What is Foundations: Definition and 117 Discussions

This is a list of wealthiest charitable foundations worldwide. It consists of the 43 largest charitable foundations, private foundations engaged in philanthropy, and other charitable organizations that have disclosed their assets. In many countries, asset disclosure is not legally required or made public.
Only nonprofit foundations are included in this list. Organizations that are part of a larger company are excluded, such as holding companies.
The entries are ordered by the size of the organization's financial endowment (that is, the value of assets net of liabilities, or invested donations). The endowment value is an estimate measured in United States dollars, based on the exchange rates on December 31, 2016. Due to fluctuations in holdings, currency exchange and asset values, this list only represents the valuation of each foundation on a single day.

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  1. K

    What Study Materials Deepen Understanding of Quantum Mechanics Foundations?

    I'm interested in understanding foundational issues in QM more deeply. For example, I'd like to be able to read and understand the literature on the Transactional Interpretation of QM and the Many-Worlds Interpretation, as well as the literature on decoherence. What can you recommend for a...
  2. E

    What level of formal logic is typically taught in undergraduate math curricula?

    I am trying to decide whether to study the foundations of mathematics i.e. formal logic, Godel's Incompleteness Theorem, set theory, etc. The reason is that recently I have been taking advanced math courses such as topology, analysis, and abstract algebra and I am fascinated by this seemingly...
  3. P

    Why no foundations of maths in Mellienium problems?

    Why isn't there a problem on the foundations of maths in the Mellinium problems? If there was one which one would it be?
  4. C

    Gravity Research Foundations Awards 2007

    http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org/announcements.html" Congratulations to S. Carlip for the first prize.
  5. P

    Is quantum theory the true foundation of chemistry?

    Chemistry deals with say 10^10 atoms or more (many types of molecules intermolecularly bounded together by dipole or disperson forces) so saying that quantum theory is the foundations of chemistry may be not be fully correct as quantum theory deals with countable number of atoms and only small...
  6. T

    Question about the foundations of string theory

    what in the name of the world made string theorists think that the universe is made of strings? what is the basis for this assumption?
  7. C

    Philosophical and Formal Foundations of Modern Physics

    Conference "Philosophical and Formal Foundations of Modern Physics", Les Treilles, April 23-28 (organized by Michel Bitbol and Alexei Grinbaum) See http://www-drecam.cea.fr/Phocea/Vie_des_labos/Ast/ast_visu.php?id_ast=762" Monday, April 23 7:30 pm Alexei Grinbaum and Michel Bitbol...
  8. Hans de Vries

    Foundations of Physics, the magazine, open access articles.

    Since January 2007 with Nobel prize laureate Gerardus ‘t Hooft appointed as editor-in-chief. His first editorial is here: http://www.springerlink.com/content/867288v5118851k7/fulltext.pdf The magazine is here: http://www.springerlink.com/content/1572-9516/ The January and February...
  9. R

    Elementary geometry and Foundations.

    Free e-book is now available. Author: http://arxiv.org/find/grp_physics,grp_math,grp_nlin/1/au:+Sharipov/0/1/0/all/0/1" Title: Foundations of geometry for university students and high-school students Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/math.HO/0702029/"
  10. Demystifier

    String theory and foundations of quantum mechanics

    String theory is supposed to be a theory of "everything". In your opinion, should string theory, or some other "theory of everything", solve the problem of measurement in quantum mechanics and other related foundational problems of quantum mechanics? Anyway, for my contributions to that...
  11. C

    What are the constraints for definitions in The Foundations of Reality?

    The purpose of this thread is to explore Dr. Richard Stafford's paper 'The Foundations of Reality' in order that I (and anyone else who wants to try) can come to some understanding of it. I'll quote from some introductory essays written by the author and also by Paul Martin, who has spent some...
  12. Oxymoron

    The Foundations of Relativity II

    The "The Foundations of Relativity" thread was so helpful for me that I was able to learn a lot very quickly and I thank everyone who made the effort and time to help me out - but in an effort to prevent it from being too long I decided to start the next part in the series in a brand new thread...
  13. Oxymoron

    Understanding the Structure and Transformation of Tensors in Spacetime

    Im trying to understand more about the foundations upon which general relativity lies. The first thing I need to clarify is the space in which GR works. I've read that GR merges time and space into spacetime, which to my understanding means that, when considered separately, time and space are...
  14. P

    I with a question of Foundations

    I would like anyone to comment on a proposal I have written (it's short and intuitive) for a system of "Practical Numbers". The idea is to deny the Axiom of Choice, thus eliminating, or obviating, the notion of infinity and accepting the consequences of a largest integer and a smallest interval...
  15. D

    Philosophical Foundations of Physics

    Dear Sirs, I am posting here for one reason and one reason only. There are apparently a great number of powerful people on the main forum who would like me to go away. If they were the only people on the forum, I would certainly do so; however, I think leaving would do a great disservice to...
  16. L

    The Foundations of a Non-Naive Mathematics

    Hi, Please read http://www.geocities.com/complementarytheory/No-Naive-Math.pdf (include its links). I'll be glad to get your detailed remarks and insights. Thank you, Lama ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edit (11/8/2004)...
  17. M

    Foundations of Astronomy by Michael A. Seeds

    Again, I'm not sure if this belongs here, but it fits as well as Flatland. Spaceland is a SF story by Rudy Rucker. It deals with the life of Joe Cube (stupid name, I know), and how it's changed when he's visited by a four-dimensional woman, named Momo. As corny as it may sound (and as...
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