Financial records of philanthropic funds, 1924-1934.
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Kentucky. Dept. of Education.
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School census reports were compiled by local superintendents and forwarded to the Superintendent for use in estimating the per capita distribution of the school fund. From the description of Annual census reports, 1901-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122417841 The Department of Education oversees the administrative functions of the public common schools, vocational education, vocational rehabilitation, the Kentucky School for the Blind, the Kentucky School ...
Anna T. Jeanes Fund.
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John F. Slater Fund
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The John F. Slater Fund was organized in April 1882 as an educational fund to assist African Americans after Emancipation and the Civil War. Through grants, the Slater Fund helped to develop private black colleges and four-year high schools for blacks, stimulated vocational and industrial training, and originated the idea of county training schools. In 1937, the fund merged with the Negro Rural School Fund, Inc. (also known as the Anna T. Jeanes Foundation) to form the Southern Education Foundat...
General Education Board (New York, N.Y.)
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The General Education Board was established in 1903 by John D. Rockefeller to aid education in the United States "without distinction of race, sex or creed." The program included grants for endowment and general budgetary support of colleges and universities, support for special programs, fellowships and scholarships assistanceto state school systems at all levels, and development of social and economic resources as a route to improved educaitonal systems. All major colleges and universities in ...
Julius Rosenwald Fund
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Founded by Julius Rosenwald; incorporated Oct. 30, 1917 in Chicago, Ill., as a non-profit corporation with the purpose of promoting "the well-being of mankind;" after Rosenwald met Booker T. Washington in 1911, funds focus was on Negro interests. From the description of Julius Rosenwald Fund records, 1917-1948. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972601 In 1917, Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932), President of Sears, Roebuck and Company, initiated the Julius R...
