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American Endowment Foundation for example allows successor advisors in perpetuity. [3] While a foundation can persist for generations or in perpetuity, some sponsoring organizations impose a "sunset" on donor-advised funds, after which they collapse individual funds into their general charity pool.
Lilly Endowment United States: Indianapolis: $15.1 billion 1937 [16] 13 Ford Foundation United States: New York City: $13.7 billion 1936 [17] 14 Silicon Valley Community Foundation United States: San Jose, California: $13.6 billion 2007 [18] 15 Garfield Weston Foundation United Kingdom: London: $13.2 billion £9.8 billion 1958 [19] 16
This type of grant allows for the decentralization of fund distribution and administration. For charitable grants and funds for schools and organizations see: Grant writing and Grants. There are over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 federal grant-making agencies. These programs fall into 20 categories:
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.
A corporate (company-sponsored) foundation is "a private foundation that derives its grant-making funds primarily from the contributions of a profit-making business. The company-sponsored foundation often maintains close ties with the donor company, but it is a separate, legal organization, sometimes with its own endowment, and is subject to ...
The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is a program formed in 2017 [1] to aid stewards of Black cultural sites throughout the nation in preserving both physical landmarks, their material collections and associated narratives.
The NAA Foundation is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization representing all newspapers equally. There are no requirements for membership, and the Foundation does not collect member dues. All programs offered by the NAA Foundation are supported by an endowment funded by the newspaper industry. [1] [2] [3]