紐約古典音樂電台WQXR 的勸募 2017：Procrastination is okay...the time is NOW

Procrastination is okay...the time is NOW

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We are coming to the finale of this fundraising drive.  We  need to raise just under $30,000 in these next 3 hours of the drive to meet a critical goal of supporting music on WQXR. So right now, for the last time this fund drive, we are asking you to stand with us and stand for classical music.  I'm Ready to Support Music on WQXR If you have been waiting, a generous friend of WQXR is matching every gift until the end of the drive up to $30,000. $60 for the music will be turned into $120… $100 for the music will be turned into $200… $500 for the music will be turned into $1,000! There’s just no substitute for what WQXR offers every day. And there’s no substitute for what listener support does to make it possible! With great thanks for the last time this drive, Lisa Torres Senior Membership Director P.S. Your investment in WQXR in these last hours of the Fall Drive is essential to making the drive end on a successful note. Please act now!

Helen DeVos

• Helen DeVos, philanthropist focused on health, Christian education and the arts, dies at 90

Legacy[edit]

It was reported at the time of her death that the DeVos family had made donations of "more than $1.2 billion over the years".^[3] The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation was a major focus of the DeVos family philanthropy. Helen was especially active in charity to children, education, and music. The Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids is named after her.^[6] Other named buildings include Richard and Helen DeVos Japanese Garden at Frederik Meijer Gardens, the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse at Hope College as well as the theater there named for her parents, George and Wilma Van Wesep.^[7] The Helen DeVos Presidential Scholarship for study of music and the arts was created at Grand Valley State University.

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital is a pediatric hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a division of Spectrum Health. It is named for Helen DeVos, wife of Amway founder Richard DeVos, a major donor

美國的新超級富豪(慈善基金)如Soros, Gates and Koch，花錢不手軟，讓20世紀之初的大富豪興嘆，引發爭議

美國的新超級富豪(慈善基金)如Soros, Gates and Koch，花錢不手軟，讓20世紀之初的大富豪興嘆，引發爭議

本刊報導過Soros, Gates ， Koch兄弟偏向影響美國政治決策。

Giving Away Billions as Fast as They Can

By DAVID GELLES

A new crop of mega-philanthropists — with names like Soros, Gates and Koch — is eclipsing the old guard, changing the rules and courting controversy.

George Soros's Open Society Foundations

investors. Some bankers worry the frenzy will end badly.

George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations

By DAVID GELLES

Mr. Soros has moved about $18 billion to Open Society, the charity he founded which promotes human rights around the world. He plans to give still more.

The Wall Street Journal

With this transfer, George Soros's Open Society has vaulted to the top ranks of philanthropic organizations, appearing to become the second largest in the U.S. by assets after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, based on 2014 figures from the National Philanthropic Trust.

George Soros Transfers $18 Billion to His Foundation, Creating an Instant Giant

The 87-year-old pioneer of hedge-fund investing has transferred the bulk of…

WSJ.COM

CZI Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

About | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

https://chanzuckerberg.com/about

At Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, we unite great minds in science, technology and education. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are joined by fellow experts.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a limited liability company founded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan with an investment of "up to ...

Stanford University

Five Stanford scientists have been selected to develop technologies to complete the Human Cell Atlas, a global collaboration funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to characterize and map all cells in a healthy human body.

Mapping the basic units of life

The Human Cell Atlas will be a fundamental resource for scientists, allowing them to better understand how healthy cells work, and what goes wrong when disease strikes.

CHANZUCKERBERG.COM

Chuck Feeney's The Atlantic Philanthropies

Chuck Feeney's Story – Intro – The Atlantic Philanthropies

www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/chuck-feeneys-story

These words describe Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies. And yet this man, who has always preferred to fly economy and carries his papers in a plastic bag, created an organization that has helped make changes of historic proportions.

Billionaire philanthropist Charles Feeney lives frugally - Business Insider

www.businessinsider.com/billionaire-philanthropist-charles-feeney-lives-frugally-201...

Jan 6, 2017 - Philanthropist who has given away entire $8 billion fortune flew coach and carried plastic bags. ... It's satisfaction that you're achieving something that is helpful to people," Feeney said of his giving in video posted on the Atlantic Philanthropies site. Now in his 80s, Feeney has ...

巴菲特和比爾蓋茲都崇拜！他住簡陋公寓戴15元錶「每年捐12億」堅持不公布名字，你一定買過他的東西！

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