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Brickson Diamond - June 2012I focus my giving on organizations and efforts that increase access. This means opening pathways to positions of power for people from communities that are traditionally excluded. As a gay, black man who grew up in Atlanta, Georgia during the... More |
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Barbara Meyer - May 2012My wealth was serendipitous from the beginning. In 1912, my father began delivering packages at age 12 for a small start-up company that became the United Parcel Service. He stayed with UPS most of his life, and when he died in 1964, left $250,000 to... More |
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Carol Newell - April 2012I grew up in Ogdensburg New York, in a business-oriented family, where our business was one of the main employers in the small town. My father was an executive at the Newell Company and my mother a home maker. After my father died at 48, my... More |
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Jim Whitton - March 2012In 1982, I was 25 years old, living in NYC, doing international banking in the Asia Pacific region for Chase Manhattan. I didn't love banking - nor was I particularly good at it.
One day a friend invited me to something called "The Ending... More |
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Jason Franklin - February 2012I was just 14 years old when I had my first success as a community organizer. Angry about major proposed cuts to public education in state, I co-founded a student organizing effort to "save the Oregon school system." I was thrilled as we grew... More |
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Elizabeth Sheehan - January 2012Over the past three years, I've completely transformed myself as a giver. Previously, I was the uninspired yet loyal trustee of our family foundation. Although our grant-making was generous and thoughtful, the process seemed perfunctory, not... More |