Philanthropy Roundtable Highlights CKF’s Well-Being Work Philanthropy Roundtable profiled a few of the Foundation’s efforts to explore and understand an important question – what drives societal well-being? As part of this work, the Foundation has supported opportunities for students with some of higher education’s leading institutions including UNCF, the Catholic University of America, and Fayetteville … Continued
The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah launches the Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah has announced the creation of the Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis, following a $10 million gift from the George … Continued
Washington, July 6, 2017 — Capital Preparatory Schools is pleased to announce a combined gift of $1.35 million from the Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation. Capital Preparatory Schools, a charter management organization (CMO) led by founder and head of schools Dr. Steve Perry, started charter schools in Bridgeport, Connecticut and … Continued
Charles Koch Foundation Awards $100K to Police Executive Research Forum to Study Precursors to Police Use of Force Washington, June 29, 2017 – Today, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), a Washington-based police research and policy organization, announced the launch of a new study that will identify and examine factors that give rise to use-of-force occurrences … Continued
Wiley College, home of ‘The Great Debaters,’ leading timely organizing efforts among HBCUs with help of Charles Koch Foundation grant.
The mikeroweWORKS Foundation to Fund SkillsUSA Scholarship Program The mikeroweWORKS Foundation, the Charles Koch Foundation, and Koch Industries Inc. have teamed up to support the SkillsUSA Travel Scholarship Program, which provides funding for up to 100 students to travel to this year’s National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Mike Rowe and the mikeroweWORKS … Continued
Utah State University has announced the expansion of its Huntsman Scholar Program and the launch of the Center for Growth and Opportunity, following a $50 million joint gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and the Huntsman Foundation. The new center will explore today’s most pressing issues through economic research and student engagement, and will engage … Continued
The University of Virginia School of Law announced it will begin a project focused on improving the criminal justice system through the collection and analysis of criminal justice data. The Virginia Criminal Justice Policy Reform Project will be led by Professor Brandon Garrett, a wrongful convictions scholar, and the project’s first year of work will … Continued
Texas A&M economist Korok Ray on how he uses fiction to teach finance—and why he’s so fascinated by innovation.
Today, the Charles Koch Foundation is proud to announce our sponsorship of Techdirt’s free speech initiative, alongside other foundations and organizations. This sponsorship will enable Techdirt to continue and expand its coverage of threats to free speech and the chilling efforts of those attacks. Techdirt is in the midst of a First Amendment fight for its life. … Continued
