Presidio Graduate School has received the largest donation in its 13-year history, a $3,000,000 grant from the Palo Alto-based Enlight Foundation. 

“We are both honored and delighted to have the Enlight Foundation as a partner in PGS’s growth,” said William Shutkin, PGS’s President and CEO. “The foundation and its president, Xin Liu, are as committed as we are to educating world-class leaders prepared to change the world, and to advancing the emerging field of sustainable management. Like PGS, the Enlight Foundation knows what it means to be a small organization with an outsized impact. The gift is catalytic for us, allowing us to spread our wings a bit organizationally and internationally over the next several years.” 

The gift will provide $1M in the first year, then $500,000 for each of following four years, to be directed to scholarships, faculty and program infrastructure, with an additional amount in year 1 to support PGS’s new online program, to be launched later in 2016.

For more information about the Enlight Foundation gift, please contact Summer Meyer, Development Associate, at 415.655.8942 or [email protected]

About Presidio Graduate School: Founded in 2003, PGS educates and inspires a new generation of skilled, visionary and enterprising leaders to transform business and public policy and create a more just, prosperous and sustainable world. Through innovative MBA, MPA, Dual Degree and professional development programs in Sustainable Management, and a flexible, affordable hybrid residency model, PGS activates students and professionals across a range of disciplines, industries and sectors to bridge the gap between commerce and the common good. PGS has been ranked the #1 sustainable business school in the world two years in a row (2013, 2014) by Net Impact. In 2015, The New York Times called PGS the best business school to attend “if you want to change the world.