On December 1, 2015, the National Museum of American History launched its Philanthropy Initiative with its first annual symposium, The Power of Giving: Philanthropy’s Impact on American Life. The program explored the past, present and future of philanthropy, broadly. Visit https://americanhistory.si.edu/philanthropy for more on this Power of Giving program, featuring Ricardo Amparo, Warren Buffett, Nina Easton, Bill and Melinda Gates, John L. Gray, Carla Hayden, Sarah Hemminger, Joseph T. Jones Jr., Nicholas D. Kristof, Jamie McDonald, Diana Morris, David Rockefeller Jr., David Rubenstein, Premal Shah, David J. Skorton, Henry Timms, Sheryl WuDunn, and Olivier Zunz.
