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Wyss Foundation
The Wyss Foundation is a private, charitable foundation dedicated to supporting innovative, lasting solutions that improve lives, empower communities, and strengthen connections to the land.
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New York Times Calls Out Left for Dark Money
Foundation: Wyss Foundation
We must hope for a combination of business acumen and philanthropy guided by true civic interest to keep journalism—and the accountability...more
Foundation: Wyss Foundation
We must hope for a combination of business acumen and philanthropy guided by true civic interest to keep journalism—and the accountability...more
Newspapers chase philanthropic grants to fill coverage gaps
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Wyss Foundation
A few months earlier, The New York Times announced it had named former Seattle Times executive Sharon Chan to be its vp of philanthropy, a...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Wyss Foundation
A few months earlier, The New York Times announced it had named former Seattle Times executive Sharon Chan to be its vp of philanthropy, a...more
Conservation groups acquire 16000 acres in Camden
Foundation: Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Wyss Foundation
The Conservation Fund and Open Space Institute, or OSI, announced ... from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation and other philanthropic grants...more
Foundation: Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Wyss Foundation
The Conservation Fund and Open Space Institute, or OSI, announced ... from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation and other philanthropic grants...more
'Dark Money' Behind Publicly Funded Abortion Push
Foundation: Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Gates Foundation, Moore Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Wyss Foundation
The Capital Research Center's "Big Money in Dark Shadows: Arabella Advisors' Half-billion-dollar 'Dark Money' Network" tracks the significant sums of money collected from donors specifically for...more
Foundation: Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Gates Foundation, Moore Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Wyss Foundation
The Capital Research Center's "Big Money in Dark Shadows: Arabella Advisors' Half-billion-dollar 'Dark Money' Network" tracks the significant sums of money collected from donors specifically for...more
Protein design named an Audacious project
Foundation: Skoll Foundation, Wyss Foundation
... $45 million in funding through The Audacious Project, a philanthropic collaborative that ... some of the most respected organizations and individuals in philanthropy—the Skoll Foundation,...more
Foundation: Skoll Foundation, Wyss Foundation
... $45 million in funding through The Audacious Project, a philanthropic collaborative that ... some of the most respected organizations and individuals in philanthropy—the Skoll Foundation,...more
From Azim Premji to Carlos Slim: The World's Most Generous Billionaires Outside Of The US
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Wyss Foundation
Former billionaire and philanthropy icon Chuck Feeney has given away ... hit the billion-dollar giving mark are stepping up their philanthropic...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Wyss Foundation
Former billionaire and philanthropy icon Chuck Feeney has given away ... hit the billion-dollar giving mark are stepping up their philanthropic...more
LafargeHolcim Announces 2018-2019 Gygi and von Wyss Scholarship Recipients
Foundation: Wyss Foundation
KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA ILLINOIS. INDUSTRY KEYWORD: EDUCATION UNIVERSITY MANUFACTURING CHEMICALS/PLASTICS PHILANTHROPY OTHER PHILANTHROPY CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY OTHER...more
Foundation: Wyss Foundation
KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA ILLINOIS. INDUSTRY KEYWORD: EDUCATION UNIVERSITY MANUFACTURING CHEMICALS/PLASTICS PHILANTHROPY OTHER PHILANTHROPY CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY OTHER...more
Historic Dupont Circle home of Thomas Nelson Page sells to one of DC's top foundations
Foundation: Wyss Foundation
The Wyss Foundation has acquired the Thomas Nelson Page House at ... Form 990, the Wyss Foundation paid out $35.3 million in grants in...more
Foundation: Wyss Foundation
The Wyss Foundation has acquired the Thomas Nelson Page House at ... Form 990, the Wyss Foundation paid out $35.3 million in grants in...more
Historic Dupont Circle home of Thomas Nelson Page sells to one of DC's top foundations
Foundation: Wyss Foundation
The Wyss Foundation's philanthropic purpose largely keys on land conservation, children's health (it has assisted the Georgetown University...more
Foundation: Wyss Foundation
The Wyss Foundation's philanthropic purpose largely keys on land conservation, children's health (it has assisted the Georgetown University...more
Wyss, Doris Duke foundations renew partnerships with NAU's Landscape Conservation Institute
Foundation: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Wyss Foundation
This program is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, whose mission is to improve the quality of people's lives through grants...more
Foundation: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Wyss Foundation
This program is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, whose mission is to improve the quality of people's lives through grants...more
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Is Corporate Philanthropy Dead?
Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however, cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.