U.S. hedge fund manager Ackman makes $10 mln charity donation
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) – William Ackman is putting his money where his mouth is.
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Despite 2014 wins, Herbalife profit eludes Ackman
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.
PRESS RELEASE: Omidyar Network and The Pershing Square Foundation Grant Social Finance, Inc. $4.0 Million to Expedite Growth of the Pay-for-Success Market
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
PRESS RELEASE: Saїd Business School and The Pershing Square Foundation announce first scholarship winners for the Oxford 1+1 MBA Programme
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.
PRESS RELEASE: Healthcare Start-Up CareMessage Raises Over $3.7 Million In Its First Round Of Fundraising
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
Scene Last Night: In Battle of the Galas, One Triumph
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.
PRESS RELEASE: The Pershing Square Foundation Makes $611,000 Grant to myAgro to Support Small-Scale West African Farmers
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
Shifting role for foundations
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.
Meet the Practice Makes Perfect 2014 Summer Scholars
“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.
Coming to Netflix E-TEAM Film: Going behind the lines to expose crimes against humanity
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.