Maybe CEP? Essay help on philanthropy's influence.

[amberlyrose]

I need to write an essay on the history of philanthropy and how it has been influential on a certain issue. I need some ideas on areas philanthropy/foundations have come in where government or private sector didn't fulfill the need. It doesn't need to have actually helped it, but influenced it. I was thinking of doing something about white, northern money influencing black, poverty stricken south after the civil war (ex: Rosenwald's rural school building efforts), but could be open to other ideas. Women's issues and public education are my main focus right now It's a pretty short paper, so it can be very detailed. I'd do the Rosenwald one, but I did that as a case study in class. 
I figured a bunch of smart ladies interested in politics would have some ideas I may not have come across.