So while philanthropic dollars are surely welcome when they arrive, they're ... A related issue concerns philanthropy “partnering” with...more
Over 16 years — without much fanfare or credit, when you think about it — the foundation's board has awarded $32 million in grants going only to...more
Steyer is an obvious for this list, as a retired California hedge fund billionaire focused full time on philanthropic and political giving aimed at moving the...more
The Blanche and Julian Robertson Foundation awarded the Rowan-Salisbury School System an additional half million dollars, for a total of $875,000,...more
The Blanche & Julian Robertson Family Foundation, founded in 1997 by Julian H. Robertson, Jr. in honor of his parents, Blanche and Julian Robertson, is soliciting grant applications for its 2014...more
The Blanche & Julian Robertson Family Foundation recently approved 65 grants totaling just over $1 million for the spring 2013 grant cycle. The foundation received 109 applications. Of that...more
The Blanche & Julian Robertson Family Foundation announced that it will be writing checks for more than $1.8 million during 2012-13, one of the foundation's largest in its 14 years of...more
Japan contributed $340 million to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Meanwhile, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also contributed $750 million to the Global Fund.
In the...more
Vandana Shiva, a scientist and environmentalist known for her activism against GMOs, globalization, and patents on seeds and traditional foods, co-founded Navdanya.