An escaped criminal, known as Harry Crowl, but preferring to be called by his prison number 39013 (pronounced Thirty Nine - Oh - Thirteen), seeks revenge on the man who sent him to prison, millionaire philanthropist Horace Granville.
Due to lack of financial resources and support in the region, several philanthropic families have privately provided financial aid for 'Payame Noor University' in an effort to create opportunities for residents.
Kevan C. Barlow (born January 7, 1979) is a retired American football running back and current philanthropist who is an avid supporter of children's charities including the YMCA and children's cancer research.
The Nob Hill Gazette is devoted to covering the lifestyles of the socially prominent, affluent, educated, philanthropic and community-minded Bay Area residents.
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In 2003, Gupta established a philanthropy program for Speedera called "Giving Back", which provided free Internet infrastructure services to non-profit organizations including Unicef.org, Goodwill Industries International, Autism.org, and the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Together with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Ameera also formally opened the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge, where she accepted from Prince Philip an 800th Anniversary Medal for Outstanding Philanthropy.
Founded by the Aspen Skiing Company in 1980 to promote philanthropy in the community, the Aspen Foundation, as it was originally named, raised funds by distributing ski passes to donors: a similar tradition that exists to this day.
The couple were deeply involved in philanthropy, largely in support of Reform Judaism.
Boisfeuillet Jones (c.1913 – 2001) was an American educator and president of several philanthropic organizations in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Partnership: Local philanthropy, Head Start and Early Head Start, schools, parents, and families work together to ensure high quality programing.
The Center for High Impact Philanthropy has been mentioned twice on the blog of charity evaluator GiveWell.
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The Center for High Impact Philanthropy relies on a number of foundations for its funding, including the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
Charles Juravinski (born November 1929) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist, principally known as the founder and owner of the Flamboro Downs racetrack and the co-benefactor, along with his wife Margaret, of the Juravinski Hospital and Juravinski Cancer Centre in Hamilton, Ontario.
Winona Cargile Alexander (1893-1984), a founder of Delta Sigma Theta, in 1915 was the first African American accepted to the New York School of Philanthropy.
Over the course of two days in June, CECP delivers new data and research relevant to corporate philanthropy, presents inspiring keynote speakers such as U.S. President Bill Clinton, General Colin Powell, and Andre Agassi, and offers participants an open forum to discuss the important trends, success stories, and giving priorities affecting corporate philanthropy.
He was at that time a leading financier and also became active in philanthropy as well as in volunteer endeavors for the University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Art Gallery of Ontario and the YMCA.
By the 1850s, Kumler had become wealthy enough to engage in philanthropy, donating money in 1856 toward the construction of the Junction Railway between Hamilton, Ohio and Connersville, Indiana.
Both NJOP and AJOP were initially funded by significant grants from the AVI CHAI Foundation, a Jewish philanthropy established by Sanford Bernstein, a financial investor who had himself become a Baal teshuva (a returnee to traditional Orthodox observance) and sought to further the cause of education and outreach to alienated and assimilated Jews worldwide.
McGrath was a member of the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, the Development Advisory Council for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the National Academy of Engineering, and the New York City Public/Private Initiatives.
In 1901 the various volumes of his manuscript collection were privately sold, though it is now publicly available at the National Library of Ireland, the Boston Public Library, and the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Henry's brother William Elliot Hudson (1796-1853) was a barrister noted for his philanthropy and his support of the Irish language.
The Honourable and Loyal Society of Antient Britons was a London-based Welsh social, cultural, and philanthropic society, which was in existence from 1715 until the end of the 18th century.
2008, Hero of Philanthropy, Forbes magazine, special issue Asia magazine initiated this recognition, including four Filipinos: Jaime Zobel de Ayala, John Gokongwei, Ramon del Rosario Jr., and Oscar Lopez.
Love, Fiercely: A Gilded Age Romance is a dual biography of Edith Minturn Stokes and Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, a nineteenth-century couple known for philanthropy, architecture and documenting New York City history.
