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A Call to Action for Investing in Higher Ed in Africa — and the Researchers, Innovation, and Youth It Supports
A Call to Action for Investing in Higher Ed in Africa — and the Researchers, Innovation, and Youth It Supports

We are entering a golden age of philanthropic giving. As public budgets face ever greater strain, philanthropy appears to be stepping into the breach. Harvard Kennedy School’s Global Philanthropy Report published in 2018 describes the number of philanthropic institutions as having “sky-rocketed” since 2000, with the lion’s share of these institutions marking their establishment in the last 25 years. You might think an African university should be well placed to leverage this philanthropic bonanza. However, there are a number of issues that make accessing that international philanthropy challenging.

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Andrew WigleyUniversities, Higher education, High Net Worth wealth, Philanthropists, philanthropic patterns of giving, Africa, Harvard, Wits, University of Cape Town, HERANA, ARUA, Science, Research, Afrilabs, institutional advancement
The Packard Foundation: A family enterprise

The David & Lucile Packard Foundation is a significant funder of universities. According to our analysis of its giving over the past five reported years, 2014-18, the Packard Foundation has consistently awarded around 15% of all funding annually to universities and higher education institutions. That amounts to over $220m over in the years 2014-18. And reflecting the founders’ association with the Golden State, Californian universities top the Packard Foundation giving table.

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Andrew WigleyPackard Foundation, David Packard, Lucille Packard, David and Lucille Packard Foundation, University, Universities, University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco, Hewlett Packard, Jaio Tong University, Stockholm University, Stanford, University of Technology, University of the Western Cape
History and Hungary: George Soros and his university philanthropy

At UniversityPhilanthropy.com we wanted to understand which institutions George Soros’ network of foundations was funding, and where are they. What we hadn’t appreciated is just how complex an undertaking that would be. The challenge is the highly devolved and disparate character of Soros’s philanthropic efforts. Said to be operating in over 120 countries, there are different foundations in different geographies.

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Andrew WigleyGeorge Soros, Open Society Foundations, Foundation to Promote Open Society, Hungary, Central European University, Bard College, Leo Botstein, Michael Ignatieff, Viktor Orbán, John Shattuck, Universities, University, philanthropy, philanthrocapitalism, university philanthropy, Higher education, Soros, Soros Fund Charitable Foundation, Open Society Institute, Soros Economic Development Fund, Columbia University, Harvard University, New York University, University of Oxford, American University of Central Asia, CIVICA university network, London School of Economics, Open Society Justice Initiative, American University, Arizona State University, American University of Bulgaria