Janie:

You are attempting to get me into the Ron Davies Iron Jaw Trap. You claim I was supposed to do something and when I don't do it you use it to disprove other things. I have shown how Boss Hogg helps poor people. I show one example and Bobert claims that is the rare exception.

Tell me how many examples I need to show before Bobert puts his bias aside. I suppose he would rather force Bill Gates to liquidate his $50 billion fortune and preclude the greater amount of money given to charitable causes over the years.

Here are some example foundations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Foundations_based_in_the_United_States

Here is another example: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

The priorities of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities are:

    * Books, Reading, and Literacy--the importance of the text as a means of transmitting, exploring, and broadening our understanding of the human experience.
    * Media and Culture--the global influence of electronic media on culture, how the media may promote or undermine positive social change, and how media may influence individual perception and creative thinking.
    * Violence and Culture--the roots of violence and personal dislocation, and the struggle for individual survival and self-determination within systems of violence.[Doesn't that sort of cut right through to the roots of poverty?]
    * Rights and Responsibilities--the still-evolving American traditions of self-government and justice, and the special role Virginia has played in shaping the concept of freedom worldwide.
    * Science, Technology, and Social Change--advances in science and technology, the challenges and opportunities they create, and how they are redefining culture and community life.
    * Virginia History--the stories of Virginia, its people and institutions, with particular emphasis on the history of minority communities in the state.


"How the media may promote or undermine positive social change." I like that.