Jack D Hidary Foundation

Tallberg Foundation Forum 2009

June 24-28, 2009- Mr. Hidary attended the Tallberg Foundation Forum in Tallberg, Sweden. The theme of this year's Tallberg Forum was "How on earth can we live together, within the planetary boundaries?". Over 400 leaders from business and politics, thinkers, scientists, artists and entrepreneurs will gather for four days to address global issues of urgency and common interest, through conversation, reflection and working sessions. As the international community responds to a global crisis that appears to be worsening daily, strong voices must help build a common understanding of the deep underlying problems. The global situation today is one of converging crises – economic, environmental political and social, while nations and sectors show diverging interests. The emerging pathway out of the many challenges of today must, in the end, be in the interests of the whole.

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Green Ball Host Committee

The Jack D Hidary Foundation has been named to the Green Ball Host Committee.
This event celebrates the strength and diversity of the network of organizations, corporations, and individuals committed to creating the new energy economy that will repower, rebuild, refuel and restore America.

The Huffington Post
Jack D Hidary
Posted December 1st, 2008 (9:22PM EST)

Don't Get Crushed at the mall - Create Jobs

Think your are helping the economy by buying some holiday gifts? Instead of giving more stuff to your relatives and friends that they don't need, do something that makes a real difference and create some JOBS. How could you do that?

More than 80% of jobs in the US are created by SMALL business - not BIG business. You've read how many people are losing their jobs right now from big companies such as Citibank and GM.

There are a number of great ways to directly create jobs in the US and abroad:

Accion USA is a great non-profit that helps low-income Americans start or expand their small businesses. By donating a small amount of money to Accion in honor of your relatives, they will have a DIRECT impact on creating jobs in America and helping people out. Invite them to forego buying gifts for you and match your donation. Check it out at http://www.accionusa.org

If your family and friends are more interested in helping people outside the US then use www.kiva.org to connect directly with entrepreneurs in developing countries. You will know the name, location and exact business that you are helping. You can email them and get regular updates.

Bottom line: spare yourself the crazy - possibly fatal - lines at Walmart and Toys-r-Us. Enough with the lead-painted toys from China. Do something this holiday that builds this economy directly - by creating JOBS.

Happy Holidays.

Charity Navigator 4-Star Rating for Trickle Up

Trickle Up is delighted to announce that Charity Navigator, the influential charity rating agency, has awarded Trickle Up a four-star rating.

Charity Navigator gives its four-star rating, its highest mark, to about one-fourth of the organizations it evaluates.  In the announcement letter (attached), Charity Navigator cited us for our “ability to efficiently manage and grow” and “execute our mission in a fiscally responsible way.”

 
The Charity Navigator website page about Trickle Up can be found at: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=6599

 

New Prizes Added to Innovation Prize Central

Innovation Prize Central, a project of the Hidary Foundation, has added new prizes to its website.
IPC is a new destination that will serve as a clearinghouse for all info related to innovation prizes. These challenges catalyze new thinking and ingenuity and are increasing in number around the world.

Jack D Hidary Huffington Post Article

Jack Hidary's piece on the price of oil has been featured in the Huffington Post.



Oil Gone Wild

The price of oil struck an ominous chord for the US economy with yesterday's record trade of $147 per barrel. At these prices we are sending more than $1 million every minute of every day to oil rich countries. As oil hits a new high the dollar has hit a record low against the euro. Our equity is draining away and flowing to foreign hands.

How can we get ourselves out of this mess? This crisis will take nothing short of a restructuring of our core industrial and transport sectors. Just as a turnaround CEO comes in to fix a troubled company, we need a retooling to rid ourselves of oil dependency. We do not need politicians looking for fake fixes such as a summer gas tax holiday.

We do not need the President of the United States of America to beg sheiks for a bit more of the black gold. Keep your dignity, Mr. President.

COMPLETE ARTICLE

The $4 Million Freedom Prize- Politico.com Feature

Freedom Prize Featured in Politico

For all you hardened Washington insiders out there who think it takes an army of lobbyists and consultants to get something done in this town, well, you’re usually right. But today a couple of business guys showed that a good idea and some shoe leather salesmanship can work just as well.

Three years ago, two executives, Jack Hidary and Josh Becker, came to Washington to lobby Congress to fund a cash prize that would reward efforts to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil. And the Energy Policy Act of 2005 was just days away from congressional completion.

 Freedom Prize and Department of Energy Announce Freedom Prize Awards

The Freedom Prize Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today unveiled the Freedom Prize, the first competition of its kind that will direct more than $4 million to reward and encourage efforts to  reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and enhance the nation’s security, economic prosperity and health.        

      The Freedom Prize Foundation also announced the primary categories for the awards, and introduced its Advisory Council, a top-notch group of energy, environmental, and public sector experts that will help guide the development of the Freedom Prize. Joining the Freedom Prize Foundation and the DOE for today’s announcement on Capitol Hill are U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico), Chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senator Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico), ranking member of the committee, and Assistant Secretary Andy Karsner (DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy). The Freedom Prize was established by the Energy Policy Act of  2005 which authorized the DOE to support the Freedom Prizes.

“Our reliance on oil poses a significant risk to our nation’s security, economy and health,” said Freedom Prize Chairman and co-founder Jack Hidary. “it doesn’t have to be this way.
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Accion New York Featured in NY Magazine

Jack Hidary name Chairman, Business Council of World Science Summit

Jack Hidary has been named Chairman of Business Council for the  World Science Summit. The World Science Summit  is a production of the Science Festival Foundation, a non-profit organization headquartered in New York City. Their mission is to cultivate and sustain a general public informed by the content of science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.