…poor residents of developing countries establish ownership of land and businesses, as the essential foundation for future prosperity. Philanthropy magazine background story, philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/home_land_security Omidyar Network initiative in property rights, omidyar.com/initiatives/property-rights…
…this test succeeds, management of more schools will be transferred to Bridge and other philanthropically backed groups. Philanthropy magazine reporting, philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/an_invisible_hand_up Summary of Tooley research, ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/379b98c4-4670-11db-ac52-0000779e2340.html#axzz3cfPkrtz7 Detailed Tooley whitepaper, object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tooley.pdf…
…have likewise funded academics investigating the physical remains of Mayan, Inca, Greek, Nabataean, Roman, and other civilizations. Philanthropy magazine interview with Shelby White, philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/ excellence_in_philanthropy/words_from_a_leading_culture_philanthropist Wall Street Journal reporting, wsj.com/articles/SB114746911548351719…
…in 1989 upon learning that instead of promoting tolerance of dissent and democratic governance, it was controlled by the Beijing security apparatus. Atlantic analysis, theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1993/07/finance-the-unifying-theme/305148 Duke University case study, cspcs.sanford.duke.edu/sites/default/files/descriptive/open_society_institute.pdf…
…be the best solution to the unrest and insurrections then sweeping that region. Li went to Guatemala to do some research and returned home convinced that rural people would always…
…to join forces with Rockefeller in opening the International Rice Research Station in the Philippines. Agriculture research stations in three other nations soon followed. Over the years, weather- and disease-resistant…
…Vargas. He also accumulated thousands of pieces of film memorabilia; posters; magazine illustrations; landmark animations, cartoons, and comics; and other artifacts of mass storytelling. Lucas is unabashed in his defense…
…spike in family church attendance in Dayton gave donors and service providers hope, early in 2017, that some of these new techniques may hold national promise. Philanthropy magazine reporting, philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/philanthropic_freedom/closing_the_marriage_gap…
…by philanthropists frustrated with the conventional and risk-averse research that flows from much public funding. Paul Allen’s three innovative research institutes (see 2003 entry in this section, plus separate 2014…
Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad put up $100 million in 2003 to start a new type of biomedical research center: One that seeks to revolutionize clinical medicine by building deep…
…This is the largest member base of the Smithsonian museums. Individuals also donated many of the artifacts that are featured in the collection. Shirley Burke offered her enslaved great-grandfather’s violin….
…out government science funding. Betzig got so sick of the paper shuffling that he quit academic research, becoming a househusband for a while, then going to work at his dad’s…