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  2. George Peabody - Wikipedia

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    In America, Peabody founded and supported numerous institutions in New England, the South, and elsewhere. In 1867–68, he established the Peabody Education Fund with $3.5 million to "encourage the intellectual, moral, and industrial education of the destitute children of the Southern States."

  3. Southern Education Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "Southern Education Foundation: Since 1867" refers to the Foundation's evolution from the Peabody Education Fund. Founded of necessity due to damage caused largely by the American Civil War , the Peabody Education Fund was established by George Peabody in 1867 for the purpose of promoting "intellectual, moral, and industrial ...

  4. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Oneida Institute of Science and Industry (founded 1827) was the first institution of higher education to routinely admit African-American men and provide mixed-race college-level education. [130] Oberlin College (founded 1833) was the first mainly white, degree-granting college to admit African-American students. [ 131 ]

  5. A look inside Founders Fund, as it closes on $5 billion ... - AOL

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    Founders Fund has garnered a lot of money from investors; it has also returned quite a bit of capital. Yesterday, the 17-year-old outfit took the wraps off more than $5 billion in fresh capital ...

  6. General Education Board - Wikipedia

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    The Rockefeller family would eventually give over $180 million to fund the General Education Board. Prominent member Frederick Taylor Gates envisioned "The Country School of To-Morrow," wherein "young and old will be taught in practicable ways how to make rural life beautiful, intelligent, fruitful, re-creative, healthful, and joyous". [ 1 ]

  7. Founding Fathers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Founding Fathers of the United States, often simply referred to as the Founding Fathers or the Founders, were a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the War of Independence from Great Britain, established the United States of America, and crafted a framework of government for ...

  8. Investment dollars for education, general fund to top $2B in FY25

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    Apr. 15—AAround $53 billion in state assets sit with the New Mexico State Investment Council. That's over five times more than the record-breaking $10.21 billion budget the governor in March ...

  9. Jeanes Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The Southern Education Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation, was created in 1937 from the Negro Rural School Fund, the John F. Slater Fund, the Peabody Education Fund, and the Virginia Randolph Fund. [12] In the 1960s, the Jeanes teachers and their students were integrated into public schools. [8] The program continued until 1968. [1]