| Founded | April 29, 1955 |
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| Founder | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
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| Coordinates | 40°15′12″N 111°39′29″W / 40.253400°N 111.658055°W |
Key people | Tanise Chung-Hoon, Director |
| Website | philanthropies |
Formerly called | LDS Philanthropies (2005–2018) LDS Foundation (1982–2005) The Development Office (1973–1982) Church Education Development Office (1971–1973) BYU Destiny Fund (1955–1971) |
Philanthropies, formerly LDS Philanthropies, is a department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and is responsible for facilitating donations to humanitarian and educational initiatives.[1] The department works under the direction of the church's Presiding Bishop.[2] The most widely known educational projects are the operation of church-owned schools, such as Brigham Young University (BYU). Humanitarian funds are given to Latter-day Saint Charities which sponsors and organizes relief efforts. In 2019, the church reported over 3,000 community-based projects with an excess of 2,000 partners, in locations around the world.[3] A 2020 statistic reported a total of $2.3 billion that had been donated over Philanthropies' existence.[4]
- ^ Shill, Aaron. "Generosity, humility reflected in lives of donors", Deseret News, Utah, 26 March 2009. Retrieved on 6 August 2019.
- ^ "LDS Church has Spent 1.2 Billion on Welfare and Humanitarian Efforts". World Religion News. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ "Latter-day Saint Charities Blessed Millions of Lives in 2019". newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
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