Henry Ford Hospital
Henry Ford stood at the center of the manufacturing revolution after he established the Ford Motor Company in 1903. People flooded to Detroit in search of employment, and the swelling…
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Cincinnati Works
…job-search and placement help. After a member lands a job, CW staff stay in touch with both the worker and the employer for at least one year to help ensure…
Supreme Assistance
…of university professors, supporting career development and detailed, esoteric, long-term research with the goal of bolstering academics working outside of reigning liberal orthodoxies. The trust has also been underwriting online…
Creating State Think Tanks
…think-tank work of policy analysis, they are increasingly becoming involved in new ventures like nonprofit journalism and public-interest litigation. Thomas Roe history, http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HfWeDjRW0HkJ:https://capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/ v1185478634.pdf+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari Directory of SPN state think tanks, spn.org/docLib/20120501_Map2012.pdf…
Entrepreneur High (Providence and Newport)
Rhode Island resident Bill Daugherty was wealthy by the age of 40. While in business school he came up with an idea for an online media and search company, then…
Mobilizing African Aid
…become involved in the subsequent decade’s massive effort to use donated resources to reduce transmission of the HIV virus, treat its victims, and search for cures. Paul Hewson’s charity, one.org/us/about…
Carnegie Bolsters Scottish Universities
Andrew Carnegie, one of the fathers of modern philanthropy, was born in Scotland. When industrialization crippled his father’s handloom business, the Carnegie family emigrated to America in search of a…
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
…Fibrosis Foundation to maintain and expand existing patient support services while directing additional money into a “supercharged” scientific search for a long-term CF cure for all patients. Washington Post reporting,…
Schultz Family Foundation
…career assessments, multi-week skill training, and job-search assistance, the new initiative plans to help 8,000 vets launch good careers every year, at a cost of between $1,600 per job placement…
Doers to Donors: Ray Dalio’s Campaign to Redefine Holiday Gift-Giving
…Dalio Philanthropies, the family supports a bevy of causes, including education, medical research, mental health, entrepreneurship and ocean exploration, among others. Now, through a campaign to redefine holiday gift giving,…
Ellen Browning Scripps
…in search of healing for rheumatoid arthritis, had established herself in a utopian community in Alameda. Her stepbrother Fred toured the state with her. They ended their trip in San…
John Templeton
One of the world’s most successful mutual-fund managers, John Templeton eventually dedicated much of his money and energy toward funding research into the relationships between two of his deepest fascinations:…