Scientific Research Expenditures by the Larger Private Foundations

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - Endowments - 21 pages

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Page 7 - Subpart 1-15.2, is that type of research which is directed toward increase of knowledge in science. In such research, the primary aim of the investigator is a fuller knowledge or understanding of the subject under study, rather than any practical application thereof.
Page 1 - For purposes of this directory a foundation may be defined as a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization having a principal fund of its own, managed by its own trustees or directors, and established to maintain or aid social, educational, charitable, religious, or other activities serving the common welfare.
Page 6 - Ford contribution is larger than here reported because substantial sums paid to such independent organizations as the Fund for the Advancement of Education and the Fund for the Republic were eventually channeled into scientific research.
Page 5 - Foundation studies are not yet available, but preliminary figures suggest that the national total for scientific research in 1953 was in the neighborhood of $5 billion, of which more than $2 billion was spent by Government agencies.
Page 11 - ... the less emotional but more rewarding fields of cure, prevention and basic research.
Page 4 - In this group of 77 foundations, several are so much larger than the others as to be in a class by themselves.
Page 3 - US Bureau of Internal Revenue. • From Form 990-A, 1950, US Bureau of Internal Revenue.

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