The Wyss Foundation is excited to announce a $1,300,000 grant to support the Center for Responsible Lending, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and policy advocacy organization working to promote financial fairness and economic opportunity in the United States.
Read MoreThe Wyss Foundation is pleased to announce a $1,200,000 grant to support the Washington Center for Equitable Growth’s efforts to advance fair policies that help bridge the economic divide and address systemic inequality in the United States.
Read MoreThe Wyss Foundation is pleased to announce a $500,000 grant to the Resources Legacy Fund to support organizations advancing the conservation priorities of historically marginalized communities and extend nature’s benefits to every American.
Read MoreThe Wyss Foundation is proud to announce a grant of $300,000 to support the National Health Law Program (NHeLP). For over five decades, NHeLP has worked to protect and advance the health rights of low income and underserved individuals through advocacy, education, and litigation at the federal and state levels.
Read MoreRun by Jefferson Health and SEAMAAC, the Hansjörg Wyss Wellness Center offers clinical care and social services to patients regardless of their citizenship or health insurance status.
Read MoreOn October 12, 2019 Hansjörg Wyss was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his business and philanthropic leadership. The ceremony took place on the campus of Harvard University and the inductees heard remarks from Sherrilyn Ifill, President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Read MoreThe Hansjörg Wyss Wellness Center will be created inside the Bok Building — a former vocational school on the 1900 block of South Ninth street that's been transformed and now hosts a variety of small businesses and art studios. The wellness center project has already attracted a $3.1 million gift from the Wyss Foundation.
Read MoreHansjörg Wyss is an unconventional environmentalist. He protects large patches of wilderness and advocates carbon taxes as well as electricity generated by nuclear power.
Read MoreHansjörg Wyss has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of Business, Corporate, and Philanthropic Leadership.
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