For many decades a comfortably wealthy foundation, by 1598 the parish had fallen on such hard times it had to sell a broken bell for scrap.

His salary is actually higher than the $285,000 median established by the survey, which included the 50 wealthiest foundations, each with assets of $200 million to $24 billion.

One of the nation's 10 wealthiest foundations, it has assets of $1.4 billion and has spent its wealth quietly and selectively.

As of 2007, it was one of the nation's wealthiest foundations.

It housed several well-known madrasas and numerous wealthy religious foundations, becoming the principal intellectual center of the central Maghreb.

The philanthropy's assets total $270 million, making it one of the 50 wealthiest foundations in the country.

And if Craft the Younger wanted it different, wanted things as they were not, Craft controlled an enormously wealthy foundation.

See: List of wealthiest foundations.

Going digital, however, can be expensive, and colleges began turning to Mellon, a wealthy New York-based foundation that emphasizes higher education and art, for help.

The entry of Ford, the country's wealthiest private foundation, in the fight could be influential.