By Aaron Wiener (Washington City Paper) – College was out of the question for Sadhana Singh. It’s not that she wasn’t a strong student: She finished 11th in her high school graduating class. But as she moved through her senior year, her thoughts were on finding work after graduation.
$10M Commitment Will Enable Undocumented Immigrants with DACA Status Opportunity to Pursue Educational Goals
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) – William Ackman is putting his money where his mouth is.
Indeed, he is so confident Pershing Square will start reeling in the profits from its Herbalife trade that he plans to donate $10 million — pegged to his future Herbalife profits — to TheDream.US, a charitable organization.
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.