Philanthropic donations jumped 96%, Low Tuck Kwong Foundation the largest giver.The foundation donated $101 million to the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in 2023.The total amount of grants hit...more
Northwell Health, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit health insurers, is teaming up with a not-for-profit foundation to help boost the nation's healthcare innovation, the Los Angeles Times...more
... Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Hospital and the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of...more
In the West, the wealthy have set up trust foundations and pledged to give away half or more of their wealth.In Asia, the perception is that not enough is being done.Family businesses are more common...more
The Asia Philanthropy Circle was founded in 2015 by Mr Lien, Mr Stanley Tan and Ms Cherie Nursalim to bring together philanthropists to collaborate and address social problems. Mr Tan is the former...more
One of the five, chairman of the Lien Foundation, Mr Laurence Lien, spoke of plans for the facility during the inaugural Asean Philanthropy Dialogue on Wednesday (March 21). The facility, which has...more
In a field that prides itself on giving, Mr Lee Poh Wah does not see himself as a modern-day Santa Claus. Instead, the chief executive of philanthropic house Lien Foundation is keen to separate...more
Pedagogy of the Oppressed, a 1970s book by author Paulo Freire, envisions a world not as a given reality, but as “a problem to be worked on and solved.” That mentality is often applied to the greatest social entrepreneurs.