She'd found a hometown mentor - a white philanthropist named Clarence Blakeslee --who had heard her speak up at a community meeting and subsequently offered to pay her tuition.

A decade ago the big-ticket tables at black benefits were taken mostly by Fortune 500 companies and white philanthropists.

Bishop, established in 1881 in Marshall by a liberal white philanthropist for the education of freedmen, closed after having struggled with debts estimated at $20 million.

He had a network of private supporters, including northern white philanthropists such as Olivia Slocum Sage of New York.

After building a couple of wooden structures, the congregation raised money for this brick church, including funds donated by white philanthropists.

These legends keep the white philanthropists giving money and keep the students following their teachings.

This center consists of seven private institutions whose histories go back to Reconstruction, when white philanthropists came to Georgia to help educate the emancipated blacks.

Washington's work on education problems helped him enlist both the moral and substantial financial support of many major white philanthropists.

State and local governments gave little money to black schools, but white philanthropists proved willing to invest heavily.

It is named for Abiel Smith, a white philanthropist who left money (an estimated $2,000) in his will to the city of Boston for the education of black children.