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Nielsen, Waldemar August was born on March 27, 1917 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Malta August and Mary Pauline (Shaffer) Nielsen.
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The world of the golden donors-the rich and influential philanthropic foundations-is quite likely the least known and yet most pervasive of all the invisible money and power networks in America. Nielsen explores the 36 largest of the 22,000 currently active foundations. He takes the reader inside each of the giants to analyze its people, policies, and performance. From the most famous, Ford and MacArthur, to the most obscure, Mabee and Moody, the author lets in daylight and lets out the bats as well as the butterflies. Golden Donors is a journey through 36 fiefdoms, each of which controls upwards of $250 million dollars, beyond the reach of the IRS, in order to encourage medical research, support cultural and artistic endeavors, and not least, to buttress immensely expensive educational institutions. Which of the great foundations in recent years have been spectacular successes and which are failures? Is today's leadership in the third-stream economy equal to the task? Are foundations, seedbeds or killing grounds of new social and political ideas? And what is the federal government, and a variety of administrations, doing to help or harm this new economy? Nielsen provides many surprising and some quite startling answers for the millions of Americans whose lives the golden donors directly or indirectly affect. When Golden Donors first appeared, A. Bartlett Giamatti praised it as an historical guide, a shrewd critique, and an impassioned warning. "This remarkable book on the nation's largest foundations must be read by anyone concerned with America's unique not-for-profit sector and the quality of our national life." Kingman Brewster saw the book as "a revealing mirror held up to the faces of big philanthropy...a must book for foundation creators and leaders." Thornton F. Bradsahw said, "Golden Donors describes the large American foundations, what they are how they got that way, and wherein lies their strength and their potential. The book is wise, witty, and perceptive-indispensable reading."
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The book provides readers I this country and elsewhere with analytical studies of the highest quality on problems of world significance. This is a policy book.
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Nielsen, Waldemar August was born on March 27, 1917 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Malta August and Mary Pauline (Shaffer) Nielsen.
Bachelor of Arts in Economic, University Missouri, 1939. Bachelor of Science in Business, University Missouri, 1939. Master of Arts in Political Science, University Missouri, 1940.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Lagos (Nigeria), 1972.
Economist, United States Government, Washington, 1940-1942; economist, United States State Department, Washington, 1945-1946; special assistant secretary commerce for Marshall Plan, Department Commerce, Washington, 1947-1948; chief information division, Marshall Plan Headquarters, Paris, 1948-1952; officer behavioral science program, Ford Foundation, New York City, 1953-1954; executive assistant to president, Ford Foundation, New York City, 1955-1957; officer international affairs program, executive director, White House Commission International Affairs, Washington, 1959-1960; president, African American Institute, New York City, 1961-1968; president, Waldemar A. Nielsen, Inc., New York City, since 1969. Board directors Home Life Insurance, New York City, The Observer, London, Hispanic Policy Development Project, New York City. Trustee National Museum American Indians, Washington.
(The world of the golden donors - the rich and influential...)
( The world of the golden donors-the rich and influential...)
(The book provides readers I this country and elsewhere wi...)
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Chairman International Arts Association, New York City Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Senior fellow Aspen Institute Humanistic Studies (board directors). Member Century Association, Council Foreign Relations.
Married Marcia Kaplan, April 22, 1943. 1 child, Signe Barbara.