Charles Koch Honored with Simon Prize and Profiled in Philanthropy Magazine Charles G. Koch last week received the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership at Philanthropy Roundtable’s 20th Annual Meeting. The award honors living philanthropists who have exhibited leadership through charitable giving and recognizes the power of philanthropy to promote positive change. Mr. Koch was selected … Continued
BEST Physicist Interviewed on MSNBC about Charles Koch Foundation Support Richard Muller, with the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project, was recently interviewed by MSNBC’s Martin Bashir to discuss the study’s findings. Below is an excerpt of Dr. Muller discussing the Charles Koch Foundation’s support of his research: “MARTIN BASHIR: still supporting you, but were you … Continued
Video: Charles Koch Accepts Simon Prize Last fall Charles Koch received the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership at Philanthropy Roundtable’s 20th Annual Meeting. In his acceptance speech, Mr. Koch discussed economic freedom, Market-Based Management®, and applying MBM® to philanthropy. “My own philanthropic efforts were shaped in the early ’60s… by my passion to understand the principles … Continued
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 The Charles Koch Foundation today released the following statement about the Foundation’s support for the Heartland Institute: “Our giving to the Heartland Institute has been repeatedly misrepresented in recent stories by the media as reaching into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. It’s unfortunate that those reporting on the matter did … Continued
Foundation Statement on Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project The Charles Koch Foundation issued the following statement on the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project: “The Charles Koch Foundation has long supported and will continue to support sound, nonpartisan, scientific research. Our grants are designed to promote independent research; as such, recipients hold full control over their … Continued
Newsmax.com In 1990, the year before the collapse of the Soviet Union, I attended an economic conference in Moscow. Like my father during his visits to the U.S.S.R. in the early 1930s, I was astonished and appalled by what I saw. Simple necessities, such as toilet paper, were in short supply. In fact, there was … Continued
CKF to Sponsor Arizona State University Conference on Criminal Justice Reform The Charles Koch Foundation is proud to announce its sponsorship of Arizona State University’s State of Our State Conference on criminal justice reform. The conference will feature leaders from across society and government for a discussion on the state’s current approach to the issue … Continued
Students Discuss Former White House Official, Nobel Prize Economist As part of its work to support a marketplace of ideas in higher education, the Charles Koch Foundation provides grants to facilitate reading groups led by hundreds of faculty on campuses across the country. University faculty members tailor curriculum to engage students with a variety of … Continued
A First Look At Second Chances; Harvard Scholar Launches New Prison Research This month Bruce Western, sociology professor and faculty chair of the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, commenced the New York Reentry Study (NYRS). The two-year project will examine social and economic life of released prisoners and their … Continued
We support academic programs at hundreds of colleges and universities across the country. Each program is as unique as the faculty member leading it. Here are a few samples of the compelling opportunities created by scholars with our support. Stephanie Crofton and Daniel Hall created an opportunity for select student programmers at High Point University … Continued
