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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation was established last September 2000. Their primary focus is to advance environmental conservation, scientific research, and patient care throughout the world and in San Francisco Bay Area.
The vision of the foundation is creating positive outcomes for future generations. They uphold a set of core values that directs their work; impact, integrity, disciplined approach, and collaboration.
The foundation carries out its work through awarding initiatives and program grants to individuals, organizations, and partners to make positive changes in the world.
Web Address
www.moore.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @MooreFound
The vision of the foundation is creating positive outcomes for future generations. They uphold a set of core values that directs their work; impact, integrity, disciplined approach, and collaboration.
The foundation carries out its work through awarding initiatives and program grants to individuals, organizations, and partners to make positive changes in the world.
Web Address
www.moore.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @MooreFound
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Recent News from Moore Foundation
Discovery science powered, increasingly, by donors
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Druckenmiller Foundation
“The role of science philanthropy—gifts from wealthy individuals, grants ... to double philanthropic support for basic science over the next five...more
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Druckenmiller Foundation
“The role of science philanthropy—gifts from wealthy individuals, grants ... to double philanthropic support for basic science over the next five...more
Wanted: Three-Handed Superstar Masochists to Run Big Foundations
Foundation: Moore Foundation
If you're recruited to one of these jobs from outside of philanthropy, which Twersky says is very common, you'll have to learn about a whole new field...more
Foundation: Moore Foundation
If you're recruited to one of these jobs from outside of philanthropy, which Twersky says is very common, you'll have to learn about a whole new field...more
Numerous locally-based organizations are taking part in Silicon Valley Gives on May 6
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of community foundations, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation will raise money for area nonprofits...more
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of community foundations, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation will raise money for area nonprofits...more
Claude Moore Foundation Awards $915K To Charities
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Claude Moore Charitable Foundation
The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation has concluded its grant cycle for 2014, awarding $915,000 to 15 Loudoun-based charities. Since its...more
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Claude Moore Charitable Foundation
The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation has concluded its grant cycle for 2014, awarding $915,000 to 15 Loudoun-based charities. Since its...more
Anointing Philanthropists as Social Change Leaders: Pro or Con?
Foundation: Moore Foundation
... and the platform to suggest strategies for his grantmaking philanthropic peers. ... While McCormick encourages philanthropy to “make big bets on bold ideas,”...more
Foundation: Moore Foundation
... and the platform to suggest strategies for his grantmaking philanthropic peers. ... While McCormick encourages philanthropy to “make big bets on bold ideas,”...more
WorkHands: online network for skilled trades
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, senior executives at 10 percent of the more than 300 charities it surveyed made more than $1 million in...more
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, senior executives at 10 percent of the more than 300 charities it surveyed made more than $1 million in...more
Top 10 Foundation Grants Fund Big Green
Foundation: Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust, Moore Foundation, Oak Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Family Fund, Packard Foundation, Denver Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Sierra Club Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
Washington Examiner columnist, Ron Arnold, tracked foundation grants that serve as the backbone of Big Green environmental movement. Arnold's survey details the top 7 foundations that create Big...more
Foundation: Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust, Moore Foundation, Oak Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Family Fund, Packard Foundation, Denver Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Sierra Club Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
Washington Examiner columnist, Ron Arnold, tracked foundation grants that serve as the backbone of Big Green environmental movement. Arnold's survey details the top 7 foundations that create Big...more
Pipeline critics questioned on Rockefeller foundation, Seattle philanthropist
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Tides Foundation
Other foundation funding directed toward British Columbia includes: the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre (one grant worth $20,000), Tides Foundation (20 grants totalling $564,000), and the...more
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Tides Foundation
Other foundation funding directed toward British Columbia includes: the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre (one grant worth $20,000), Tides Foundation (20 grants totalling $564,000), and the...more
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Seeks to Uphold Patient Dignity
Foundation: Moore Foundation
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation intends to give $500-million to hospitals over the next decade to help them reduce preventable causes of harm to acute-care and loss of dignity patients. The...more
Foundation: Moore Foundation
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation intends to give $500-million to hospitals over the next decade to help them reduce preventable causes of harm to acute-care and loss of dignity patients. The...more
Foundation promises $500M for patient safety effort; Starts with $9M Hopkins grant
Foundation: Moore Foundation
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, whose grants fund projects in patient care, science and environmental conservation, announced in an Aug. 28 news release its Patient Care Program. The...more
Foundation: Moore Foundation
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, whose grants fund projects in patient care, science and environmental conservation, announced in an Aug. 28 news release its Patient Care Program. The...more
Illustrative Grants from Moore Foundation
Environmental Defense-$1,891,251
Tides Canada Foundation-$1,241,635
Renewable Resources Coalition-$1,409,100
Fundacao Bioma-$251,519
Rutgers University Foundation-$1,347,416
Amazon Conservation Team-$2,278,865
Ecotrust-$969,617
Tides Center, Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea-$710,262
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution-$927,412
Fundacao Djalma Batista-$3,471,059
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