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...handed Faust an oversized pair of scissors with which to cut the ribbon. Following the ribbon cutting, Robert Brustein moderated a discussion, “Does Playwriting have a Future?” Brustein, the founder of the American Repertory Theatre, led a panel composed of playwrights John Guare, Melinda Lopez, Adam Rapp, and Vogel. Rapp said there is a “need for a revolution” in playwriting, and Vogel added that spaces like the theater were important in “creating the next possible circle for American theater.” OFA Program Manager Thomas...
...Research has shown that wealthy people are four times more likely to donate to education or the arts—causes that they benefit from—than low-income donors, who are more likely to give to causes that aid the less fortunate. Organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are the exception, not the rule in high-level giving. By subsidizing donations by the wealthy, the federal tax system magnifies this effect and robs the government of money that it could use to further the greater public good. Rather than trying to manage where the rich give...
Other large donations during the year included $14.6 million from the estate of Hope B. Belloc ’20 to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and $10.6 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in support of work in global health...
Former Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers will serve as a member of one of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s three new advisory panels, which will each help guide an arm of the $34.6 billion philanthropic organization, the foundation announced yesterday...
While the Gates Foundation is the largest charitable institution in the world, it is known for its unusually small executive team. The foundation has just three trustees—Bill and Melinda Gates, and Warren E. Buffett, who last year promised more than $30 billion of his fortune to the foundation...