Richard Lounsbery Foundation
Encyclopedia
The Richard Lounsbery Foundation is a philanthropic
organisation which "aims to enhance national strengths in science and technology" (in the United States
) by supporting research projects, science education and key scientific policy issues through seed money or partial support. It "aims to achieve high impact by funding novel projects and forward-looking leaders." It was set up with Richard Lounsbery's
family's wealth. David Abshire serves as both a director of the foundation, and as president of the foundation's staff.
The foundation has funded the Global warming
skeptic Fred Singer
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/04998792.asp, as well as the Wikipedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Benefactors. It has also been listed as one of the top conservative funders of colleges in the United States
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/04998793.asp.
Philanthropy
Philanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...
organisation which "aims to enhance national strengths in science and technology" (in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) by supporting research projects, science education and key scientific policy issues through seed money or partial support. It "aims to achieve high impact by funding novel projects and forward-looking leaders." It was set up with Richard Lounsbery's
Richard Lounsbery
Richard Lounsbery was an American. The Richard Lounsbery Foundation was set up with his family's wealth....
family's wealth. David Abshire serves as both a director of the foundation, and as president of the foundation's staff.
The foundation has funded the Global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
skeptic Fred Singer
Fred Singer
Siegfried Fred Singer is an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia...
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/04998792.asp, as well as the Wikipedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Benefactors. It has also been listed as one of the top conservative funders of colleges in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/04998793.asp.
Awards and grants
Awards supported by the foundation include:- The Richard Lounsbery Award in biology or medicine.http://fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/gws_priv/priv_l.html
- The France-Amerique Book Award, for the best book on France from the United States, and the best book on the United States from France. Since 1987. http://www.brookings.edu/press/awards3.htm