Thursday May 23rd, 2013
ALL THINGS CHARITABLE
After death of her husband, Laurene Powell Jobs is quietly flexing her philanthropic muscle on behalf of education and immigration reform.
“For most of her 20-year marriage to Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs was content to be a behind-the-scenes philanthropist.But a desire to change US immigration laws is bringing her into the media spotlight – albeit in a carefully managed way.” — David Clark Scott, Christian Science Monitor… MORE >>
An in-depth profile of Laura and John Arnold, part of new wave of philanthropists who want to use “data analysis and science” to mitigate society’s ills.… MORE >>
“Giving with Purpose” is online class designed to “teach the art of philanthropy” through application; Doris Buffett is supplying $10K for students to grant.
“A new online course featuring investor Warren Buffett and baseball great Cal Ripken Jr.… MORE >>
Happy 100th birthday, Rockefeller Foundation– whose founding motto is dauntingly global and fittingly c. 1913: To promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world… MORE >>.
“For the richest American family of their era, the goal was fittingly ambitious: ‘To promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world.’ With that mission, underwritten by the vast wealth of John D.
UK peer Lord Ashcroft elaborates on taking the Giving Pledge — and in the process, gives us a look inside a billionaire’s reasoning.
“I have taken the pledge.… MORE >>
Albertan who made his fortune in oil posthumously revealed to be record-setting donor to Calgary Foundation — to the tune of $117 million (Cdn.)
“Daryl K.… MORE >>
WalMart set national giving records last year, including $8 million in WV (and 4 million lbs. to state food banks), where coincidentally it’s the state’s largest employer.… MORE >>
New nonprofit “Pet Food Stamps” seeks to bridge the pet-food gap, as federal food stamps can’t be put toward Fido’s diet.
“If you believe the economy is improving, you’ve likely never met someone who still can’t afford a can of cat food.… MORE >>
Philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis died April 23; leaves legacy of giving throughout the U.S., and especially for the Hudson River.
“Kathryn Wasserman Davis, a philanthropist who contributed millions of dollars to a fund that led efforts to restore the Hudson River, died April 23 at her home in Hobe Sound, Fla.… MORE >>
Actor Jeff Bridges sojourns to AZ to pick up charitable contribution from 1st graders, who sold lemonade to raise funds for hungry kids.
“Zaharis Elementary’s Lemonade Club presented $414 to Academy Award winner, author and musician Jeff Bridges, international spokesperson for Share Our Strength: No Kid Hungry, last week.” — Principal Mike Oliver, the East Valley Tribune… MORE >>
It’s hard to find a “serious” commencement speech that isn’t about remembering that there’s more…
How do we know what (and how well) participants learn in short, educational programming? The…
When my husband and I moved to the suburbs of Westchester in 2005, we had…
Last night I attended a fundraiser for the Washington Conservatory of Music (WCM), sponsored and…
Adam Grant is the wunderkind of business professors, a Harvard and University of Michigan graduate…
