Jason Van Elst and Meg Vaysben

Biographical Highlights

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation provide grants to organizations that advance their mission and adequately steward the legacy of David and...

Written by Lindsay Stawick with some content from an earlier edition by Greta Hendricks Johnson

Definition

Since its inception in 1963, One Hundred Black Men of America, Inc. (One Hundred Black Men) is an...

Kristen E. Schlatre

Biographical Highlights

Paul Newman (1925 - 2008) was a man as well-known for his acting career as his philanthropic endeavors. He was an actor respected and renowned by...

Kimberly Fox and Newell Grant

Definition

Patriotism involves citizens displaying devotion to their country, including devotion to the fundamental values and principles upon which it depends (Michigan Department of...

A social reformer dedicated to changing conditions for people who could not help themselves, Dorothea Dix was a champion for the mentally ill and the imprisoned. Through her tireless work of over two decades, Dix instituted changes in the treatment and care of the mentally ill and improved prison conditions. 

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was a trained minister whose future changed when he met Alice Cogswell, a young girl who was deaf. In 1817, Gallaudet opened the "Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons" in Hartford, Connecticut; it was the first U.S. deaf school. He had observed European educational methods and recruited a teacher of the deaf, Laurent Clerc, whose work helped develop American Sign Language (ASL).

Elisia Hahnenberg

Definition

To understand the definition of the concept, right to petition government, one must first understand where this concept originates.  The right to petition is one of the fundamental...

by Mackenzie Brunson

Definition

Philanthropy can be described as charity, helping someone, giving to someone or a cause, or doing good. Philanthropy is not simply helping someone you...

Authored by Jeff Barbee