And it compelled him to found his own philanthropic organization, charity: water, which is focused on providing clean, safe water to poor countries.

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"The most dangerous words ever spoken in Midland are 'it's different this time', " says David Smith, executive director of the Abell-Hanger Foundation, a local philanthropic organization.

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Three-quarters of the men and women who come to STAR EMBA are there in hopes of gaining new insights on how to establish a philanthropic organization.

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This clearly was not a bank, which after all expects and demands repayment, but a fund, a philanthropic organization set up by the West for the rest.

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The Clinton Global Initiative is not a philanthropic organization.

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The TY Danjuma Foundation is a private independent grant making philanthropic organization based in Abuja, Nigeria which makes grants to and partners with Non Governmental organizations that champion and promote causes in Education, free healthcare, policy advocacy and poverty alleviation.

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He is a co-founder of The Giving Pledge, an organization that encourages wealthy Americans to donate at least 50 percent of their wealth to philanthropic causes.

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