The National Philanthropy Collection includes an oral history project that explores the experiences of a wide range of people involved in philanthropy. Stories from these oral histories will be shared on this website. In the coming months, these oral histories and their transcriptions will be shared through the National Museum of American History’s Archives Center.
During the first phase of the oral history project, Dr. Amanda Moniz conducted oral histories with people from diverse backgrounds who have been engaged in philanthropy. Among the interviewees are:
- Brother Jim Boynton (Ste. Anne Catholic Church, Mackinac Island, MI)
- Leanne Brodeur (Ste. Anne Catholic Church, Mackinac Island, MI)
- Brian Gallagher (United Way Worldwide)
- Vartan Gregorian (Carnegie Corporation of New York)
- Barbara Harman (Harman Family Foundation/Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington)
- Loraine (Lo) Hartnett (WGBH Educational Foundation)
- Helen LaKelly Hunt (Women Moving Millions, The Sister Fund)
- Ambassador Swanee Hunt (Women Moving Millions, Swanee Hunt Alternatives)
- Alberto Ibargüen (John S. and James L. Knight Foundation)
- Irene Hirano Inouye (US–Japan Council)
- Cornetta Lane (Pedal to Porch)
- Marie Lam (Charles B. Wang Community Health Center)
- Regina Lee (Charles B. Wang Community Health Center)
- Earl Lewis (The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
- Chuck Longfield (Blackbaud)
- Morgan Marcell (#THEELIZAPROJECT, Hamilton: An American Musical)
- Carolyn Mugar and Glenda Yoder (FarmAid)
- Dr. Larry Norton (Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
- Jorge and Darlene Pérez (The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation)
- Rip Rapson (The Kresge Foundation)
- Rebecca W. Rimel (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
- Elihu and Susan Rose (New York City philanthropists)
- Benjamin Soskis (HistPhil)
- Karl Stauber (Danville Regional Foundation)
- Darren Walker (Ford Foundation)
- Steve Wasserman (WGBH)
- Karl Zinsmeister (The Philanthropy Roundtable)
