Habitat for Humanity, Jimmy Carter, Habitat for Humanity Supporter, Habitat for Humanity, Unknown
"Habitat has opened up unprecedented opportunities for me to cross the chasm that separates those of us who are free, safe, financially secure, well…
Tags: Habitat for Humanity, Housing, Jimmy Carter, Philanthropy, Religion
Joas Santarita, Gregory Carr at VOA, Founder Gregory C. Carr Foundation, ParkTalk, Unknown
After retiring from his internet and phone businesses in 1998, Gregory Carr dedicated the rest of his life to philanthropy and charity. The year…
Tags: Gregory C. Carr, Human Rights, National Park, Philanthropy
Joi Ito, Pierre Omidyar, Ebay Creator, Joi Ito, 15 May 2007
Where others might stop after achieving amazing success, Pierre Omidyar continued to work to help others improve their lives as well. As one of the…
Tags: Change, eBay, Philanthropy, Pierre Omidyar
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
Library of Congress, Katherine McCormick, Woman Activist, Library of Congress, 22 April 1913
When her husband passed away, Katherine McCormick became the heir to a vast fortune, and knew right away she wanted to use it to help women. After…
Tags: Contraceptives, Katherine McCormick, Philanthropy, Planned Parenthood, Women
Milbank Memorial Fund, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, Public Health Activist, Milbank Memorial Fund, Before 1921
While Elizabeth Anderson was living in New York, she noted the deplorable conditions around the state and sought to improve them with her and her…
Tags: Education, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, Mental Health, PTSD, Public Schools, Women
None, Zachary Fisher, Founder Fisher House Foundation, Fisher House, None
Zachary Fisher couldn’t join the army when he was younger due to a leg injury, but was determined to support them in any way he could throughout the…
Tags: Armed Services, Military Service, Sea-Air-Space Museum, Zachary Fisher
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
Samuel D. Ehrhart, Peter Cooper's Generous Example, Library of Congress, 1902
"If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." - Bob Hope Peter Cooper (February 12, 1791 – April 4, 1883)…
Tags: Education, Locomotive, Peter Cooper, Philanthropy, Science, Steam
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
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