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> Some of them are very QANGO like What does this mean? > The Smithsonian is funded from british money, vested through the surviving childless American reside
by allturtles 2y ago
> Some of them are very QANGO like
What does this mean?
> The Smithsonian is funded from british money, vested through the surviving childless American resident, and grows by accretion of other indepently funded bodies (the Hirshhorn, the Freer which in turn relates to the Sackler but we don't talk about that...)
The Smithsonian is and always has been a quasi-public entity. It was founded by an act of Congress and is subsidized directly from the federal budget. I would compare to something like the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- jhbadger 2y ago>What does this mean? It's a British term for organizations that aren't governmental but which are largely funded by them. As you mention, the Smithsonian and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are basically this, although the term isn't used here. Especially in the case of the Smithsonian, many people may not even know that they aren't part of the Federal government, given that they run the famous free museums in Washington DC.
- yzydserd 2y agoQuasi-NGO.