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    My Understanding of Global Foundations From my early years engaged in Girl Scouts to participating in high school car washes to benefit various shelters, I have always believed in personal service to benefit the common good, both near and far. I remember canned food drives at Thanksgiving and turkey dinner deliveries during Christmas holidays. In my faith experience, I was also taught to give generously of my financial resources, not just my time. I remember saving coins in a box to help farmers

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    individuals, founded The Barnes Foundation in 1922. He housed his collection in his estate, which was located in the suburbs of Merion, Pennsylvania. Barnes believed that the everyday man should have the opportunity to visit and appreciate honored artworks as well as to improve from the estate’s educational courses. Education is the priority; in fact, Barnes believed that the foundation should not be considered an art museum. As stated by Barnes, the purpose of the foundation was, “to be maintained perpetually

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    Problem: All foundations need support in order to be viable philanthropic institutions. This support includes filing all of the paper work associated with the grants approval process, vetting the IRS standings of nonprofits before grants can be made, doing preliminary screenings of nonprofits to identify if their missions match the missions of the foundations they are attempting to solicit ect. Larger foundations (50 million dollars and over in net assets) are able to hire a fulltime staff to handle

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    9. Heritage Foundation-Nonprofit The Heritage Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is accountable to a private membership. Moreover, the organization is tax exempt since 198. The financial records are publicly available, for example, the 2015 records are offered online for consultation. Furthermore, the foundation has a board of directors consisting of 22 members. The leader of the organization is selected though a democratic election by the board of trustees. The mission of the organization

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    4. METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION 4.1 PILE FOUNDATION: Piles are structural members that are made up of steel, concrete, or timber. They are used to build pile foundations, which are deep and which cost more than shallow foundations. Despite the cost, the use of piles often is necessary to ensure structural safety. The following list identifies some of the condition that require pile foundations. 1.When the upper soil layers are highly compressible and too weak to carry the load transmitted by the superstructure

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    Make-A-Wish Foundation

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    Make-A-Wish Foundation What would it be like to have a life-threatening disease, and not know if you’re going to make it? Then, you found out that you could have your biggest wish come true, because of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. That’s exactly what happens to thousands of kids each year. Most wishes will fall into the categories of “I wish to have…,” “I wish to be…,” “I wish go…,” and “I wish to meet…,” however, some may fall into the “I wish to give…” category. The people who work with Make-A-Wish

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    Make A Wish Foundation

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    Game Changer 1980 was a year like no other. It was the year Make A Wish Foundation was founded. Bringing the opportunity for many kids around the world the opportunity to have one of there dreams come true. Make a wish works by arranging a experiences described as "wishes" to children with life-threatening medical conditions. Children must be between 3 and 17 to participate. The Make A Wish Foundation does a really good job with helping a kid's life. On the Make A Wish logo there is a star

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    volunteer at The Surfrider Foundation. 3. Speaker Credibility Link: I’ve taken it upon myself to join the The Surfrider Foundation and put

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    1.0 The British Heart Foundation 1.1 Introduction The British Heart Foundation is the UK’s Number 1 Heart Charity. Their vision “is a world where people don’t die prematurely from heart disease.” They were founded in 1961 by a group of medical specialists who wanted to give money to fund extra research to find out the causes of heart diseases. They were concerned about the number of people with Cardiovascular Heart Disease who were dying prematurely. They have been going for 53 years and have been

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    Actions and works The make a wish foundation is a non-profited foundation that transforms the lives of children who are currently battling a life-threatening disease and to today’s date they have brought 8,500+ wishes to life. These wishes ensure that the families and the child are provided with an extra sense of hope, happiness and love to guarantee that the child is given a positive ending. These wishes not only support and provide for the child but also to the family as they know that their child

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