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
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University has received a commitment of $5 million from business school alumnus Ken Kendrick and his wife, Randy, and the Charles Koch Foundation as a lead gift to launch a new center to study the economic, political and social factors that increase prosperity. The gift will enable the College of … Continued
The Charles Koch Foundation has hired Brian Hooks to be the Foundation’s next president, effective July 1, 2014. Hooks has been chief operating officer and executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University since 2006 where he led strategy and oversaw all programs and operations for the organization. Prior to being named COO, … Continued
UNCF Announces New Koch Scholars Program WASHINGTON, DC—The United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the nation’s premier scholarship organization, announced today that it has received a $25 million grant from Koch Industries, Inc. and the Charles Koch Foundation. The partnership will provide nearly 3,000 merit-based awards to African American undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctorate students seeking scholarship … 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
