philanthropy
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"This might be one of the biggest stories in corporate philanthropy ever," said Michael Moody, a professor of philanthropic studies at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
In the aftermath, it was widely noted how French landmarks had already come to depend on foreign and domestic philanthropy for maintenance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
"The future of development will depend on bringing public finance, private investment, philanthropy, and technology together around what each country needs. The partnership -- and mix -- should evolve as countries do."
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Fraternities claim to be character-building organizations focused on brotherhood and philanthropy, but every week brings another story of misconduct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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
Heising-Simons and the Ballmer Group are among the philanthropies that in part fund Times education coverage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Philanthropic organizations have generally funded the first cycle of work, and from there it is usually a 50/50 “blended funding model” of philanthropies and governments, says Recidiviz’s Jacoby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The Oracle of Omaha reiterated his support for his successor Greg Abel, and said he would step up the pace of gifts to his three children’s philanthropies.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
Their targets include billionaire George Soros, whose Open Society Foundations are among the country’s largest philanthropies, and the Ford Foundation, another of the nation’s top grantmakers.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
The research philanthropies that had not yet made grants, such as the Rockefeller Foundation, signaled that they would look very favorably upon future applications.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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The Federalist Papers, No. 1 by Alexander Hamilton
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