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Unbound, formerly Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, is a nonprofit international development organization headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas. Unbound was founded by lay Catholics acting on the Gospel call to serve the poor. Its sponsorship program provides direct cash transfers to sponsored members who determine how to use their ...
Eugene Hanley (April 2, 1926 – April 20, 2009) [1] was an American labor leader in New York City, and an associate of the Genovese crime family.Hanley took over as President of Local 257 of the New York City District Council of Carpenters for his father-in-law, a Genovese mobster named Will Graziano.
[29] [30] In 2022, Shafiroff was named the “First Lady of Philanthropy of New York” by Rebecca Seawright, on behalf of the New York State Assembly. [31] In November 2022, the 117th US Congress recognized Jean for her work in philanthropy through US Representative Carolyn Maloney of New York, including honors from the French Heritage Society ...
The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City. The organization also administers a relief fund for disasters in the New York City area. In 2010, a key supporter gave every family with children on welfare in New York State $200 to buy school supplies. [6]
The first of the “Art Unbound” exhibits came about when Rond brainstormed with two library officials – Chuck Cody, fine arts manager, and Lara Oliver, Friends of the Library board president.
Peter Cooper – set up a free college in New York City to help poor people ambitious to improve themselves; Thomas Edison was an early alum [46] Petra Němcová – Czech supermodel; founder of the Happy Hearts Fund; Phil Knight – co-founder of Nike, Inc.; supporter of Oregon Health & Science University, Stanford University and the ...
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.
The Randolph Foundation is a New York-based charitable foundation that first operated in 1972 as the H. Smith Richardson Charitable Trust.It transitioned to independence from the Smith Richardson Foundation, assuming the name of The Randolph Foundation from 1991–1993, and was reconstituted as a NY non-profit corporation in 2002.