“For the past several years we have been a proud participant in the Roger Federer Foundation and are glad to support their early education programs that reach thousands of children affected by poverty”, said Molly McUsic, President of the Wyss Foundation.
Read MoreIn 2016 the Wyss Foundation donated more than 16,000 acres (6,700 hectares) of forestland and alpine meadows in Romania’s Fagaras Mountains to Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC).
Read MoreA $52 million philanthropic collaboration among 18 foundations formally kicked off today with the aim of helping developing countries transition to energy efficient, climate-friendly, and affordable cooling solutions.
Read MoreToday, Forbes Magazine released its annual list of and ranked Hansjörg Wyss at #9 for individuals who gave the most to charity in 2015. To compile its ranking, Forbes looked at the amount of charitable funds that make it to recipients through both individual’s foundations and personal giving.
Read MoreThe Wyss Foundation today joined a group of leading philanthropic organizations and donors in the creation of a new fund to help expand energy efficiency efforts in developing countries.
Read MoreForbes Magazine this week announced that philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss is #8 on its list of individuals in the United States who gave the most to charity in 2014. The Forbes analysis, conducted in partnership with the Philanthropic Research Institute, found that the top 10 most generous philanthropists in the U.S. in 2014 gave a total of $7.1 billion to charitable causes.
Read MoreHansjörg Wyss has donated a second gift of $125 million to further advance the pioneering work of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.
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