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1. SIAHGI_200925_005.JPG: Fundraising Box, 2000s Schools have enlisted students in fundraising to support educational activities. Businesses have profited from developing fundraising products specifically for schools and youth activities. This portable box was used by a public school student to raise funds in Selma, California, in the early 2000s.
2. SIAHGI_200925_012.JPG: Fundraising Poster, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2017 Most public school teachers provide classroom supplies using their own funds or by raising money. Educator Teresa Danks Roark's roadside fundraising in Tulsa, Oklahoma, went viral in the summer of 2017.
3. SIAHGI_200925_015.JPG: Newspaper Headlines, 2019 Student debt, underpaid adjunct faculty, the rising cost of higher education, and universities' ties to American slavery were all topics of debate in media sources across the United States in 2019. These conversations have roots in earlier era's debates and decisions about the economy, education, gender and racial equality, and more.
4. SIAHGI_200925_017.JPG: School Cup and Saucer, Washington, D.C., 20th Century The National Training School for Women and Girls was part of the industrial school movement to teach employable skills. Classes included dressmaking, hairdressing, book-keeping, waitressing, typewriting, laundering, and missionary training, along with music, English, history, and science classes. This cup and saucer were used by students, many of whom boarded at the school.
5. SIAHGI_200925_022.JPG: School Donor List, Washington, D.C., Early 20th Century To promote independence for African American women and girls in the face of racist limitations on their opportunities, Nannie Helen Burroughs founded the National Training School for Women and Girls in 1909 in Washington, D.C. African American donors throughout the United States gave to support its expansion. The commercial laundry they helped fund was both a teaching space and a source of income to support the school.
6. SIAHGI_200925_031.JPG: Property Tax Receipt, Hopkins County, Texas, 19th Century Property taxes have been levied to help pay for public education since the colonial era. Property-tax-based school funding has contributed to educational inequality. Wealthier districts typically have more tax money to spend per student. This property tax receipt from Texas includes taxes that would have supported public education.
7. SIAHGI_200925_036.JPG: Tuition card, Jonesboro, Georgia, 1910–1918 The segregated Georgia school attended by sisters Eula (born 1901) and Lillian (born 1904) Arnold charged 15 cents per month in tuition.
8. SIAHGI_200925_045.JPG: Harper's School District Library, Mid-19th Century Beyond paying taxes, communities have helped to fund schools through giving time, money, and supplies. This portable library is typical of one that hung on school walls in the 1800s. In some schools, a portable library was purchased through community donations, while in others, an individual donated one.
9. SIAHGI_200925_051.JPG: Property Tax Receipt, Hopkins County, Texas, 19th Century Property taxes have been levied to help pay for public education since the colonial era. Property-tax-based school funding has contributed to educational inequality. Wealthier districts typically have more tax money to spend per student. This property tax receipt from Texas includes taxes that would have supported public education.
10. SIAHGI_200925_057.JPG: Button, 1978 Property taxes are a critical funding source for American public schools. In 1978 California voters passed Proposition 13, significantly lowering property tax rates and thus reducing funds available for public education. The California Teachers Association sold this button for $5 at the 1978 National Education Association convention to oppose the proposition.
11. SIAHGI_200925_065.JPG: Diorama of Fisk University Jubilee Singers, 1990s In the 1870s the Fisk University Jubilee Singers began touring the United States and Europe to raise money for the African American school. Familiarizing white audiences with black spirituals, the group also advocated for African American rights and independence.
12. SIAHGI_200925_076.JPG: Sustainable Development Goals Countdown Clock Around 2015 In 1997, CNN founder Ted Turner stunned many when he gave $1 billion to create the United Nations Foundation to support international efforts to tackle the world's challenges. The gift helped launch an era of bold and sometimes controversial philanthropy. This countdown clock marked the time remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals agreed to by United Nations member states in 2015.
13. SIAHGI_200925_079.JPG: Sustainable Development Goals Countdown Clock Around 2015 In 1997, CNN founder Ted Turner stunned many when he gave $1 billion to create the United Nations Foundation to support international efforts to tackle the world's challenges. The gift helped launch an era of bold and sometimes controversial philanthropy. This countdown clock marked the time remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals agreed to by United Nations member states in 2015.
14. SIAHGI_200925_083.JPG: Print by New Urban Arts, Providence, Rhode Island 2013 Students and mentors of the Rhode Island arts organization New Urban Arts worked together to make this print to help raise funds for the group. New Urban Arts emphasizes youth leadership and collaborative approaches to shaping the direction of the organization. It has been recognized nationally as a model for out-of-school programs working with underserved youth.
15. SIAHGI_200925_089.JPG: Organ Donor Card and Pin 2014 From the U.S. Department Health and Human Services
16. SIAHGI_200925_096.JPG: LG ENV mobile phone used in "Text to Haiti" campaign 2010 Television, mobile phones, and the Internet are just a few of the technologies that have fostered creative ideas for raising funds and simplified giving. It is now easier than ever to give to a cause, and the increased use and impact of technology presents Americans with more causes from which to choose.
17. SIAHGI_200925_102.JPG: Income Tax Form 1040 for 1917 Including "Contributions to Charitable Organizations" 1917 With the 1917 Revenue Act, Congress introduced income tax deductions for charitable donations in order to encourage private philanthropy. The tax code has shaped how we give by promoting tax incentives over government subsidies to charities, while also determining which charities are eligible.
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Description of Subject Matter: Giving in America
November 29, 2016 – Permanent
Giving in America, a permanent exhibit that looks at the history of philanthropy’s role in shaping the United States, opened November 29 which is also #Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving. The exhibit showcases four major themes of American philanthropy centered on the questions of “Who Gives?” “Why Do We Give?” “What Do We Give?” and “How Do We Give?” and uses artifacts ranging from an alms box of the 1800s to a bucket used during the 2014-15 “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” which went viral on social media. The exhibit features a section devoted to an annual topic and will open with a look at “Sustainability and the Environment."
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2020 photos: Well, that was a year, wasn't it? The COVID-19 pandemic cut off most events here in DC after March 11. The child president's handling of the pandemic was a series of disastrous missteps and lies, encouraging his minions to not wear masks and dramatically increasing infections and deaths here.The BLM protests started in June, made all the worse by the child president's inability to have any empathy for anyone other than himself. Then of course he tried to steal the election in November. What a year! Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. The farthest distance I traveled after that was about 40 miles. I only visited sites in four states -- Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and DC. That was the least amount of travel I had done since 1995. Number of photos taken this year: about 246,000, the fewest number of photos I had taken in any year since 2007.
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