New Foundation Returns Jeffry Picower’s Widow to Philanthropic Fore
Forbes looks at the renewed giving of Barbara Picower and her JPB Foundation, the successor of the family philanthropy she and her late husband, billionaire financier Jeffry Picower, closed in the wake of the Bernard Madoff scandal.
Library of Congress to Get Buffett’s Rosa Parks Archive
A collection of civil rights icon Rosa Parks’s belongings that was purchased last month by Howard Buffett will be loaned for 10 years to the Library of Congress, the Associated Press reports.
Fund Continues to Send Sept. 11 Victims’ Children to College
About 100 children of 9/11 victims who were in kindergarten on September 11, 2001, are entering college this fall on full scholarships paid for with the last of more than $100-million raised for that purpose in the wake of the terrorist attacks, writes The New York Times.
Atlanta Symphony Again Locks Out Players as Contract Expires
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has locked out its musicians for the second time in two years as a weekend deadline to reach a new collective-bargaining agreement came and went without a deal, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Arts Philanthropy Teams With Jeff Koons for U.N. Fundraiser
The sculptor will create a series of pieces to be auctioned off to raise money for the United Nations Foundation in the first of a planned series of artists’ collaborations with a new giving group called Project Perpetual, The New York Times writes.
Turning Tweets Into Gifts: A Q&A With TinyGive’s Co-Founder
The tweet-to-give platform has signed up 150 nonprofits this year, and Clarence Wardell believes it can capture youth activism.
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Yale Eyes Steps to Align Investments With Climate Concerns
Yale University is asking the outside managers of its $20.8-billion endowment to consider the impact of the institution’s investments on climate change, reports The New York Times.
More Wealthy Investors Weigh Social Aims in Money Decisions
A New York Times wealth columnist looks at the growth of impact investing as more high-net-worth individuals seek to reap social as well as monetary gains from their portfolios.
Bill Gates-Backed ‘Big History’ Course Takes Off in Schools
The New York Times Magazine chronicles the development of the Big History Project, a curriculum funded by Bill Gates that has grown in three years from five to 1,200 high schools.
Groundbreaking Indiana U. Philanthropy School Names New Dean
Amir Pasic, an executive with the global academic association CASE, was named Monday to lead the university’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, replacing founding dean Gene Tempel, Indianapolis Business Journal reports.