Omidyar Network and The Pershing Square Foundation Grant Social Finance, Inc. $4.0 Million to Accelerate Growth of Pay-for-Success Financing Flexible Funding Will Expand Opportunities and Driver Further Innovation of PFS Nationally
The first five Oxford Pershing Square Graduate Scholarship winners have joined the Oxford 1+1 MBA programme, entering their MSc programmes in departments across the University of Oxford this autumn, before joining the Oxford MBA programme in September 2015.
The Pershing Square Foundation Leads a Philanthropic Campaign to Help CareMessage Improve Healthcare for Millions of Underserved Patients Across the United States Through Mobile Phone Technology
By Amanda Gordon (Bloomberg Businessweek) – Welcome to the battle of the galas. In one corner: New York City Center, for 70 years a Midtown theater with two stages and Moorish decor left over from its original tenant, the Shriners, who built the place in the 1920s.
Grant to enable 12,000 farmers in Mali and Senegal to save for agricultural tools using their mobile phones and a network of local vendors, increase harvest yields, and move out of poverty
By Theresa Agovino (Crain’s New York Business) – When Clara Miller took over the F.B. Heron Foundation, which focuses on fighting poverty, she was unhappy with what she saw. Not only were U.S. poverty rates stubbornly high, but income inequality also was on the rise.
“It’s not an achievement gap, it’s an opportunity gap.” This is what Justin, a Practice Makes Perfect Teaching Fellow, had to say about the societal issue that plagues our scholars in their communities.
Anna, Ole, Fred and Peter are four members of the Emergencies Team — or E-Team — the boots on the ground division of a respected, international human rights group.
New York, October 2, 2014– The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance (PSSCRA) today announced the opening of applications for its Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research.
By Ade Adeniji (Inside Philanthropy) – In recent years, the Pershing Square Foundation has really taken off. That’s the foundation of hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, who’s well known for getting rich at a very young age and has been just as precocious in his philanthropy.