For John Helzberg, MD, giving is a family tradition. Shortly after World War II, his great-grandmother established a trust to help indigent Jewish refugees in the Kansas City area, who often had few financial resources or options to receive medical...
Wallis Annenberg is one of the most powerful and influential philanthropists in Los Angeles, someone who’s left a lasting—and radical—footprint on cultural institutions all over town. Just to name a few, there's the Annenberg Space for Photography; the Wallis...
Comment on this storyCommentNEW YORK — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will join business, political and philanthropic leaders, as well as celebrities, including Hugh Jackman and John...
On April 19, 2023, the Boy Scouts of America declared that it has exited its bankruptcy case after clearing one of the last legal hurdles in its way. Some insurance companies and sex-abuse claimants objected to the Boy Scouts’...
Philea and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo are conducting a survey on data work in philanthropic foundations with the aim of mapping out what activities European foundations are currently undertaking when it comes to data. Philea currently hosts a...
Former U.S. Poet Laureate and winner of a Pulitzer Prize, she was the 2020 Nobel Prize laureate in literature and 2015 recipient of the National Humanities Medal, Louise Elisabeth Glück…
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Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judiciary overhauls and the continued erosion of Palestinian human rights for months.It’s possible that what’s happening loudly and without precedent on the streets of Israel is...
The Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly will kick off on Sunday evening in Tel Aviv for an event that’s relatively short on content but long on personal, visceral experiences as the organization looks to deepen the connections...
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We learnt from abdiel and Lora in the session how Justice Funders has seeded and grown a Just Transition Investment Community, presently comprising 14 US philanthropic institutions, to learn from one another and take action consistent with...
According to the most recent edition of The Giving Report from CanadaHelps, more than 30 per cent of charities in Canada have reported a significant drop in revenue and over half say they have fewer volunteers than in previous...
