Philanthropy
WAM Foundation
- Weiss Asset Management Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Weiss Asset Management. The Foundation supports efforts to alleviate human suffering around the world.
- Guided by an Allocation Committee chaired by Nobel laureate economist Michael Kremer and composed of leading development economists and practitioners, the Foundation supports evidence-based, cost-effective programs and research that it expects to generate high, risk-adjusted social returns.
- Learn more at Weiss Asset Management Foundation.
Mission-Driven Investors
- Over a third of the investors in our hedge funds are non-profits.
- Over the past several years, we have made it a goal to increase our relationships with mission-driven investors.
- Our current non-profit investors include global leaders in biomedical research and pediatric medical research, as well as hospital and university systems.
- We are proud that our efforts to generate high risk-adjusted returns indirectly support these causes.
CRI Foundation
- Andrew Weiss, our founder, is focused on alleviating suffering in impoverished countries in the most cost-effective ways.
- In 2004, Andrew and his wife, Bonnie, launched CRI Foundation. The foundation focuses on improving health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. Andrew intends to donate substantially all of his future income from Weiss Asset Management to CRI, the WAM Foundation, or related endeavors.
- CRI also provided funding of $50 million for the Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics, which is now based at the University of Chicago. Andrew was deeply honored that the 2019 Nobel Laureates in Economics chose to donate their prize money to the Fund.
We Make A Difference
- Weiss Asset Management Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Weiss Asset Management. The Foundation supports efforts to alleviate human suffering around the world.
- Guided by an Allocation Committee chaired by Nobel laureate economist Michael Kremer and composed of leading development economists and practitioners, the Foundation supports evidence-based, cost-effective programs and research that it expects to generate high, risk-adjusted social returns.
- Learn more at Weiss Asset Management Foundation.
Supporting Good Causes
- Over a third of the capital in our hedge funds is from non-profit investors.
- Over the past several years, we have made it a goal to increase our relationships with mission-driven investors.
- Our current non-profit investors include global leaders in biomedical research and pediatric medical research, as well as hospital and university systems.
- We are proud that our efforts to generate high risk-adjusted returns indirectly support these causes.
Philanthropy At Our Core
- Andrew Weiss, our founder, is focused on alleviating suffering in impoverished countries in the most cost-effective ways.
- In 2004, Andrew and his wife, Bonnie, launched CRI Foundation. The foundation focuses on improving health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. Andrew intends to donate substantially all of his future income from Weiss Asset Management to CRI, the WAM Foundation, or related endeavors.
- CRI also provided funding of $50 million for the Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics, which is now based at the University of Chicago. Andrew was deeply honored that the 2019 Nobel Laureates in Economics chose to donate their prize money to the Fund.