Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Dr. Anthea M. Hartig, the Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the National Museum of American History, gives the closing remarks to the first day of the Smithsonian’s 2020 virtual POWER OF GIVING symposium focusing on philanthropy’s impact on educational equity.

THE POWER OF GIVING symposium is part of the National Museum of American History’s Philanthropy Initiative. To view other POWER OF GIVING videos, visit the Philanthropy Initiative’s YouTube Playlist at: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZxSSLX6InCQl0mjMfeFNDXHRR150CldH

For more on the Philanthropy Initiative, visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/philanthropy.