Home
Focus Areas
About Us
The NBA's Golden State Warriors have a new co-ownerand it's not because the team's star point guard is gay.
According to multiple reports, Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha Curry, have signed a deal with the owners of the San Francisco 49ers to buy a controlling stake in the team.
The deal, which still needs to be approved by the 49ers' owners, values the family's controlling stake in the team at more than $200 million, the New York Daily News reports.
The Currys already have a minority stake in the team, and if the team signs the deal with the owners of the 49ers, it would be the first time in the NBA's history that a team owned by a non-white would be owned by a non-white, the Daily News notes.
It would also be the first time in the NBA's history that a team owned by a non-white would be owned by a non-white.
In a statement, the 49ers said they were "thrilled and honored" to have the Currys as part of the team.
"We are very fortunate to have them as part of our family," the team said.
"This is a unique time in the history
Selected Grant News Headlines
A customized collection of grant news from foundations and the federal government from around the Web.
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Kresge Foundation
Stephen Stephens' father died of cancer when he was 53, and his message to young people has stayed with him. "Always do the right thing son," he tells Fast Company. "That message has always...more
When it comes to sustainability, Entrepreneur says, "it takes more than just lip service." That's because it takes a "thorough commitment to evaluate every aspect of your operation to develop...more
Foundation: Indianapolis Foundation
Lynne Arriale's new album, Being Human, is all about "people who exemplify Passion, courage, love, curiosity, and other human qualities," the Florida pianist tells Rita Kohn of the Indianapolis...more
When Unoma Okorafor started working on her master's degree in computer science at the African University of Science and Technology in Abuja, Nigeria, in the mid-'90s, she had no idea she'd end up in...more
"Time-trap thinking seems logical," writes Lori Carrell in the Los Angeles Times, "but it's short-sighted: Degrees mean real earning power and career growth, and many students do work during...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
Melinda French Gates is stepping down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she founded with her ex-husband Bill Gates more than 20 years ago. As part of an agreement made...more
Ahmad Al-Mallahi is a professor of agricultural engineering and sensing technologies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, and he's spent the past five years developing technology that could...more
"You never know what situation you may find yourself in, and VHA health care professionals know this all too well," reads a post on the Simulation Learning, Evaluation, Assessment, and Research...more
Sixth-graders at a Massachusetts school are turning trash found on the beach into art. Hull's Jacobs Elementary School is hosting a live viewing of students' work on Friday from 2pm to 3pm,...more
A Vietnam veteran from Alabama has won first place in a creative writing competition for his poem about his father's death from injuries in the war, and second place for his poem about his service...more
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver Backs Social Saturday
UK will be celebrating its first national celebration of social enterprises dubbed as Social Saturday. World famous celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who founded the Fifteen restaurant chain.
