Noted Philanthropists and Philanthropic Organizations
Ascoli, Peter M. 2006. Julius Rosenwald: The Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Blair, Karen J. 1994. The Torchbearers: Women and Their Amateur Arts Associations in America, 1890-1930. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Brison, Jeffrey D. 2006. Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada: American Philanthropy and the Arts and Letters in Canada. Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Chernow, Ron. 2004. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. 2nd ed. New York: Vintage.
Crocker, Ruth. 2008. Mrs. Russell Sage: Women’s Activism and Philanthropy in Gilded Age and Progressive Era America. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Cueto, Marcos, ed. 1994. Missionaries of Science: The Rockefeller Foundation and Latin America. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Edge, Laura Bufano. 2003. Andrew Carnegie: Industrial Philanthropist. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing.
Ettling, John. 2000. The Germ of Laziness: Rockefeller Philanthropy and Public Health in the New South. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse.
Foster, Lawrence G. Foster. 1999. Robert Wood Johnson: The Gentleman Rebel. State College, PA: Lillian Press.
Getty, J. Paul. 2003. As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty. Rev. ed. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Publications.
Hardie, James C. 2005. Fred Crawford and Fifty Golden Years of Philanthropy. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
Herrmann, Robert L. 2004. Sir John Templeton: Supporting Scientific Research for Spiritual Discoveries. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Press.
Huang, C. Julia. 2009. Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and The Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Lesinski, Jeanne M. 2008. Bill Gates: Entrepreneur and Philanthropist (Lifeline Biographies). Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-First Century Books.
Member of the Congregation. The Life and Work of Mary Aikenhead: Foundress of the Congregation of Irish Sisters of Charity 1787-1858. 2001. Honolulu, HI: University Press of the Pacific.
Madison, James H. 2006. Eli Lilly: A Life, 1885-1977. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society.
Meyers, Mary Ann. 2006. Art, Education, and African-American Culture: Albert Barnes and the Science of Philanthropy. Edison, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Miller, John J. 2005. A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America. San Francisco, CA: Encounter Books.
O’Clery, Conor. 2007. The Billionaire Who Wasn’t: How Chuck Feeney Made and Gave Away a Fortune Without Anyone Knowing. New York: PublicAffairs.
Samson, Gloria Garrett. 1996. The American Fund for Public Service: Charles Garland and Radical Philanthropy, 1922-1941. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press
Schneider, William H., ed. 2002. Rockefeller Philanthropy and Modern Biomedicine: International Initiatives from World War I to the Cold War. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Schroeder, Alice. 2008. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. New York: Bantam.
Templeton, John M., Jr. 2008. John M. Templeton Jr.: Physician, Philanthropist, Seeker. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Press.
Watts, Steven. 2006. The People’s Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century. New York: Vintage.
Weill, Sandy and Judah S. Kraushaar. 2006. The Real Deal: My Life in Business and Philanthropy. New York: Warner Business Books.
Wosh, Peter J. 2004. Covenant House: Journey of a Faith-Based Charity. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Writing Services Company. 1970. Cornelius Vander Starr: 1892-1968. New York: The Starr Foundation.