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.
Practice Makes Perfect (PMP) is a non-profit organization that has launched an intensive educational campaign designed to halt, what some educators refer to as, summer slide.
Grant to expand local Frontline Health Workers’ ability to bring basic care to remote communities and integrate best practices with national health policy
NEW YORK, June 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Today Echoing Green announced its 2014 class of Fellows including Global, Black Male Achievement and Climate Fellows.
By Kristina Strain (Inside Philanthropy) – This ain’t your father’s cancer philanthropy. This ain’t some namby-pamby Race for the Cure-style charity outfit or a lumbering legacy foundation. This is cancer philanthropy, Wall Street-style.
New York, Memphis, Boston scientists receive prestigious awards to tackle cancers in children and young adults New York, NY (June 20, 2014) – The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named three outstanding young scientists as recipients of the prestigious Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship Award,
By Randall Lane (FORBES) – Last June, Forbes convened more than 150 of the world’s greatest philanthropists at the United Nations for the larger purpose of making their giving more effective, as channeled through the prism of global poverty causes.
Record-Breaking $2.3 Million Raised; Lives Changed SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Notables from Wall Street, the world of sports and broadcast media came together on June 11 in New York City to celebrate inspirational challenged athletes at the 8th Annual “A Celebration of Heroes, Heart and Hope” gala which has now raised more than $10 million
By Nadja Brandt and John Gittelsohn (Bloomber Businessweek) – Bobby Turner, who runs a school-construction fund with tennis champion Andre Agassi, has started a new firm seeking to raise as much as $1 billion for charter schools, workforce housing and health-care facilities.