Charity as a Good Virus
…funds stocked with close to $200 million to provide social services in their city. Jeff Bezos pledged $25 million to match relief efforts of other givers within Washington state. The…
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Fall 2014 – Charitable Capital of the World
…describing his plans to build a world-class museum of the Bible; Jeff and Laura Sandefer on their revolutionary one-room-schoolhouse model combining project-based learning, apprenticeships, and students as teachers; and Eric…
National Security Philanthropy
The ancient nation of Georgia huddles right where Europe, Asia, and the Middle East grind together in rocky snowclad peaks. For millennia, the mountainous terrain protected its people, allowing a…
Joanne Florino Featured in Forbes Article on Bezos Gift to Smithsonian
…Kelleher writes about billionaire Jeff Bezos’s $200 million gift to the Smithsonian – and the agreement between the two parties that a new education center will be named after Bezos….
Yass Prize Celebrates Country’s Top Education Providers
…prize in partnership with Jeff and Janine Yass and Forbes. “One of the deficiencies of the traditional education reform movement is that we thought it was only about schools. But…
Tiny Ships to the Stars
…objective.” Only in Milner’s case, his legacy will not be an observatory on a mountaintop but, instead, a spacecraft the size of a stamp speeding toward another star system. Jeff…
Briefly Noted
…and immigration restrictionist Dan Stein. Philanthropist Ron Unz, bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza, regular Congressional testifier Mark Krikorian, former Senator and Governor George Allen, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former Congressman…
The Texas Miracle wasn’t just economic; it was philanthropic
…Houston’s Jeff Hines, one of KIPP’s top donors, speaks of the program as turning the educational system from a monopoly into a marketplace. “Creating competition where none previously existed,” he…
Donors Who Come to the Aid of Their Country
…the U.S. “Let every individual contribute his mite, in the best way he can to distress and harass the enemy, and compel him to peace,” urged Thomas Jefferson in 1812….
A New Way to Serve
…Loans founder Dan Gilbert, and LinkedIn president Jeff Weiner are all VFA donors. (Venture for America; Bloomberg, contributor/gettyimages; Marvin Shaouni; LinkedIn) Private equity fund manager Sy Jacobs was at a…
Nonprofits Transforming Civics Education Worth Celebrating on Presidents Day
…interview with Jeff Yass, NCC president Jefferey Rosen and the leaders of the respective drafting teams. Philanthropy Roundtable believes a robust civics education is essential to promoting and preserving good…
The Energy Foundation
…few wealthy donors like Jeff Skoll, Tom Steyer, Julian Robertson, and James Simons. The Energy Foundation was influential in convincing around three dozen states to set controversial regulations requiring utilities…