The Starr Foundation
Announcements and Press Releases

  • July 7, 2008
  • $5 Million Gift by The Starr Foundation Establishes the Starr Directorship of the Research and Academic Program at the Clark Art Institute
  • May 19, 2008
  • The Starr Foundation Awards $2.25 Million to Young Audiences for Nation-Wide Arts-Education Program
  • May 15, 2008
  • The Starr Foundation Makes $300,000 gift to Columbia University's C. V. Starr East Asian Library
  • Sept. 10, 2007
  • The Starr Foundation Sponsors Exhibition of Georges Seurat Drawings at New York's Museum of Modern Art
  • Sept. 9, 2007
  • The Starr Foundation Makes $500,000 Grant for Vital Programs at Queens Library
  • July 20, 2007
  • $12.5-Million Challenge Grant made by The Starr Foundation Leads to Creation of New York City Acquisition Fund
  • June 13, 2007
  • Weill Cornell Medical College Announces Gifts Totaling $400 Million, including $25 Million from The Starr Foundation
  • June 2, 2007
  • World Trade Center Memorial Foundation Announces Major Donors: The Starr Foundation leads with $25 million Gift
  • May 21, 2007
  • The Starr Foundation Awards $1.5 Million for Arts-Education Program
  • May 4, 2007
  • NetsForLife Grant from The Starr Foundation Helps Fight Malaria in Africa
  • Mar. 29, 2007
  • New York City and Major Philanthropic Foundations Unveil Nation's First-Ever Conditional Cash Transfer Program
  • Mar. 5, 2007
  • The Starr Foundation Announces its Independent Committee Has Concluded Investigation
  • Mar. 5, 2007
  • Independent Committee of The Starr Foundation Announces Issuance of Its Report
  • Feb. 20, 2007
  • The Starr Foundation Awards $10 Million to New York's Cooper Union
  • Feb. 15, 2007
  • Cooper Union Receives $10 Million from The Starr Foundation to create the C.V. Starr Research Foundation, and to create and endow professorship and scholarships
  • Nov. 6, 2006
  • Carleton Receives $5 Million Grant from The Starr Foundation
  • Nov. 1, 2006
  • The Starr Foundation to Give Rockefeller $50 Million to Support Collaborations
  • Oct. 16, 2006
  • The Starr Foundation Gives Unprecedented $25 Million Grant to Expand Harlem Children's Zone Project
  • Sept. 28, 2006
  • $50 Million Gift to Advance Yale's China Collaborations
  • Sept. 21, 2006
  • The Starr Foundation Launches Multi-Institutional Cancer Consortium to Spur Transformation in Research and Treatment
  • Dec. 14, 2005
  • Grant from The Starr Foundation to the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction Supports Rural Development in Africa and Asia