Sentence examples for philanthropic act from inspiring English sources
I work for Tate, an institution created by Sir Henry Tate's great philanthropic act, and I was amazed.
It may even have been seen as a philanthropic act for the good of the whole community".
He describes his campaign against Herbalife as a philanthropic act, and has promised to give his personal share in any profits from shorting its shares to charity.
"The bottom line," Mr. Haselkorn said, "is that we can't run the system if teaching is still considered a philanthropic act".
DealBook Hedge Fund Manager Dons New Philanthropic Mantle | In his latest philanthropic act, Tom Steyer, the founder of the hedge fund Farallon Capital Management, has teamed up with his brother to create Center for the Next Generation, a "fiercely" nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that will tackle children's issues and the environment.
"For me, this is a philanthropic act," says Mr Olagbaju, who notes that Nigeria's top public galleries struggle with power cuts that leave masterpieces gathering dust in the dark.More recently, these collectors have realised that they have also been canny investors.
Both are arguably philanthropic acts, like Zuckerberg's.
Caitlin Mulray — the "saint" of the title, known for a history of philanthropic acts (donating her mother's shoes to charity, staging funerals for roadkill, propping up a homeless man while he urinates) — has disappeared in an African river.
'A Saint From TriBeCa Pierree Toussaint's New York' (Sunday) Pierre Toussaint, a former slave whose philanthropic acts as a free man have led some to call for his elevation to sainthood, is the subject of a Lower Manhattan tour sponsored by the Municipal Art Society.
Maybe you're convincing people to give you money or join you in a philanthropic endeavor or act for a social or political reason.
In one of his philanthropic endeavours, Khan acted as the primary fund-raiser for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, a specialized cancer hospital in Lahore, which opened in 1994.
