Many of us have a desire to save the world in whatever way we can—that’s why philanthropy is so important and widespread. But what’s the most effective way to approach health initiatives? It’s all good and well to throw money at a problem, or even try to swoop in and save the day—but will that […]
The concept of the “grand challenge”, of tasking researchers and others with trying to answer big questions to advance their fields, was introduced to charity in 2003 with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health program. That program set aside $450 million to award grants to researchers tackling big questions in […]
If you’ve never heard of Dismaland, it’s an art installation in the United Kingdom that was built as a collaboration between a number of street artists. Among those is the artist known as Banksy, who gets most of the credit for it but is far from the only person involved. As the name implies, the […]
New Story Charity began in 2014 and was founded by Michael Arrieta, DocuSign Chief of Staff to Chairman, and DocuSign CEO Keith Krach. Therefore, it is no surprise that DocuSign as a company works so closely with New Story Charity to do so many great things. New Story Charity, a crowd-funding nonprofit whose mission is […]
Image via: Tupungato / Shutterstock.com Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University announced a $35 million donation from India-based IT company Tata Consulting Services. It is the largest gift the university has received as well as the largest gift donated to an American university from another country. The donation, according to Philanthropy News Digest, will go towards the construction […]
Providing artistic outlets and college-level education to United States prison inmates significantly reduces their chances of returning to prison, a study by Rand suggests. The study investigated how inmate education affected prisoner life post-incarceration and found that those inmates who were educated while in prison had a 43% lower rate of returning to prison than […]
In 2012, foundations around the world raised a total of $1.8 billion dollars in grants to promote human rights, a 6% increase over 2011. 774 foundations raised that money for 11,000 non-profits, for a total of over 19,000 grants. This information comes from a new report by the Foundation Center and the International Human Rights […]
According to the annual Giving USA report on charitable donations in the United States, in 2014, for the first time in seven year, donations in this country exceeded pre-recession rates. In 2014, adjusting for inflation, Americans gave $358.38 billion. That was a 7.1% increase over 2013, and giving was up in several categories. Individual giving […]
The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announced Thursday, July 9th, that it is opening a new Lung Cancer Center—The Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research (DCLCR). The DCLCR was made possible by a $25 million donation from MSK board member Stanley Druckenmiller and his wife, Fiona. “Dramatic advancements have been made […]
You work hard and you play hard. But some sense of satisfaction seems to be missing from you life. What could it be? Perhaps you need to consider the art of philanthropy. Giving to others in need, an institution you support, or a cause that concerns you is at the heart of philanthropy. And here’s […]