Thursday, November 17, 2016
Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved
The Pinkerton Foundation, formed in 1966 by the family that made its fortune in private security, has quietly given more than 300 million dollars to children’s organizations in the city, the New York Times reports.
In 2015 alone, the Pinkerton Foundation gave 35 million dollars to 300 organizations for a range of projects, including crisis intervention, art classes and sports clubs, mentoring in science projects and college research, reaching about 160,000 young New Yorkers...