A Private Philanthropic Foundation Case History

The American private philanthropic foundation and the public sphere 1890-1930.

The Philanthropic Collaborative for a Healthy Georgia: Building a Public-Private Partnership With Pooled Funding

Introduction Partnerships can vary in size, the nature of the parties involved, and the scope of their work. But at their core, partnerships share some fundamental elements. In the philanthropic world, partnerships are usually voluntary and bring together parties with mutual goals and some level of shared responsibility. Some foundations have partnered with other private philanthropies as well ...

APhA Foundation history.

The following article was prepared in 2003 to recognize the 50th anniversary of the APhA Foundation with the cooperation of William Ellis, Samuel Kalman, and Michael Schwartz. A limited number of spiral-bound copies were printed in March 2003 and when the supply was exhausted the text was placed on the APhA Foundation website. Samuel Kalman then prepared a summary that was published in the Sept...

Philanthropic foundations and the governance of global health: The Rockefeller Foundation and Product Development Partnerships

This paper explores the influence of private philanthropic foundations in the governance of global health. Such foundations, including Rockefeller and Ford, have historically played an important role in infectious disease control, providing seed finance to develop vaccines (e.g. yellow fever) and subsidies for the eradication of certain parasites (e.g. hookworm). More recently these actors have...

Risk of overweight and obesity in preschoolers attending private and philanthropic schools.

OBJECTIVE To assess the risk prevalence of overweight and obesity in children enrolled in private and philanthropic preschools in the State of São Paulo. METHODS Comparison of two cross sectional studies with children enrolled in private preschools (PPS) or philanthropic (PHP) of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region. Both surveys evaluated the children's environment. To determine the risk of ove...