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philanthropy

[fi-lan-thruh-pee] / fɪˈlæn θrə pi /


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The investment, she said, marks an expansion of the foundation’s historic grant-making philanthropy and builds on the Walton and Kirk Kristiansen families’ shared commitment to invest in education.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The Times Higher Education website claimed recently that philanthropy to elite UK universities is in decline.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Foundation, an Oakland philanthropy started by the Currys.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The philanthropy is already rippling through City Hall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Working for the Soros Foundation, a privately funded philanthropy organization, Goldfarb had been focusing on a very specific health crisis—a hundred thousand inmates in Russian prisons with active TB.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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