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Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs Records (Filer Commission)
Collection
Identifier: MSS024
Overview
The Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs was founded in November 1973 through the efforts of John D. Rockefeller, III, House Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur D. Mills, Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz, and Under Secretary William E. Simon. The Commission was formed to study the role of philanthropic giving in the United States and to make recommendations regarding ways to strengthen and increase the effectiveness of the voluntary sector. Composed of religious and labor...
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Philanthropic Studies Archives
National Study of Philanthropy Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS110
Scope and Contents
The National Study of Philanthropy Records contain background materials relating to the survey, the codebook, interviewer's manual, survey copies in both formats, the data dictionary, coding instructions, and correspondence and memos about several aspects of the data analysis. Also included are related reports, including the report to survey respondents. This collection does not include the actual raw survey results, which are available online through the University of Michigan....
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Philanthropic Studies Archives
Public Welfare Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS063
Overview
In 1947 Charles Edward Marsh founded the Public Welfare Foundation to render direct financial assistance to the needy. His purpose, to offer the greatest good to the greatest number of people, symbolized the efforts of the foundation he created. His method of distributing money, called the agent system, dispersed financial assistance to provide for the immediate needs of individuals. As tax laws required more detailed reporting, the foundation began to phase out the agent system and created...
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Philanthropic Studies Archives
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- Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs 2
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- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 1
- Keating, Veronica 1
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- Lilly Endowment 1
- Marsh, Charles Edward, 1887-1964 1
- Marsh, Claudia Haines 1
- Mills, Wilbur D. , (Wilbur Daigh), 1909-1992 1
- Morgan, James N., 1918- 1
- Public Welfare Foundation (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison), III, 1906-1978 1
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