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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Recent News from Wyss Foundation


With Africa's Wilds Facing Growing Threats, A Billionaire Steps Up
Foundation: Wyss Foundation

One thing Hansjörg Wyss likes to spend his billions on is protecting land, and he thinks big. So while Wyss has been diversifying his philanthropy...more

Kellogg Foundation Made Huge Grants to John Podesta's Center for American Progress
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Wyss Foundation

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation gave nearly two million dollars to the John Podesta-founded Center for American Progress and a closely...more

New Grants from the Wyss Foundation Support Civic Participation
Foundation: Wyss Foundation

The Wyss Foundation today announced that it is making approximately $1 million in grants this year to support three organizations that are working...more

Grants Roundup: Facebook Awards $15 Million for Coding Education
Foundation: Wyss Foundation

Oceana works to restore marine health and fisheries in Mexico.The Wyss Foundation is giving Oceana and Oceans 5 a grant of $8 million for...more

Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation Awards $15.6 Million in Grants
Foundation: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Wyss Foundation

The Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation in New York City has announced grants totaling $15.6 million to nonprofit organizations working in the areas...more

June 6: Trail Restoration in San Gabriels for National Trails Day
Foundation: California Community Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, California Endowment, Packard Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Wyss Foundation

... Annenberg Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Resources Legacy Fund, the California Community Foundation, and The...more

Vice President/General Counsel
Foundation: Wyss Foundation

Vice President: The Wyss Foundation is a private, charitable foundation dedicated to supporting innovative, lasting solutions that improve...more

Wyss Foundation Grant Helps Expand the Fund for Environmental Journalism
Foundation: Wyss Foundation

The Wyss Foundation has joined the Grantham Foundation for the ... Foundation grants from Wyss, Grantham and others for the Fund will also...more

Wyss, Yet Another Big Philanthropist, Turns to the Oceans
Foundation: Wyss Foundation

Wyss Foundation is the main philanthropic outlet of Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss engineer who made his fortune in medical devices, but has a...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.




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