victorians, and Annie tapped into that.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

Smith, advised by a three-person board and funded by a grant from Open Philanthropy, now works under the Center for Building in North America.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2025

A Publisher is not an Agent for Philanthropy In the same way, only more so, a publisher is concerned with the selling qualities of a MS. rather than with the writer's private affairs.

From The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors by Klickmann, Flora




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