Corporate Social Responsibility Profile
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
www.petergruberfoundation.org/
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Description
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation honors and encourages educational
excellence, social justice and scientific achievements that better the
human condition.
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation is a private, United-States based
philanthropic organization established in 1993 under the 501c3 section of
U.S. Corporate Law funded entirely by Peter and Patricia Gruber, who serve
as its Chairman and President, respectively. The Foundation is
headquartered in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, and maintains a
small branch office in New York City.
A major focus of the Foundation's philanthropy is its International Prize
Program, created to recognize excellence in science and humanities by
highlighting five fields that create a better world: Cosmology, Genetics,
Justice, Women's Rights and Neuroscience. Each Prize is given annually,
and carries an unrestricted cash award of $500,000 and a gold medal. To
further support Cosmology, Genetics and Neuroscience, the Gruber
Foundation has affiliated with preeminent science organizations to award
fellowships to promising young scientists in those fields.
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation: CSR News, Events and Reports
