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James H. Simons usually shuns publicity, though some attention is inescapable for a hedge fund billionaire and major philanthropist. But on occasion, he allows one cause to draw him into public view: Stony Brook University, where he was a mathematics professor long ago. This week, Mr. Simons, 73, and his wife, Marilyn, will announce the biggest gift by far in SUNY’s history, $150 million to Stony Brook. It is the sixth largest donation ever made…
Joining the ranks of major givers in Miami, developer Jorge Pérez has pledged to donate $35 million in cash and art from his personal collection to the new Miami Art Museum, which will bear his name when it opens in two years. The donation includes $5 million that Pérez has already pledged and partially paid; an additional $15 million for the capital campaign and $15 million worth of Latin American art to be chosen by the museum. “My reaction is…
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A proposal to levy a 1 percent tuition tax on students at Pittsburgh colleges and universities threatens to drive a wedge between the city and the institutions credited with playing a major role in its transformation from an industrial to an education and medical center. Backers say the tax, which would add an estimated $16-million to the strapped city’s coffers, is a relatively small charge for the police, fire, and other services provided to …
Pepsi, a major Super Bowl advertiser for 23 years, will forgo the blockbuster football game next year and instead put its marketing dollars into a philanthropy-related online campaign. The world’s second-largest soft-drink maker spent $142.8-million advertising its products during the last 10 Super Bowls, including $33-million on the 2009 game. The company plans to focus marketing efforts on its Pepsi Refresh Project, a mostly online effort se…
Marketing firm Merkle has received a three-year contract to support a major fundraising program sponsored by Catholic Relief Services. Called “Operation Rice Bowl,” the fundraiser encourages Catholic families, parishes and schools to prepare simple, meatless recipes during Lent and use the money they saved to help the Baltimore nonprofit fight global hunger. Full text article by Julekha Dash is available via the Baltimore Business Journal, 11/3…
Seven major charities in and around Philadelphia have started a collective marketing and fund-raising effort in response to their loss last year of United Way support. Members of the GivePhilly consortium, which includes local chapters of the YMCA, the Salvation Army, and the Boys and Girls Clubs, are among 44 organizations to which the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania reduced or eliminated support due to a shift in its spending philosop…
A majority of college presidents at the nation’s largest athletics programs favor sweeping change to contain the escalating costs associated with big-time college sports, but are hard-pressed to identify an entity that can achieve it. Those are among the key findings of a new report on the financing of major-college athletics programs that was issued on Monday by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. The report was based on …
