In 2007, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation announced a $730,000 endowed gift to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications to send aspiring photojournalists across the globe to capture images of human need.
Renowned photographers Joel Sartore and Thomas Mangelsen added $10,000 each, and another $250,000 came from university-owned private funds to offer enticing, meaningful opportunities to photo-focused students.
Buffett, himself a lifelong photographer and son of Omaha billionaire Warren Buffett, challenged students to come back with images that can help push for foreign-policy changes.