Sentences with phrase «from wealthy philanthropists»

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Large donations also came from unions — Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union sent $ 84,400 — as well as New York City real estate interests and wealthy New Yorkers: among them, the philanthropist Jane Forbes Clark and the businessman Andrew Saul, who sent $ 25,000 each.

Intervention from wealthy non-scientists such as the philanthropist Mary Lasker drove even deeper investment into animal - based vaccines despite growing evidence of their lack of safety and efficacy.

Perhaps the deepest, darkest Batman yet, this film pits the wealthy philanthropist who is determined to save his city from crime, against one of his iconic enemies — The Joker.

Art museum dealings The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco — the de Young and the Legion of Honor — suffer from having a very powerful, wealthy philanthropist, Dede Wilsey, as board president for nearly 20 years [«Profit Motif,» July 19].

Another benefit of the «building new» strategy for philanthropists is that it avoids the Emperor's New Clothes problem, where philanthropists are encouraged to pursue flawed strategies to reform existing institutions because everyone is afraid to criticize the wealthy donor from whose largess they benefit.

This lack of trust is reinforced when public officials cozy up to wealthy hedge fund operators, venture philanthropists, and school privatizers, take their marching orders from astroturf advocacy groups, or «rent» supporters, as recently happened during school closing hearings in Chicago.

Maisie is engaged by a wealthy and highly respected self - made businessman and philanthropist, Joseph Waite, to find his daughter Charlotte, who has, once again, run away from home.

1869 William Wilson Corcoran, a wealthy Washington businessman and philanthropist, founds the Corcoran Gallery of Art with holdings from his private collection, which included European works and an important collection of American art.

Shniberg, whose background is in data - mining tech startups, secured backing from investors such as Thomas Schimdheiny, the fourth - wealthiest man in Switzerland, Sir Harry Djanogoly, a prominent British philanthropist and art collector, and Raymond McGuire, the head of Global Banking at Citibank, investing on his own behalf.