The Ballmer Group recently announced a big gift for the youngest children in its home state of Washington. The grants, which total $43 million, will focus on “building, strengthening and diversifying the state’s early childhood education workforce,” according to...
“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...
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...
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...
The one-year mark of the conflict in Ukraine has now passed and the humanitarian needs remain dire. More than 17 million people, equaling close to 40% of Ukraine’s population, require urgent humanitarian aid. About 8 million Ukrainians have fled...
Social justice movements consistently work, sometimes at great risk, to make this world a better place. Funding that promotes movement building is one of the best ways in which funders can advance social and environmental justice. The recognition for...
