The philanthropy card is used only to trump the competition, not as a chief selling point.
Today, Tides faces new competition from financial service providers getting into the philanthropy business.
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In 2010, he was given the Philanthropy Award at the 31st Annual College Television Awards.
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In a well-timed move on the eve of the philanthropy meet, billionaire G.
Google.org Executive Director Larry Brilliant said the corporate initiative dovetails with the philanthropy's work on global health and climate change.
But another youngish (just not that young) Internet billionaire tied Zuckerberg, 26, for 10th on the Philanthropy list.
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The business is interesting, and the philanthropy is good for the soul.
Throughout his time in Texas, Sarofim has been present on the philanthropy scene, donating primarily to hospitals, schools and the fine arts.
These are some of the key policy messages that have emerged through the regional preparatory meetings and the philanthropy event in New York.
That the youngest members of the Philanthropy 50 list are among its highest donors is also indicative of the giving nature of younger Americans.
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Stanford invited the philanthropy for a meeting in spring 2011, and the school became one of just two feeders for the foundation's new summer internship program.
The Lee family's name may be on the museum, but in South Korea much of the philanthropy comes from companies, not individuals, and the Leeum is no exception.
This iconoclastic programmer, who had combined one good idea with the right few lines of software to make an overnight fortune, wanted something radical out of the philanthropy business.
What came through is that the philanthropy that achieves the best results involves as much inspiration and perspiration as is found in Silicon Valley and other hotbeds of entrepreneurial activity.
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Adam Meyerson, head of the Philanthropy Roundtable, a nonprofit group that promotes and assists donors, says most people understandably are satisfied to know their money is helping people have better lives.
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Smith is almost certain to focus on operations inside the philanthropy, particularly the management of engineers producing products like communications tools for disease specialists in the field or Google maps identifying geothermal fields.
The philanthropy panel had five men.
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One challenge that sits at the heart of my role as the leader of this organization is guiding Tides through major competitive shifts happening now in the philanthropy sector, which could connect us to a whole new universe of donors committed to social change.
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The classic philanthropy model (the super rich who devote the rest of their lives to the effective distribution and use of their wealth to alleviate societal ills) is still a long way away for China as it needs to overcome the lack of religious, cultural and historical precedents to philanthropy that is so evident in western countries.
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Katzir is well connected in the educational philanthropy establishment and understands the policy and politics that underlie it.
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The business acumen of investors and executives are valuable skills in the world of philanthropy the Home Depot co-founder said, noting that he first felt wealthy after writing a massive check to a charity foundation.
My writing on the nonprofit sector has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Affairs, Society Magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Public Interest.
But even if the effect on philanthropy and the causes it supports is a modest one, the change should serve as a wake-up call for those who want to preserve a healthy and well-funded range of non-profits, from soup kitchens to colleges.
Last year GuideStar was launched in Britain, putting data online that had been sitting on paper in Charities Commission and tax-office cabinets, largely unlooked at, says Les Hems of the Institute for Philanthropy, the parent organisation of the British end of GuideStar.
Trevor Neilson, president of the Global Philanthropy Group which is now managing Madonna's Raising Malawi projects, played down the war of words.
On Monday at the Global Philanthropy Forum conference in Silicon Valley, Peter Buffett mixed his musical talents and his passion for improving the lives of girls and women.
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The Global Philanthropy Forum has affiliates in Brazil and Singapore and a spinoff in India.
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Can you think of a better reflection of the word philanthropy, which means love of mankind?
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