by
Karen DeMasters
Social Impact Partnerships raise money for non-profits while investors have an opportunity to earn returns on their investments rather than make straight charitable donations.
by
Reuters
Billionaire investor Kenneth Griffin is donating $150 million to his alma mater in what will be the largest single gift ever made to the Ivy League school.
by
Ted Knutson
The wealthy can expect a lot of gratitude when they get their names enshrined by making large donations, but they shouldn’t expect the gifts to buy them influence.
by
Bloomberg News
U.S. taxpayers reported making $122 billion in nontaxable gifts on the returns they filed in 2012, more than four times the amount in each of the two previous years.
by Jon Sahn
A philanthropy consultant offers a case study on how to sort out and
implement a client’s giving and estate planning goals
by PW Staff
Former hedge fund manager James Simons and his wife Marilyn say they will match $15 million in donations to the East Harlem Tutorial Program.
by
Bloomberg News
David Tepper, the billionaire co- founder of the Appaloosa Management LP hedge fund, donated $67 million to Carnegie Mellon University to expand its campus.
by
Leila Boulton
Young companies in the impact-investment niche require “patient capital” with long-term horizons, industry players said at an SRI conference last week.
by
Ellie Winninghoff
The Global Health Investment Fund is an effort by the Gates Foundation to leverage private sector capital in the fight against diseases such as HIV and malaria.
by
Bloomberg News
Yale University received a $250 million pledge, the largest gift in its 312-year history, from alumnus Charles B. Johnson to build two new colleges.
by
Ellie Winninghoff
U.S. citizens who own Canadian property have a way to keep their U.S. tax breaks if the land is donated as conservation easements.
by
Bloomberg News
Billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad is the world’s top art collector, according to a new database containing profiles of more than 3,000 wealthy buyers.
by
Ellie Winninghoff
Guarantors of MicroCredit Enterprises personally back millions in loans to micro-businesses in some of the world's poorest regions.
by
Leila Boulton
Impact investing seems to be edging out traditional “socially responsible investing” in attracting the investment dollars of ultra-high-net-worth investors, according to new research and industry...
by
Bloomberg News
Arthur Samberg, the founder of Pequot Capital Management Inc., and Mario Gabelli, chairman of Gamco Investors Inc...
by Ellie Winninghoff
Conservation easements are
an extraordinary estate planning tool—
and the legal foundation
for a form of impact investing.
by
Bloomberg News
Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor whose fortune swelled this year with a surge in Berkshire Hathaway Inc...
by
Bloomberg News
Zurich art collector Hubert Looser has devoted himself to charities ranging from combatting child poverty in Cambodia to fighting AIDS in Zimbabwe.
by
Bloomberg News
Warren Buffett’s charity auction, in which bidders vie for a chance to dine with the billionaire, drew a top offer of more than $100,000 as a former winner predicted the fundraiser would set a...
by
Anthony Greco
John K. Coors, great grandson of Coors Brewing Co. founder Adolph Coors, is spearheading a private equity vehicle to promote economic development in Africa.
