Secularizing Philanthropy in the Twentieth Century: The Pew Family as Trustees of Divine Endowment

Planning for the Pew family trusts (founders of Sun Oil) dates to at least 1932 when estate work began for the four Pew children. Fear of inheritance “super-taxes„ proposed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to finance his New Deal was in the air in the 1930s and drove a number of weal...

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Main Author: Andrew Jungclaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/12/380

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