From WSJopinion: Private giving achieves what government can’t—which is why authoritarians hate it.
Texas oil tycoon and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens Jr. passed away September 11, 2019, aged 91. Over the course of his life he donated more than $700-million to charitable causes. Image: Zuma24America has just completed a banner year for private giving.
The 10 largest donations in 2019 amounted to $6.2 billion, up 8% from 2018. These went to a wide array of causes, and came from men and women of the right and the left . When the total of all U.S. philanthropy becomes available this summer, it will show that Americans voluntarily gave away around $430 billion in 2019.To Read the Full Story
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