Philanthropy News
February 29, 2012
Reinvention: Caring for Loved Ones with Alzheimer's
MORE: In the early 1990s, Meryl Comer and Harvey Gralnick lived the life of Washington, D.C., glitterati. Comer anchored the television show It's Your Business, a nationally syndicated debate program. Gralnick, a doctor, headed hematology and oncology research at the National Institutes of Health. But suddenly Gralnick started losing track of papers and getting lost on his five-minute drive to work; he grew very self-involved and aggressive. Read more
February 10, 2012
IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA
The Museum at FIT: Impact: 50 Years of the CFDA is the first museum exhibition to celebrate the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the leading fashion trade organization in the United States. Read more
February 1, 2012
Path Is Found for the Spread of Alzheimer's
The New York Times: Alzheimer's disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies in mice have found. But instead of viruses or bacteria, what is being spread is a distorted protein known as tau. Read more
March 31, 2011
O'Reilly Factor - 'The Factor' Rules
Fox News: And finally, here's something really exceptional. We have reached the $1 million mark in our campaign to help the Fisher House military charity. The clothing company Geoffrey Beene graciously donated the final $50,000. They are patriots, and you should know that.
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January, 2011
Watch how Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® 2011
December 26, 2010
Fixing the economy the scientific way
LA Times: Worried about the economy? Try investing in scientific research — it can solve problems and create jobs. Read more
December 3, 2010
Michael Weiner, MD, named "Rock Star of Science"
Scientific Data Sharing Project: Michael Weiner, MD, Director of the Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIND) at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, is among a prestigious group of 17 scientists named 2010 Rock Stars of Science by the Geoffrey Beene Foundation. Read more
December 1, 2010
2010 Rock Stars of Science Features 6 Cancer Docs
Medscape Medical News: Campaign addresses the anonymity of science. Read more
December, 2010
Rock Stars of Science
rockstarsofscience.org: Our most brilliant scientific minds are dedicated to finding cures for the diseases that threaten our future, and America's most celebrated Rock Stars stand behind them. Read more
November 19, 2010
'Rock Star Of Science' - Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D.
Medical News Today: Autism Speaks, the nation's leading autism science and advocacy organization, is pleased to announce that Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D., its chief science officer, has been named a "Rock Star of Science" by Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® and GQ Magazine who have joined forces Read more
November 19, 2010
Rock Stars of Science: Making Science Cool
CIRM: There's been a lot of discussion recently about explaining science to the public, capped by GQ photo shoot featuring scientists and rock stars as part of the Rock Stars of Science campaign. Read more
November 18, 2010
Bret Michaels Makes Science Cool?
Gibson: A new ad campaign is gearing up to team rock stars such as Bret Michaels and Debbie Harry with award-winning scientists. Read more
November 17, 2010
Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D., Named a Scientific Hero and "Rock Star of Science" by Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® and GQ Magazine
Autism Speaks: Recognition for More than 20 Years of Autism Research and Advocacy Leadership Seeks to Bridge a Serious Recognition Gap for Science. Read more
November 17, 2010
How Science Is Crucial to Improving Health Worldwide
Huffington Post: Research is medicine's field of dreams from which we harvest new findings about the causes, treatment and prevention of disease. Read more
November 17, 2010
Scientists and musicians: separated at birth?
New Scientist: Thanks to his participation in the 2010 rock stars of science photo shoot that just appeared in the December 2010 "Men of the Year" issue of GQ, geneticist Emil Kakkis now has a pretty freakin' cool guitar. Read more
November 17, 2010
Rock Stars of Science
the Node: Glamour, fame, red carpets, flashing lights. It's not what you usually get as a top scientist, but why not? Read more
November 17, 2010
Stanford Neurologist Rocks Out for Science
Scope Blog: It's not every day that a Stanford physician gets to spend several hours on set with a rock star. Read more
November 16, 2010
Why It's Time to Rock Alzheimer's
Huffington Post: Tomorrow, a glitzy 6 page public service campaign goes public in GQ magazine, featuring a band of 19 leading biomedical research scientists paired up with 8 famous rock stars. Read more
November 16, 2010
'Rock Stars of Science' pairs rockers, Nobel winners to entice kids
USA Today: Big name scientists are on the bill with headlining rock 'n' rollers in new ads aimed at getting kids and their parents jazzed about science. Read more
November 15, 2010
Eleven Scientists Who Survived the School of Rock–One Year Later
Discover Magazine: This is a special feature-length post in anticipation of the coming roll-out of the new Rock Stars of Science™ campaign in GQ magazine's December "Men of the Year" issue. Read more
January, 2010
Watch how Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® 2010
October 16, 2009
Collins Shares Stage with Rock Star Perry
NIH Record: NIH'ers can now say, "My boss is a rock star." That's because NIH director Dr. Francis Collins jammed with Aerosmith's Joe Perry for the Rock Stars of Science Briefing and Tribute at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Sept. 24. The event was part of a national campaign to honor scientists, encourage science as a career choice and call for further research funding.
