Let’s start with some billionaire math.
Some 2000 ultra-wealthy households in the United States each hold more than $500 million in assets. This deepest-pocketed demographic controls about $3.7 trillion dollars. In…
Sue Merrilees is a senior advisor at the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This is the second post in an ongoing blog series. Read Part I and Part III.When we left…
Sue Merrilees is a senior advisor at the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This is the first post in an ongoing blog series. Read "Journey of a Philanthropist, Part II".In May…
There are as many ways to do science philanthropy as there are science philanthropists. At a recent Science Philanthropy Alliance event, cohosted with UC Berkeley and the Heising-Simons Foundation, a…
Diversity, equity, and inclusion has been a topic of growing interest among members of the Science Philanthropy Alliance. At our recent members’ meeting, Joyce Yen, director of the University of Washington's…
Scientists who become philanthropists are especially attuned to the needs of discovery science. At a recent UC Berkeley-Science Philanthropy Alliance event for philanthropists, a conversation with Frances Hellman, physicist and…
In 2010, Texas entrepreneur Lyda Hill signed the newly created Giving Pledge, announcing her plan to donate the entirety of her estate to philanthropy and scientific research during her lifetime.…
Tate Williams writes about the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's 15 year-old Marine Microbiology Initiative, which will wind down and conclude in 2021.[According to] Virginia Armbrust, an accomplished professor in…
Princeton University researchers will push the limits of data science by leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning across the research spectrum in an interdisciplinary pilot project made possible through a…
Learn how Jim and Marilyn Simons, co-founders of the Simons Foundation, made a significant impact on autism research through their philanthropic efforts. Download the Simons Foundation SFARI case study.The Simons Foundation…