Ballmer Group
Coverage of Ballmer Group in the Nexus archive.
- Detroit expands Occupy the Summer initiative with new partnership for youth programs
Detroit has expanded its Occupy the Summer initiative through a partnership with the Ballmer Group's DiscoverWorks program to provide free summer activities for youth. The initiative has already engaged 10,000 participants, with 60,000 expected regionally, offering academic, recreational, and career-focused programming.
- WA needs affordable rentals for families. Ballmer Group wants to help
Washington state faces a need for affordable family-sized rental housing. The Ballmer Group, a privately funded organization, aims to address this challenge by supporting efforts to build such housing.
- Ballmer gives $80 million to NPR, with strings attached
Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder of the Ballmer Group, donated $80 million to NPR to support digital innovation. The donation comes after Trump and Congress cut public media funding, though it remains a fraction of NPR's annual budget, and the money has conditions that may lead to job cuts.