Success Stories
Examples of philanthropy’s results
In 1966, Minneapolis trucking pioneer Stanley Wasie, a Polish immigrant, established a foundation that has helped individuals overcome barriers and has facilitated a spirit of self-reliance in the community for close to 40 years. Today, as an active member of Minnesota’s philanthropic community, The Wasie Foundation works in close partnership with a variety of community organizations.
The Wasie Foundation has had a long relationship with the Jones-Harrison Residence (JHR), a long-term care facility based in Minneapolis that has been serving the elderly community since 1888.
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Examples of philanthropy’s results
The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is a non-profit educational and research organization named for Lord Acton (1834-1902), the great English historian and popular writer on political, social and theological issues.
The Acton Institute is the driving force behind the Samaritan Awards, an annual program that recognizes faith-based charities that receive little or no governmental support. The Samaritan Award is the flagship program for the Acton Institute’s Center for Effective Compassion. It is an honor given to America’s leading charities and provides valuable information for donors and philanthropists. The evaluation process is new and unique and assesses program, financial, administrative and stakeholder information.
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Examples of philanthropy’s results
For Marie Wasie, the wife of former Minneapolis trucking pioneer and philanthropist Stanley Wasie, one of the biggest problems facing America was the poor healthcare being provided to a growing number of young Americans. Mrs. Wasie’s youthful spirit and vision is reflected through The Wasie Foundation’s efforts to create a brighter future for children with medical problems.
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Examples of philanthropy’s results
Lloyd Noble, founder of the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, respected the land and had a desire to give back to the community. When he established the foundation, he named it after his father, Samuel Roberts, whom Lloyd said was “the most generous man he had ever known.”
For over 60 years, the Noble Foundation has kept its eye skyward and its feet firmly on the ground, advancing plant science through significant basic and transnational research operations while simultaneously helping local farmers in and around Ardmore, Oklahoma.
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Heather Higgins Wall Street Journal Editorial, Do you know the color of your donees?
Howard Husock’s excellent op-ed “Nobody Does It Better” (Taste, Oct. 25) quotes Rep. Xavier Becerra (D., Calif.) as saying charities are “getting a tax subsidy.” That is key. His chain of reasoning relies on redefining tax exemption as a tax subsidy, then claiming that those funds are public dollars, and from that there is a public interest in determining how those dollars are allocated.
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