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    Philanthropy in the United States is the practice of voluntary, charitable giving by individuals, corporations and foundations to benefit important social...
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  • A foundation in the United States is a type of charitable organization. However, the Internal Revenue Code distinguishes between private foundations (usually...
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    Society of the United States American imperialism Etiquette in North America Folklore of the United States Philanthropy in the United States Stereotypes...
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    to the Foundation Center, Bloomberg Philanthropies was the 10th largest foundation in the United States in 2015, the last year for which data was available...
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    The availability of legally recognized same-sex marriage in the United States expanded from one state (Massachusetts) in 2004 to all fifty states in 2015...
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  • Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with...
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  • of National Philanthropy Day as well. National Philanthropy Day is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Department...
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  • organizations. For example, in 2000 The Chicago Public Education Fund became the only venture philanthropy in the United States focused on a single urban...
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    Chronicle of Philanthropy as having "paved the way for the current surge in celebrity philanthropy", and by the Los Angeles Times as having "set the standard...
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    In the United States, education is provided in public and private schools and by individuals through homeschooling. State governments set overall educational...
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    Households in the city claim the highest average rate of philanthropy in the United States. Furthermore, Boston's businesses and institutions rank among the top...
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  • reflected in discriminatory laws, practices, and actions (including violence) against "racial" or ethnic groups, throughout the history of the United States. Since...
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    The Episcopal Church, officially the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member church of the worldwide Anglican...
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    in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s. In 1962...
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    the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in various states and...
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    Incarceration in the United States is one of the primary means of punishment for crime in the United States. In 2021, over five million people were under...
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    The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America...
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    have been Jewish communities in the United States since colonial times, with individuals living in various cities before the American Revolution. Early...
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    Doris Buffett (category Philanthropy in the United States)
    the Learning By Giving Foundation which promotes the study of experiential philanthropy at colleges and universities across the United States. At the...
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    In the United States, higher education is an optional stage of formal learning following secondary education. It is also referred to as post-secondary...
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  • GivingTuesday (category Philanthropy in the United States)
    stylized as #GivingTuesday for the purposes of hashtag activism, is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It is touted as a "global generosity...
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    The inequality of wealth (i.e. inequality in the distribution of assets) has substantially increased in the United States in recent decades. Wealth commonly...
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    Interracial marriage has been legal throughout the United States since at least the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court (Warren Court) decision Loving v. Virginia...
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    Political ideology in the United States began with the country's formation during the American Revolution, when republicanism challenged the preexisting monarchism...
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    George Peabody (category Members of the American Antiquarian Society)
    considered the father of modern philanthropy. Born into a poor family in Massachusetts, Peabody went into business in dry goods and later into banking. In 1837...
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    Climate change has led to the United States warming by 2.6 °F (1.4 °C) since 1970. The climate of the United States is shifting in ways that are widespread...
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    The Catholic Church in the United States is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the pope. With 23 percent of the United States' population...
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  • Chronicle of Philanthropy, September 19, 2019 Charity fraud Charity scandals List of Philanthropists Philanthropy in the United States Effective altruism...
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    and technology in the United States has a long history, producing many important figures and developments in the field. The United States of America came...
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    has fluctuated considerably in the United States since measurements began around 1915, moving in an arc between peaks in the 1920s and 2000s, with a 30-year...
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