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Monday, January 22, 2007

By JANE LAMPMAN
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR



These are exciting times in the traditionally quiet world of philanthropy, as a growing cadre of the newly wealthy promises to change the world -- as well as the face of charitable giving. Among the recent developments:

# The pool of potential wealthy donors has mushroomed in the past two decades, and includes more than 8 million U.S. millionaires. The number of family foundations has risen 60 percent in six years."

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