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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

Historic Houston Photographs, Carnegie Library, Historic Houston Photographs, 1904

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled. Andrew…

Tags: African-Americans, Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Library, Houston, Philanthropy, Public Libraries

J.E. Purdy, Millicent (Wilson) Hearts, Philanthropist, Library of Congress, 1906

Millicent Hearst (1882 - 1974) is best known for founding the Free Milk Fund for Babies in 1921. For decades, it helped provide milk to the poor…

Tags: Disability., Millicent Hearst, Philanthropy, Poverty, War, Women

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

Library of Congress Catalog No. 2003690078, Bernard M. Baruch 1870 - 1965, U.S. Financier, Stock-market Speculator, Statesman & Political Consultant, Library of Congress, 1961

Bernard Mannes Baruch was a U.S. financier, stock-market speculator, statesman, and political consultant. After his success in business, Baruch…

Tags: Bernard M. Baruch, FDR, Financier, New York, Philanthropy, Speculator, Wall Street, Wilson

Oxfam, Theodore Richard “Dick” Milford (1895 – 1987), Oxfam, 1942

Dick Milford was a clergyman, educator, and philanthropist in England during the first half of the 20th century who is best known for his role in the…

Tags: Aid, Charity, Dick Milford, NGO, Oxfam, Philanthropy, Religion, WWII

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