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Bain News Service, Mrs. Kate Wallert Barrett, Co-Founder National Crittention Mission, Library of Congress, Unknown

Kate Barett understood that in order to achieve her goals, she’d need to be taken seriously, which is why she pursued a medical degree in order to the…

Tags: Hospitals, Housing, Kate Waller Barrett, League of Women, Philanthropy, Women

Pacific Monthly, Simon Guggenheim, Philanthropist, Pacific Monthly, 1908

For every celebration and tragedy Simon Guggenheim and his family went through, he used his wealth to benefit the world as a result. When he was…

Tags: Philanthropy, Simon Guggenheim

American Museum of Natural History, Morris Ketchum Jesup, Founder of Nonprofit Organizations, American Museum of Natural History, Unknown

A black and white photograph of Morris Ketchum Jesup, a banker, philanthropist, and president of the American Museum of Natural History.

Whether…

Tags: Education, Morris Ketchum Jesup, Natural History, Nonprofits

Laura Carter Holloway, Philanthropist - Judah Touro 1775-1854, Laura Carter Holloway, 1884

Though Judah Touro often wished to remain anonymous when he made his donations, it wasn’t an easily kept secret, and he soon became known throughout…

Tags: Judah Touro, New Orleans, Philanthropy, Religion

Collaborative, Community Engagement through the Arts, Rutgers University, 2011

The Worlds Ahead Mural Project was an initiative of the Florida International University Art & Art History Department, the Miami Moving the Lives…

Tags: Art, Artwork, Florida, Mural, Philanthropy

Théodore Chassériau, Milestones in Philanthropy - Alexis de Tocqueville, Théodore Chassériau, 1950

"I am not so much alarmed at the excessive liberty which reigns... as at the inadequate securities which one finds there against tyranny."Alexis de…

Tags: Alexis de Tocqueville, Philanthropy, Timeline, Tocqueville

US Aid, US AID - From the American People, US AID, None

"There is no escaping our obligations: our moral obligations as a wise leader and good neighbor in the interdependent community of free nations – our…

Tags: Development, International, Philanthropy, Poverty, US AID