The Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs, better known as the Filer Commission, was formed in 1973 to study philanthropy, the role of the private sector in American society, and then to recommend measures to increase voluntary giving. Organized as a privately supported citizen's board, the Commission came into being through the efforts of John D. Rockefeller III, Wilbur D. Mills, George P. Shultz, and William E. Simon. The selection of participants on the Commission reflected a desire for diversity of experience and opinions and included heads of religious and labor groups, former cabinet secretaries, corporate and fd Foreign Securities Corporation and President of Metropolitan Museum of Art. Edwin D. Etherington, Former President of Wesleyan University and Trustee of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Bayard Ewing, Tillinghast, Collins and Graham and Vice Chairman of United Way of America. Frances Tarlton Farenthold, Past Chairperson of National Women's Political Caucus. Max M. Fisher, Chairman of United Brands Company and Honorary Chairman of United Foundations. Reverend Raymond J. Gallagher, Bishop of Lafayette-in-Indiana. Earl G. Graves, Publisher of Black Enterprise and Commissioner of Boy Scouts of America. Paul R. Haas, President and Chairman of Corpus Christi Oil and Gas Company and Trustee of Paul and Mary Haas Foundation. Walter A. Haas Jr., Chairman of Levi Strauss and Company and Trustee of the Ford Foundation. Philip M. Klutznick, Klutznick Investments and Chairman of Research and Policy Committee and Trustee of Committee for Economic Development. Ralph Lazarus, Chairman of Federated Department Stores, Inc. and Former National Chairman of United Way of America. Herbert E. Longenecker, President Emeritus of Tulane University and Director of United Student Aid Funds. Elizabeth J. McCormack, Special Assistant to the President of Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. Walter J. McNerney, President of Blue Cross Association. William H. Morton, Trustee of Dartmouth College. John M. Musser, President and Director of General Service Foundation. Jon O. Newman, Judge, U.S. District Court and Chairman of Hartford Institute of Criminal and Social Justice. Graciela Olivarez, State Planning Officer and Director of Council on Foundations, Inc. Alan Pifer, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York. George Romney, Chairman of the National Center for Voluntary Action. William Matson Roth, Regent of University of California and Chairman of San Francisco Museum of Art. Althea T. L. Simmons, Director for Education Programs of the NAACP Special Contribution Fund. Reverend Leon H. Sullivan, Pastor of Zion Baptist Church, Philadelphia. David B. Truman,