Gates Foundation Announces $69-Million in Grants to Encourage Needy Students to Finish College
Gates Foundation announces $69-million in education grants
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Foundations Wind Down Effort to Put Education Improvement on Political Agenda
Strong American Schools, the charity that sought to make improving education a front-burner issue in the 2008 presidential race, is likely to wind down next year after spending less than half of the $60-million that the foundations backing the campaign originally expected to provide. The campaign,…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Gates Foundation Unveils New Approach Designed to Improve American Education
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation reaffirmed its commitment to education at a conference here this month, announcing a revamped strategy for improving high-school education and a new effort to help more young adults earn a college degree or certificate. The foundation will shift its…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
New Gift Bolsters Oklahoma State After Risky Bet Sinks Original Donation
T. Boone Pickens gave $63-million to Oklahoma State University athletics last month to allow the university to complete renovations to its football stadium, after a prior gift he had made for that purpose dropped sharply while invested in his own hedge fund. Oklahoma State University officials…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation was just finishing its first plan for grant making this fall as the area’s teetering economy started to unravel. The foundation will focus grants primarily on five causes, but Emmett D. Carson, its president, says the foundation decided to “frontload” its…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Gates Foundation Puts New Focus on College Completion
Gates Foundation to put hundreds of millions of dollars into college effort
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Beneficiaries of Bloomberg’s Donations Hope Mayor Is Eligible for Another Term
Several New York City charities that are supported privately by Michael R. Bloomberg, the city’s mayor, testified in October in favor of a bill before the City Council that might allow the billionaire to serve a third term. The bill, which was slated for a vote late last week, would allow elected…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
EBay’s Founder Expands Giving and Adds New Causes to Support
The Omidyar Network will increase its grant making by more than 50 percent this year and expand the types of charities it supports. Omidyar Network, the grant-making organization established by Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, will make grants worth roughly $55-million this year, up from about…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Nonprofit Leaders Urge Next President to Promote Charitable Giving
As charities grapple with the economic crisis, their executives would like to see the next president take steps to promote giving and strengthen the nonprofit work force, according to a study released last week. The survey asked charity executives what a new presidential administration could do to…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Donor Driven to Raise Funds to Help Find Diabetes Cure
For more than 20 years, James C. Tyree suffered extreme complications from diabetes, including spending a month in a coma in 1997 following a sharp spike in his blood sugar. His ability to overcome those challenges provided good material for the many speeches the financial executive has made over…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor