The $125 million joint gift from the Simons Foundation and the Carson Family Charitable Trust, which will be awarded over the next five years, will support the building and maintenance…
The Audacious Project, TED's philanthropic collaborative dedicated to bold, actionable ideas, announced the 2019 Audacious projects. The Science Philanthropy Alliance is thrilled to report that two of the projects show…
Sue Merrilees is an advisor at the Science Philanthropy AllianceOver the last two years, we at the Science Philanthropy Alliance have led a series of gatherings for philanthropists interested in…
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…
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation is launching a new area of research, the Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative. Over the next nine years, the foundation will invest $140 million to…
David and Claudia Harding have donated £100m to Cambridge University. The donation is the biggest single gift made to a university in the UK by a British philanthropist. The money…
Jen Jope at Giving Compass interviews Alliance executive director Valerie Conn about the work of the Science Philanthropy Alliance to advise new, emerging and current philanthropists on how to effectively…