The Bernard Osher Foundation
The Bernard Osher Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, was started in 1977 by Bernard Osher, a respected businessman and community leader. The Foundation seeks to improve quality of life through support for higher education and the arts.
The Foundation provides post-secondary scholarship funding to colleges and universities across the nation, with special attention to reentry students. It also supports a national lifelong learning network for seasoned adults. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes, operating on the campuses of 122 institutions of higher education from Maine to Hawaii and Alaska, have a National Resource Center at Northwestern University.
In addition, the Foundation benefits programs in integrative medicine in the United States and Sweden, including centers at the University of California, San Francisco; Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston; the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm; Northwestern University; and Vanderbilt University.
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Scholarships & Gift Certificates
Scholarships
OLLI is pleased to provide financial assistance on a case-by-case basis for members who may be otherwise unable to take part in our OLLI community. Please contact our office for more information.
615-322-5569
Gift Certificates
Give the gift of learning! Gift certificates make great presents for birthdays, holidays or other special events. Please contact our office for more information.
615-343-0700
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