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约翰·D·洛克菲勒《洛克菲勒回忆录》· Random Reminiscences of Men and Events · 领导

The method of procedure in this case has been substantially the same as with all other contributions. The presentation of the needs of the university has been made in writing by the officers of the university, whose special duty it is to prepare its budgets and superintend its finances. A committee of the trustees, with the president, have annually conferred, at a fixed time, with our Department of Benevolence, as to its needs. Their conclusions have generally been entirely unanimous and I have found no occasion hitherto seriously to depart from their recommendations. There have been no personal interviews and no personal solicitations. It has been a pleasure to me to make these contributions, but that pleasure has arisen out of the fact that the university is located in a great centre of empire; that it has rooted itself in the affections and interest of the people among whom it is located; that it is doing a great and needed work--in fine, that it has been able to attract and to justify the contributions of its patrons East and West. It is not personal interviews and impassioned appeals, but sound and justifying worth, that should attract and secure the funds of philanthropy.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17090
定位:Additional excerpt 264 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

洛克菲勒给大学捐款有一套固定流程:先由校方财务负责人书面提交预算和需求,然后校董委员会和校长每年在固定时间与他的慈善部门开会讨论,大家意见通常一致,他就按建议拨款。整个过程没有私下见面,也没有个人请托。他乐意捐钱,是因为这所大学位于重要中心、深得当地人心、在做急需的大事,值得支持。他认为,真正吸引善款的不是私人交情和煽情呼吁,而是扎实、站得住脚的价值。

上下文

洛克菲勒在晚年回忆录中讲述自己管理慈善捐款的方式,强调制度化和书面沟通,避免人情请托。

今日一问

你给钱或帮人时,是看对方真正值得,还是看关系亲疏和会不会说话?

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