Robert Conn, President and CEO of The Kavli Foundation, offers his insights about what works in science philanthropy.
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In this article by Clive Cookson, Harding talks about physics and philanthropy. He mentions the Science Philanthropy Alliance, which Winton Philanthropies has just joined.
The Science Philanthropy Alliance announced that The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and Winton Philanthropies have joined the Alliance as associate members.
The Helmsley Charitable Trust aspires to improve lives by supporting effective organizations in health, medical research, place-based initiatives, and education and human services. Since beginning its active grantmaking in…
This Giving Tuesday, the AAAS published an article about the importance of philanthropy in advancing science. The article mentions Marc Kastner, president of the Alliance.
The Lasker Foundation, one of our members, recently featured two articles on giving to discovery science.The Foundation discusses philanthropy's role in supporting scientific research in "Enlisting Philanthropies to Invest in Basic Medical Research" and talks about the Science Philanthropy Alliance.Jim and Marilyn Simons of the Simons Foundation discuss the importance of discovery science and the role…
Marilyn Simons, President of Simons Foundation, and Jim Simons, Chair of Simons Foundation, offer their insights about what works in science philanthropy.
Karl Zinsmeister writes about why private philanthropy is so important to breakthrough science.
Erika Hayden from Nature Magazine interviewed Marc Kastner, president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance, about the Alliance's plans to increase private funding for discovery science, and the role we played in advising the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative:"Chan and Zuckerberg’s announcement showcases how the Science Philanthropy Alliance works. Initially, the pair considered funding translational research. But after…
Congratulations to this year's Nobel Prize winners for their breakthrough work in discovery science!A Japan Times story about this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine awarded to Japanese microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi, shows how Ohsumi's discoveries “led to a new paradigm in our understanding of how the cell recycles its content” and “opened the path to understanding the fundamental…