By Scott Jaschik. The University of Cambridge has announced a gift of 100 million pounds (about $130 million), the largest gift ever from British philanthropy to a British university. More...
1 mars 2019
27 janvier 2019
Bloomberg's Gift and the Role of Endowments
Michael Bloomberg recently made a big splash by promising to make a gift of $1.8 billion to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University. The primary purpose of this gift -- the largest in history to any university -- is to make the endowment large enough to ensure that Hopkins can maintain need-blind admission and meet full financial need for all students indefinitely into the future. More...
7 janvier 2019
La philanthropie à l'honneur ? les 4 et 5 juillet 2018 à Bâle
Sur le blog de Michel Abhervé pour Alternatives économiques. La neuvième conférence internationale du réseau européen de recherche sur la philanthropie, ERNOP, se tiendra les 4 et 5 juillet 2019 à l'Université de Bâle en Suisse sur le thème La philanthropie à l'honneur. Plus...
21 décembre 2018
Fralins give $50M to Virginia Tech
A Roanoke family is giving $50 million to Virginia Tech to be used to attract top-ranked scientists to its Roanoke research center and to hasten the pace of the region’s economic growth. More...
21 décembre 2018
Ecolab donates $5M to University of Minnesota
St. Paul-based Ecolab is giving $5 million to the University of Minnesota to support research and education on environmental sustainability. More...
18 décembre 2018
Michael Bloomberg: Why I’m giving $1.8B for college financial aid
Here’s a simple idea I bet most Americans agree with: No qualified high school student should ever be barred entrance to a college based on his or her family’s bank account. Yet it happens all the time. More...
30 novembre 2018
Good Intentions, but…
By Matt Reed. Michael Bloomberg has rightly attracted attention for donating $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University for financial aid for low- and middle-income students, and for ensuring that JHU’s admissions remain “need-blind” for the foreseeable future. More...
28 novembre 2018
‘How Corporate Cash Bought American Higher Education’
By Marjorie Valbrun. New book outlines how rich donors have become more assertive about how their money should be used and explores the costs to higher ed. More...
6 novembre 2018
Growing college student philanthropists
Higher ed institutions commonly work with students and staff on giving-related programs, and some are now opening offices for student philanthropy. More...
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