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Between 2006 and 2010, Wyss contributed $2.5 million to retire oil and gas leases that covered 110,000 acres of public land around the Rocky Mountain Front.In 2008, the foundation donated $12.5 million to The Nature Conservancy, [9] and during 2009–2010, an additional $35 million in support of The Nature Conservancy's "Montana Legacy Project" to preserve 310,000 acres of timberland.
After initially recruiting students solely from New York City, the program has expanded to serve students from more than 20 U.S. cities. [5] [6] The Posse Foundation's founder, Deborah Bial, received the MacArthur "Genius" Grant in 2007 for her work with Posse. [7]
Say Yes to Education, Inc. (Say Yes) is a U.S. non-profit organization that seeks to improve inner-city education. The main focus of Say Yes is to increase high school and college graduation rates by offering a range of support services to at-risk, economically disadvantaged youths and families, and by pledging full scholarships for a college or vocational education to children living in poverty.
Audley Travel’s Cities of the East by Rail tour takes in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC. This 13-day trip is priced at £4,340pp and includes international flights, destination ...
The Helene Fuld Health Trust is the largest charitable trust in the United States devoted exclusively to supporting student nurses and nursing education. The trust — which began as a foundation in 1935, but transferred its assets to the trust in 1969 — has provided grants, scholarships, and financial aid for the education, health, and welfare of student nurses.
Headquartered in New York City, Bloomberg Philanthropies focuses its resources on five areas: the environment, public health, the arts, government innovation and education. [2] According to the Foundation Center , Bloomberg Philanthropies was the 10th largest foundation in the United States in 2015, the last year for which data was available. [ 3 ]
Julian Hart Robertson Jr. KNZM (June 25, 1932 – August 23, 2022) was an American hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. Robertson founded Tiger Management , one of the first hedge funds, in 1980. From its inception in 1980 to its 1998 asset peak, his fund returned 31.7% per year after fees, compared to a 12.7% annual return from the S&P 500 ...
Tiger Management Corp. is an American hedge fund and family office founded by Julian Robertson.The fund began investing in 1980 and wound down in March 2000-01. [1] It continues to operate in direct public equity investments and seeding new investment funds.