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June 19, 2009
GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK® Joins Macy's in Honoring Dads Everywhere
This Father's Day, GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK® is proud to honor Macy's national sponsorship of the Family Violence Prevention Fund's RESPECT! Campaign, a national Campaign to engage parents, teachers, coaches, and other role models in positive solutions to prevent relationship violence by promoting respect. Read more
November 7, 2008
When Americans Give Respect, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® with a $500,000 Challenge to Help End Abuse
The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) - the nation's leading organization working to prevent domestic, dating and sexual violence and protect adult and child victims - has teamed up with Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™; to offer Americans a novel way to give back to a great cause during challenging economic times.In support of the RESPECT! CampaignSM, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ today announced that starting on Monday, November 10, it will donate $5 to the FVPF every time individuals offer an "act of respect" on the Campaign's site, GiveRespect.org, up to a total $500,000 through December 31. Read more
June 7, 2008
Double Header with Geoffrey Beene, Inc. and Macy's
Founding Fathers: On June 7th and 8th several Founding Fathers took to the pitcher's mound with the A's and the Padres to accept two donations totaling $100,000 from Geoffrey Beene, Inc. with support from Macy's. Read more
March, 2008
Love Your Heart, Go Red For Women
Macys.com: Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association's nationwide movement to wipe out heart disease, the #1 killer of women. Read more
August 13, 2007
Beene Campaign to Promote Charitable Efforts
DNR News: Since Geoffrey Beene's death in 2004, the foundation running the designer's company has donated more than $75 million to cancer research, education and animal protection. Read more
May/June 2007
Geoffrey Beene - Designer and Philanthropist
Contribute New York Magazine: In a small salon tucked into Manhattan's Sherry-Netherland hotel, society fashion designer Mildred O'Quinn kept a Louis XIV chair in green satin. One day, in 1954, her young apprentice spilled mayonnaise from his sandwich onto the satin and was promptly fired. Read more
May 7, 2007
Geoffrey Beene - Toast of the Scene
BeautyNewsNYC: Such a fab-a-mataz uptown evening. Only it's downtown with the Mad-Ave fashion crowd at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Read more
March 20, 2007
Geoffrey Beene Sets The Bar High For Philanthropy
Women's Wear Daily: With a $5 million gift to the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the Geoffrey Beene Estate has set the philantropy bar high. Read more
February 15, 2007
The 2006 Slate 60: Donations
Slate: The 60 largest American charitable contributions of the year. Read more
February 1, 2006
Fashion Designer Bequeaths $10 Million to Animal Medical Center
The Animal Medical Center (AMC) has recently announced a $10 million gift from the late fashion designer, Geoffrey Beene. Mr. Beene, an animal lover and supporter of the AMC during his life, died in 2004 at the age of 77. Read more
GBGB Geoffrey Beene
Gives Back®
All net profits from Geoffrey Beene, LLC together with the Geoffrey Beene Foundation fund philanthropic causes that support initial-stage, out-of-the-box revolutionary research for treatments and prevention across all cancers as well as awareness and research for Alzheimer's, heart disease, scholarships, programs for veterans, protection of women and children and protection of animals.
Our most brilliant scientific minds are dedicated to finding cures for the diseases that threaten our future, and America's most celebrated Rock Stars stand behind them. Join in celebrating the Rock Stars of Science.
GQ Loves Geoffrey Beene!
GBGB Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® also proudly supports the in-store promotion for the American Heart Association's "Go Red For Women Movement."
At the 2011 Go Red For Women luncheon, Mary Tyler Moore, Huda Kotb and Marva Hicks proudly support the American Heart Association. To-date, the Geoffrey Beene Foundation has donated $400,000 to the campaign.
Martine Reardon, Macy's Corporate Marketing EVP; Nancy Brown, American Heart Association CEO; and Mara Hutton of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation
