Philanthropist Plans to Give $1 Billion for Conservation: Daily News Roundup
October 31, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss Announces Plan to Donate $1 Billion Over Next Decade for Conservation (New York Times)
Google.org Is Giving $25 Million to Put Artificial Intelligence to Good Use (Fortune). See more from the Chronicle about big gifts for artificial intelligence.
UCLA Receives $25 Million Gift for Parkinson’s Research (Los Angeles Business Journal)
Innovation and Opinion
Ford Foundation Chief Darren Walker on the Benefits for Men Who Live With Empathy (Quartz)
Billionaires Are Spending Their Fortunes Reshaping America’s Schools. It Isn’t Working (Vox)
How the Can’d Aid Foundation Is Redefining Philanthropy (5280)
‘Funding Feminism’ Examines How Philanthropy Advanced the Women’s Movement (WUWM)
Class-Action ‘Charity’ Racket (Opinion; Wall Street Journal — subscription)
About Cultural Organizations
Pulse Nightclub Memorial and Museum Get $10 Million in Resort Taxes (Orlando Sentinel)
Former Met Director to Lead San Francisco Museums (New York Times)
Detroit Arts Community Gets $20 Million Boost From Knight Foundation (Detroit Free Press)