He was president of the Union Railroad Company, member of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, vice president of the West Baltimore Improvement Association, and trustee of numerous philanthropic institutions.
Joseph Regenstein (1889–1957) was an American industrialist whose philanthropy benefited the city of Chicago, especially the University of Chicago, where the Regenstein Library is named in his memory.
Katherine Buildings were model dwellings in Cartwright Street, Aldgate, London, the first project of the philanthropically-motivated East End Dwellings Company.
Since 1996, Macalester Plymouth United Church of St. Paul, Minnesota, has sponsored a hymn-writing contest seeking new hymn texts that "can motivate the church to be more actively involved in social reform." The St. Paul contest is funded with an endowment by A.A. "Al" Heckman, a church member who was widely known as Minnesota’s “Dean of Philanthropy” who died in 1994.
She became dedicated to philanthropy, donating the land that became Harriman State Park and largely funding the development of the controversial Eugenics Record Office.
In June 2013, Monique Villa spoke at the TEDxHousesofParliament event highlighting how the Thomson Reuters Foundation is reshaping modern philanthropy through the power of data, news and information.
Mount Forest's library was completed in 1913 with a grant of $10,000 from well-known philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
Parbati Sankar Roy Choudhury, (c. 1850-1918) was the zamindar of Teota (now in Manikganj District, Bangladesh) and a philanthropic landholder.
In 2006, McNair completed his course work for his Masters in Philanthropy & Development from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota in Winona.
Mr. Kazarian has guest lectured and spoken on both business and philanthropy at Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth's Tuck Business School, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the National School of Development at Peking University.
Sir Paul was knighted in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List for Services to the Arts and Philanthropy.
He is well known for his former company, CyBerCorp, which he sold for $488 million in 2000 and his subsequent philanthropy through his and his wife's charity, A Glimmer of Hope Foundation.
R.M. Lala’s impressive career spans journalism, publishing, philanthropy and writing books, including the best-selling biography, Beyond the Last Blue Mountain: A Life of J.R.D. Tata.
Ranken Jordan began as a small facility in St. Louis, Missouri on April 9, 1941 through the philanthropy of founder, Mary Ranken Jordan.
His career of combining entrepreneurship and philanthropy was the focal point of one of the seven keys to success in the 2007 book, The Millionaire Zone, authored by ABC Radio Host and AOL Family Financial Editor Jennifer Openshaw.
Barbara Ibrahim is the director of the Gerhart Center for Civic Engagement and Philanthropy in Cairo.
It includes series of letters from Olive Schreiner, Havelock and Edith Ellis, Henry and Kate Salt (among others) as well as some of Carpenter's own letters and many from a host of friends in all parts of the world interested in socialism, philanthropy, eastern mysticism, sexual psychology, and the simple life at Holmesfield.
Mercer has been an administrator and fundraiser for numerous charitable organizations such as the Kidney Foundation of Canada, St. John Ambulance, the Nova Scotia Lung Association, the YMCA and the Canadian Diabetes Association and is currently Past Chair of the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Foundation for Philanthropy in Canada.
In addition to his work with TSF, Stafford currently serves on the Boards of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Drexel University, Wesley Theological Seminary, Venture Philanthropy Partners, and Business Executives for National Security.
These concerns were expressed through the work of thinkers such as Ebenezer Howard and the philanthropic actions of industrialists such as the Lever Brothers and the Cadbury family, and architects such as Raymond Unwin, PRIBA, and Patrick Abercrombie.
In addition to creative ventures, Waxploitation has a longstanding commitment to philanthropy including their ongoing Causes album series has included songs from The Shins, LCD Soundsystem, Diplo, Death Cab for Cutie, Bloc Party, Devendra Banhart, The Decemberists, Sharon Jones & Dap Kings among many more.
Zachary Fisher (September 26, 1910 - June 4, 1999) was a prominent Jewish American philanthropist in the New York real estate community and a major philanthropic benefactor for the men and women in the United States Armed Forces and their families, as well as numerous other not-for-profit organizations.