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Created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, NoVo Foundation's mission is to foster a transformation from a world of domination and exploitation to one of collaboration and partnership.
Mar 21, 2022 · KINGSTON, N.Y. — In 2020, a charitable foundation controlled by Peter Buffett and his wife doled out more than $24 million to Ulster County and regional non-profit organizations, schools ...
May 28, 2020 · The foundation’s pivot also makes it important to take stock of the lessons that philanthropy can learn from the legacy that Peter and Jennifer Buffett created with visionary leadership from Pamela Shifman, NoVo’s former executive director. Here are three such lessons to build on.
Mar 31, 2016 · In response to these challenges, the NoVo Foundation, a private foundation created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett that has long worked in the U.S. and Global South, last week announced a $90 million commitment to support and deepen the movement for girls and young women of color here in the U.S.
Established in 2006, the NoVo Foundation supports initiatives that promote a holistic, interconnected and healing vision for humanity. As a country, we find ourselves in the most unstable time since the Civil War. Current and historically marginalized and oppressed populations in this country (and around the world) are in ever more precarious ...
May 19, 2020 · Peter and Jennifer Buffett’s foundation is expecting rocky times. Rumors swirled for months that change was afoot at the NoVo Foundation. Even so, as word spread last week that NoVo was laying off staff and dropping two major grant -making efforts that focus on girls and women, leaders in social-justice philanthropy were dismayed.
Nov 27, 2013 · Creating NoVo Foundation: Peter and Jennifer Buffett follow Warren Buffett’s advice to “try to go where others are not” Peter’s parents upped the ante with larger gifts in 1999 and 2006. After spending time traveling and learning, the Buffetts decided to focus their attention on changing patterns of imbalance of power in society ...
