endowment fund

Holocaust Memorial Museum Receives $17.2 Million Bequest

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Thu, 09/29/2011 - 23:20

The gift from the estate of Eric F. Ross, who, with his wife, contributed more than $12 million to the museum before his death in 2010, will support the museum's endowment fund....


 

Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Receives $3.4 Million...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Fri, 08/05/2011 - 23:20

The gift will establish the Raymond and Shirley Kornfeld Endowment Fund, which will support educational and medical causes....


 

Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Receives $10 Million ...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Sun, 08/01/2010 - 23:20

The Michael and Irene Ross Endowment Fund will award its first grants in 2011, with a focus on providing support and assistance to the neediest residents of Southern California....


 

Dallas Opera Receives Anonymous $10 Million Matching Grant

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Thu, 02/11/2010 - 00:20

The grant will be used to jumpstart the $20 million Cultural Renaissance Endowment Fund, which is designed to help the opera company increase its artistic quality and recruit a first-rate general director....


 

Princeton Receives $25 Million to Advance Science Through Transf...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Wed, 10/14/2009 - 22:40

The gift from Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, will create an endowment fund that will support the invention, development, and utilization of cutting-edge technologies with the potential to transform research in the natural sciences and engine


 

Donation to Smithsonian Supports Philatelic Arm of National Post...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Sat, 08/15/2009 - 22:30

The gift from the family of the late George W. Brett, widely regarded as the premier authority on U.S. stamp production, will create the George W.

Brett Philatelic Endowment Fund in support of publishing projects and curatorial research....


 

Virginia Commonwealth University Receives $1.2 Million to Suppor...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Fri, 08/14/2009 - 22:50

Virginia Commonwealth University Receives $1.2 Million to Support Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences
The gift from longtime benefactor Inger Rice will be used to establish the Inger Rice Endowment Fund and support maintenance of the Walter L.

Rice Education Building, the first LEED-platinum-certified building in the state....