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American Giving Exceeds Pre-Recession Levels

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Post date July 22, 2015

According to the annual Giving USA report on charitable donations in the United States, in 2014, for the first time in seven year, donations in this country exceeded pre-recession rates. In 2014, adjusting for inflation, Americans gave $358.38 billion. That was a 7.1% increase over 2013, and giving was up in several categories. Individual giving […]

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Thomas M. Siebel and the Montana Meth Project

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Post date June 21, 2013

Thomas M. Siebel is known for many things. He created a company, Siebel Systems, which merged with Oracle in 2006. He is the founder of an energy company. Mr. Siebel serves on the board of advisors for the Stanford University College of Engineering, the University of Illinois College of Engineering, and the University of California […]

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