philanthropist

(noun)

A very generous person or institution.

Related Terms

  • elite

Examples of philanthropist in the following topics:

  • African American Migration

    • Louis, together with Eastern philanthropists, formed the Colored Relief Board and the Kansas Freedmen's Aid Society to help those stranded in St.
  • Types of Social Responsibility: Philanthropy

    • While individual philanthropists use their own resources to change the world for the better according to their interests, corporate philanthropy directs organizational resources to support a worthy cause or address a societal need.
  • Higher Education

    • Philanthropists endowed many of these institutions.
    • Wealthy philanthropists, for example, established Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, Vanderbilt University, and Duke University; John D.
  • Rockefeller and the Oil Industry

    • John Davison Rockefeller was an American industrialist and philanthropist.
    • Rockefeller, industrialist and philanthropist, is generally regarded as the richest man in American history.
  • Carnegie and the Steel Industry

    • He was also one of the most important philanthropists of his era.
  • Slavery in the South

    • James Oglethorpe was a British general, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist, as well as the founder of the colony of Georgia.
  • Robber Barons and the Captains of Industry

    • John Davison Rockefeller was an American industrialist and philanthropist.
    • He was also one of the most important philanthropists of his era.
  • The Golden Age: 1860–1932

    • Reformers worked for civil service reform, prohibition and women's suffrage, while philanthropists built colleges and hospitals, and the many religious denominations exerted a major sway in both politics and everyday life.
  • "Market Failure" and Property Rights

    • It is not possible for a private provider to produce and offer a public good for consumption (unless they are an altruistic philanthropist).
  • Social Darwinism in America

    • Andrew Carnegie, who admired Spencer, was the leading philanthropist in the world (1890–1920), and a major critic of imperialism and warfare.
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