Isabella POV
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Temple of Dendur felt like the perfect venue for announcing the Morrison Foundation's first major grants - ancient Egyptian grandeur providing backdrop for modern philanthropic innovation that would reshape medical research and educational access for decades to come. I stood before three hundred of Manhattan's most influential donors, wearing a midnight blue gown that had cost more than most people's cars, preparing to honor my biological father's legacy through charitable giving that exceeded every projection we'd made.
"Ladies and gentlemen," I said, my voice carrying clearly through the museum's soaring space, "tonight we announce forty-seven million dollars in grants to eight medical research institutions working on breakthrough treatments for cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and pediatric genetic disorders."
