“Well, I just sold another Lichtenstein,” Agnes Gund told me earlier this week. Out of her mouth—and maybe only hers—this does not sound like blue-chip art-flipper braggadocio. The millions that the 85-year-old philanthropist and art collector recently earned from...
Prince George, B.C. – Selen Alpay, an established Prince George business owner, community leader and philanthropist, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Northern British Columbia during the 2023 Convocation ceremony at the Prince...
The first comprehensive poll to measure public attitudes on foundations and nonprofits offers signs that charitable organizations are more trusted than other institutions, such as businesses, governments, and the news media. But it shows many warning signs for nonprofits,...
Well-known philanthropist and business mogul Jim Pattison has pledged $5 million to a campaign supporting the future Niagara Falls hospital.Niagara Health Foundation announced Thursday in a press release that Pattison, whose company owns attractions in Niagara Falls, made the...
NEW YORK, 5 April 2023 – Amid growing food and energy crises, an uncertain global economic outlook, and the escalating impacts of climate change, the UN today said that a sustainable industrial transformation is needed to close...
Philanthropist David Rubenstein took the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum stage on Monday to share his thoughts on public service, education, and the importance of history—among other lessons.
Rubenstein served in President...
A spirited debate, delivered by passionate sports and health experts, inspired powerful conversations among the audience gathered at Marlborough House, the headquarters of the Commonwealth...
Imperial is dedicated to rising its collaborations with companions in Europe stated President Hugh Brady throughout a visit to Paris to fulfill educational leaders.
President Brady was talking...
The collapse of the FTX exchange and its subsidiaries in November 2022 also led to the shutdown of its philanthropic arm, FTX Future Fund. The philanthropic arm had pledged $1 billion in donations toward research academics across prestigious...
Humanity faces no shortage of challenges.
Some have been with us for generations, such as childhood hunger and disease in low- and middle-income countries.
Others, like the climate impacts of the global food system and the potentially imminent threat of unmitigated...
