Structure and Recognition Can Be Key in Big University Gifts
A New York Times wealth columnist examines the origins of several major university gifts to illustrate what donors look for when approached by their alma maters, and how institutions shape their pitches accordingly.
$25-Million Gift Boosts U. of South Florida Business School
Most of the funds from Fiserv Inc. co-founder Les Muma and his wife, Pam, both University of South Florida alumni, will go into an endowment providing long-term investment income to the Tampa campus’ College of Business, which was renamed for the donors, writes the Tampa Bay Times.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a chance to remind people about the importance of early detection but also a chance to move beyond awareness.
By Brian Reich
Contributor
3 Questions We Need to Answer for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
We need to know who reaps the most from a pink October and look at the real medical facts.
By GAYLE SULIK
Contributor
It’s Time to Turn the NFL Purple
October is also Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the league should use its influence to fight that issue first.
By Helga Luest
Contributor
Some Tech Entrepreneurs Embrace Giving Before They Have Anything to Give
The Founders’ Pledge asks Silicon Valley’s start-up entrepreneurs to donate 1 percent of their companies’ equity to charity from the very beginning.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
Contributor
In India, Mark Zuckerberg Pushes Free Internet for the Poor
Speaking Thursday in New Delhi, the Facebook CEO said his Internet.org project would work to extend free mobile web service to the hundreds of millions of rural Indians who lack Internet access, writes The Washington Post.
$25-Million Gift Will Establish Wayne State Start-Up Center
The gift from James Anderson, chief executive of Urban Science, and his wife, Patricia, aims to encourage entrepreneurship among engineering students and faculty at the Detroit university, Crain’s Detroit Business reports. The gift will establish the James and Patricia Anderson Engineering Ventures Institute.
Sculptor Makes $20-Million Art Bequest to Oakland Museum
The internationally known Bay Area artist Bruce Beasley has announced that he will leave his works, archive, and sprawling sculpture garden and studio complex to the Oakland Museum of California, the Oakland Tribune and the San Francisco Chronicle report.
Silicon Valley Fund Won’t Sell GoPro Gift Shares This Year
A week after receiving a $500-million stake in the camera maker, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation said it would not sell any of the stock until 2015 at the earliest, The Wall Street Journal reports.