2017年10月25日 星期三

紐約古典音樂電台WQXR 的勸募 2017:Procrastination is okay...the time is NOW

Procrastination is okay...the time is NOW

Let's  get back to the music
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We are coming to the finale of this fundraising drive. 

We  need to raise just under $30,000 in these next 3 hours of the drive to meet a critical goal of supporting music on WQXR.

So right now, for the last time this fund drive, we are asking you to stand with us and stand for classical music
I'm Ready to Support Music on WQXR
  • $60 for the music will be turned into $120…
  • $100 for the music will be turned into $200…
  • $500 for the music will be turned into $1,000!
There’s just no substitute for what WQXR offers every day. And there’s no substitute for what listener support does to make it possible!

With great thanks for the last time this drive,

Lisa Torres
Senior Membership Director

P.S. Your investment in WQXR in these last hours of the Fall Drive is essential to making the drive end on a successful note. Please act now!

2017年10月24日 星期二

Helen DeVos

Legacy[edit]

It was reported at the time of her death that the DeVos family had made donations of "more than $1.2 billion over the years".[3] The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation was a major focus of the DeVos family philanthropy. Helen was especially active in charity to children, education, and music. The Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids is named after her.[6] Other named buildings include Richard and Helen DeVos Japanese Garden at Frederik Meijer Gardens, the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse at Hope College as well as the theater there named for her parents, George and Wilma Van Wesep.[7] The Helen DeVos Presidential Scholarship for study of music and the arts was created at Grand Valley State University.

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital is a pediatric hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a division of Spectrum Health. It is named for Helen DeVos, wife of Amway founder Richard DeVos, a major donor

2017年10月22日 星期日

美國的新超級富豪(慈善基金)如Soros, Gates and Koch,花錢不手軟,讓20世紀之初的大富豪興嘆,引發爭議

美國的新超級富豪(慈善基金)如Soros, Gates and Koch,花錢不手軟,讓20世紀之初的大富豪興嘆,引發爭議

本刊報導過Soros, Gates , Koch兄弟偏向影響美政治決策。


Giving Away Billions as Fast as They Can

A new crop of mega-philanthropists — with names like Soros, Gates and Koch — is eclipsing the old guard, changing the rules and courting controversy.

2017年10月17日 星期二

George Soros's Open Society Foundations


investors. Some bankers worry the frenzy will end badly.
George Soros at the offices of the Open Society Foundations in New York in 2014.
George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations

By DAVID GELLES

Mr. Soros has moved about $18 billion to Open Society, the charity he founded which promotes human rights around the world. He plans to give still more.
The Wall Street Journal
With this transfer, George Soros's Open Society has vaulted to the top ranks of philanthropic organizations, appearing to become the second largest in the U.S. by assets after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, based on 2014 figures from the National Philanthropic Trust.

The 87-year-old pioneer of hedge-fund investing has transferred the bulk of…
WSJ.COM

2017年10月16日 星期一

CZI Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

About | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

https://chanzuckerberg.com/about
At Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, we unite great minds in science, technology and education. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are joined by fellow experts.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a limited liability company founded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan with an investment of "up to ...


Stanford University
Five Stanford scientists have been selected to develop technologies to complete the Human Cell Atlas, a global collaboration funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to characterize and map all cells in a healthy human body.
The Human Cell Atlas will be a fundamental resource for scientists, allowing them to better understand how healthy cells work, and what goes wrong when disease strikes.
CHANZUCKERBERG.COM

2017年10月11日 星期三

Chuck Feeney's The Atlantic Philanthropies






Chuck Feeney's Story – Intro – The Atlantic Philanthropies

www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/chuck-feeneys-story
These words describe Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies. And yet this man, who has always preferred to fly economy and carries his papers in a plastic bag, created an organization that has helped make changes of historic proportions.

Billionaire philanthropist Charles Feeney lives frugally - Business Insider

www.businessinsider.com/billionaire-philanthropist-charles-feeney-lives-frugally-201...
Jan 6, 2017 - Philanthropist who has given away entire $8 billion fortune flew coach and carried plastic bags. ... It's satisfaction that you're achieving something that is helpful to people," Feeney said of his giving in video posted on the Atlantic Philanthropies site. Now in his 80s, Feeney has ...