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Making Life a Little Less Unfair

Making Life a Little Less Unfair

Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson Philanthropies founder and co-chair Dr. Gary K. Michelson about the work of each of the foundations he has established under the...

Phillip Kim Discusses Michelson Impact Ventures on SullivanSays

Phillip Kim Discusses Michelson Impact Ventures on SullivanSays

  By Justin Chapman Michelson Impact Ventures is a social change fund deploying impact investment capital into early-stage, purpose-driven, for-profit startups. Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called...

Phillip Kim Discusses Michelson Impact Ventures on SullivanSays

Phillip Kim Talks Impact Investing on SullivanSays Podcast

Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson Impact Ventures Managing Director Phillip Kim about Michelson’s 50-company portfolio and social impact investment philosophy—doing well...

Phillip Kim Discusses Textbook Affordability on SullivanSays Podcast

Phillip Kim Discusses Textbook Affordability on SullivanSays Podcast

By Justin Chapman California Governor Gavin Newsom recently called the college textbook industry a “racket” as the cost of textbooks has become a barrier to success and completion of degrees for California’s 2.1 million community college students. For ten years,...

Uplifting the Voices of Immigrant Women

Uplifting the Voices of Immigrant Women

Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson Philanthropies co-chair Alya Michelson about the FirstGen Initiative’s efforts to reshape the narrative of immigrant women.   AUDIO...

Phillip Kim Discusses Michelson Impact Ventures on SullivanSays

Making Textbooks More Affordable

Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson 20MM Foundation CEO Phillip Kim about the campaign to make textbooks more affordable for community college students.   AUDIO   ...

Judy Bellack Highlights the Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative

Judy Bellack Highlights the Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative

Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson Found Animals Foundation's multifamily housing industry consultant Judy Bellack to highlight the Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative...

Pet Care Industry & Entrepreneurship with Brett Yates

Pet Care Industry & Entrepreneurship with Brett Yates

Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson Found Animals Foundation CEO Brett Yates for an episode of the “Making an Impact with Michelson Philanthropies” podcast series to...

Race and Digital Inequity: The Impact on Poor Communities of Color

Race and Digital Inequity: The Impact on Poor Communities of Color

Digital inequity continues to perpetuate intergenerational poverty among poor communities of color by disenfranchising them, limiting their access to health care and education, and stifling economic opportunity and growth. Black and Latino students are 30% to 40% more...

The Michelson 20MM Foundation: Open Educational Resources Initiative

The Michelson 20MM Foundation: Open Educational Resources Initiative

An overview of the Michelson 20MM Foundation’s work in the field of open educational resources (OER), including our support of OpenStax, research on automatic textbook billing, and expansion of zero-textbook cost degrees. To learn more about Michelson 20MM's OER...