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Harold Osher – American map collector and namesake of the Osher Map Library; Helen Phillips Levin – American social worker and disability rights activist, supported grantmaking through her family's Jay and Rose Philips Family Foundation; Henry Ford – co-founder of the Ford Foundation; Henry W. Bloch – founder of H&R Block Tax company ...
The Almanac records the achievements of American philanthropy, profiles influential donors, presents statistics [10] [11] and polling results, [12] lists books and recommended readings in the field, provides a selection of philanthropy quotations, and summarizes modern approaches to charitable giving in the United States. [13]
Philanthropy in the United States is the practice of voluntary, charitable giving by individuals, corporations and foundations to benefit important social needs. Its long history dates back to the early colonial period, when Puritans founded Harvard College and other institutions.
$27.1 billion 1953 [10] 8 RAG-Stiftung Germany: Essen, Germany: $24 billion 2007 [11] 9 Azim Premji Foundation India: Bangalore: $21 billion 2001 [12] [13] 10 Open Society Foundations United States: New York City: $19.6 billion 1993 [14] 11 Lilly Endowment United States: Indianapolis: $15.1 billion 1937 [15] 12 Ford Foundation United States ...
Pages in category "American philanthropists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,390 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, gave the most to charitable causes last year, followed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, and Michael Dell and his wife, Susan ...
The book has been described as the authoritative reference on private giving in the U.S. [12] It contains sections on America's greatest givers, living and dead; the major achievements of American philanthropy in nine areas (including Medicine, Education, the Arts, Religion, Overseas giving, Local projects, and so forth); an annotated list of ...
In the 1996 book The Wealthy 100, authors Michael Klepper and Robert Gunther placed John D. Rockefeller atop the list of the richest Americans in history, followed by Cornelius Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor. [8] Bill Gates was the top living person, coming in fifth.