Charitable grants found lacking

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Charitable Giving

In 2005 charitable giving in the United States totaled over $260 billon, or around 1.9% of personal income, making it a significant fraction of the economy. Individual giving accounted for 77% of this total, while foundations accounted for 12%, bequests for 7%, and corporations for 5% (Giving USA, 2006). Almost 70% of US households report giving to charity. While the US typically has one of the...

Charitable Giving

Getting grants

Attracting financial support is a critical element of success in science, but we have entered a time of cost constraint with little hope of relief coming soon. For principal investigators, developing a broad base of research support is a valuable strategy for attaining financial stability for the laboratory. New investigators working on problems related to virulence and just beginning to build ...

The Indore Charitable Hospital

medical officer, and as in the report mention is made of him in high terms of commendation, the report appears as having been written by himself for the purpose of praising up himself and his work. He is naturally much annoyed at being placed in such a ridiculous position. As a matter of fact the report was written and signed by Surgeon-Major Caldecott, then officiating for me as Superintendent...