Media Contact: Suzi Emmerling, semmerling@broadfoundation.org, 202-550-3785 Los Angeles, June 26, 2019 — The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation will be making three gifts totaling $30 million to fund innovative research, faculty recruitment, training, and retention at The Broad Foundation’s namesake stem cell research centers at the University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San… Read more »
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Suzy Jack Named Vice President and Chief of Staff of The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Media Contact Swati Pandey, spandey@broadfoundation.org, 310.954.5049 Suzy Jack Named Vice President and Chief of Staff of The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Los Angeles, March 13, 2019—The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced today that Suzy Jack has been named vice president of the Foundation. She will also serve as chief of staff to its… Read more »
Broad Foundation Supports New Philanthropic Fund for LAUSD
Shannon Haber, Los Angeles Unified, 213-241-6766 Roshin Mathew, California Community Foundation, 213-413-4130 x 229 Fund for Equity and Excellence Launches to Support Public Education in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2018—Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner and a group of Los Angeles community partners and foundations today announced the launch of the Fund for… Read more »
DSST Wins the 2018 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools
Media Contacts Natalie Laukitis, nlaukitis@publiccharters.org Swati Pandey, spandey@broadfoundation.org DSST Public Schools Wins 2018 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools Colorado charter school network awarded $250,000 for demonstrating outstanding college-readiness outcomes among low-income students and students of color Announcement kicks off the 2018 National Charter Schools Conference in Washington, D.C. Austin, Texas, June 18, 2018—DSST Public… Read more »
Achievement First, DSST and Uncommon Schools Named 2018 Broad Prize Finalists
Media Contacts Natalie Laukitis, nlaukitis@publiccharters.org Swati Pandey, spandey@broadfoundation.org Achievement First, DSST and Uncommon Schools Named 2018 Broad Prize Finalists WASHINGTON, D.C. and LOS ANGELES, June 7, 2017— Achievement First, DSST Public Schools and Uncommon Schools are finalists for the 2018 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and… Read more »
Eli and Edythe Broad Named Distinguished Philanthropists at the Kennedy Center’s Spring Gala
Swati Pandey, spandey@broadfoundation.org, 310.954.5049 Emily Gest, egest@rubenstein.org, 212.843.8061 Eli and Edythe Broad Named Distinguished Philanthropists at the Kennedy Center’s Spring Gala Eli and Edythe Broad accept the award for Distinguished Philanthropists at the Kennedy Center on May 6, 2018. Photo by Yassine El Mansouri. WASHINGTON, D.C., May 6, 2018—Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, founders of… Read more »
Eli and Edythe Broad to Receive 2018 AFA Cultural Leadership Award
Natalie Espinosa at nespinosa@amfedarts.org or 212.988.7700 x 205 Kristin Sarli at ksarli@amfedarts.org or 212.988.7700 x 209 Eli and Edythe Broad to Receive 2018 AFA Cultural Leadership Award NEW YORK, May 1, 2018—The American Federation of Arts (AFA) is delighted to announce that collectors and philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad will receive this year’s AFA Cultural… Read more »
Broad Foundation on Los Angeles Superintendent Appointment
Broad Foundation on Los Angeles Superintendent Appointment “We offer our congratulations to Austin Beutner on being named superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, and we thank Interim Superintendent Vivian Ekchian for her leadership the past several months. There is no more critical—and potentially transformative—job in our city right now than superintendent. Our community is… Read more »
Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad Give $5 Million to Honor Caltech President Emeritus David Baltimore
Deborah Williams-Hedges, 626-395-3227, debwms@caltech.edu Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad Give $5 Million to Honor Caltech President Emeritus David Baltimore PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, March 26, 2018—Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Caltech trustee Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, have pledged $5 million through The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to endow a professorial chair at Caltech. The chair will… Read more »
Broad Foundation Supports March For Our Lives Los Angeles
Broad Foundation Supports March For Our Lives L.A. “School shootings have been a relentless and shameful fact of American life for 20 years, and gun violence has anguished families and communities for much longer. As longtime supporters of students and sensible gun-violence prevention, we stand today with the brave and thoughtful young leaders marching to… Read more »
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