Editing Jerry Yang (section)

== Philanthropy and impact ==
In February 2007, Yang and his wife gave $75 million to [[Stanford University]], their alma mater,<ref name=StanPR/> $50 million of which went to building the "Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building", a multi-disciplinary research, teaching and lab building designed with [[sustainable architecture]] principles.<ref>Stanford Report, March 3, 2008 [http://news.stanford.edu/news/2008/march5/y2e2-intro-030508.html Y2E2: New building sets sustainability standards for Stanford]</ref>

In late 2012 and early 2013, the [[Asian Art Museum of San Francisco]] exhibited selections from the [[Chinese calligraphy]] collection belonging to Yang and his wife. He began the collection in the late 1990s; it contains about 250 pieces.<ref name=SFCalligraphy>{{cite news|last1=Seno|first1=Alexandra A.|title=Worthy Characters|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444024204578046400919949688|access-date=January 5, 2015|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 12, 2012}}</ref> These selections also appeared at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in the 2014 exhibition "Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy."<ref name=MetCalligraphy>{{cite news|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Karen|title=A Calligraphic Answer to 'I Like This'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/arts/design/out-of-character-a-show-of-chinese-scrolls-at-the-met.html|access-date=January 5, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=June 19, 2014}}</ref>

In September 2017, Yang and Yamazaki pledged $25 million to the [[Asian Art Museum (San Francisco)|Asian Art Museum]], the largest donation in the museum's history.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Finkel|first1=Jori|title=Yahoo Co-Founder Gives $25 Million to San Francisco's Asian Art Museum|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/arts/design/asian-art-museum-jerry-yang-yahoo.html|access-date=November 29, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=September 26, 2017}}</ref>

A new pavilion at the museum, funded by Yang and Yamazaki's donation and named in their honor, opened in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zinko |first1=Carolyne |title=San Francisco's Asian Art Museum Leaps Into the Future |url=https://mlsiliconvalley.com/san-franciscos-asian-art-museum |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Modern Luxury Silicon Valley |date=April 16, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Transformed Asian Art Museum Unveils New Pavilion with teamLab: Continuity |url=https://about.asianart.org/press/transformed-asian-art-museum-unveils-new-pavilion-with-teamlab-continuity/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Asian Art Museum |date=March 24, 2020}}</ref>

Yang and Yamazaki loaned more than 50 Chinese ink paintings to Stanford's [[Cantor Arts Center]] in summer 2018 for its "Ink Worlds" exhibition.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thornton |first1=Sarah |title=Philanthropists Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Are Transforming Art in the Bay |url=https://www.culturedmag.com/akiko-yamazaki-and-jerry-yang/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Cultured Magazine |date=December 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Myrow |first1=Rachael |title=Energy in the Brush: Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings at Cantor |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13832754/energy-in-the-brush-contemporary-chinese-ink-paintings-at-cantor |access-date=March 21, 2021 |work=KQED |date=May 19, 2018 |language=en-us}}</ref>

Yang was featured in ''[[Asian Americans (TV series)|Asian Americans]]'', a [[PBS]] documentary series on Asian American history, in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morona |first1=Joey |title=PBS docuseries 'Asian Americans' offers deep-dive into history, impact of fastest growing minority group in U.S. |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/05/pbs-docuseries-asian-americans-offers-deep-dive-into-history-impact-of-fastest-growing-minority-group-in-us.html |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Cleveland.com |date=May 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gonzalves |first1=Theodore |title=How a New Show Tears Down the Myths of Asian American History |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/renee-tajima-pena-many-complexities-embedded-the-pbs-show-asian-americans-180974935/ |access-date=March 10, 2021 |work=Smithsonian Magazine |date=May 26, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2021, he was among the co-founders of [[The Asian American Foundation]],<ref name="Nguyen">{{cite news|last1=Nguyen|first1=Thy|date=May 5, 2021|title=Nets' Joe Tsai, Yahoo Founder Jerry Yang and More Launch $250 Million Initiative to Fight Hate|work=Yahoo|url=https://news.yahoo.com/nets-joe-tsai-yahoo-founder-040907039.html|access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> a $250 million initiative to address [[Racism in the United States#Asian Americans|racism against Asian Americans]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sorkin|first1=Andrew Ross|last2=Lee|first2=Edmund|date=May 3, 2021|title=Asian-American Business Leaders Fund Effort to Fight Discrimination|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/business/dealbook/asian-american-donation-philanthropy.html|access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> and provide services to [[Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders]].<ref name="Nguyen" /> Yang sits on the board of the foundation, described by its organizers as the largest-ever philanthropic effort to support the AAPI community.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ax|first1=Joseph|date=May 3, 2021|title=Asian-American business leaders launch $250M effort to fight hate|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-foundation-launches-with-125-mln-business-leaders-combat-anti-asian-hate-2021-05-03/|access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref>