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This undated photo provided by the MacArthur Foundation shows MacArthur Fellow Jason Reynolds.
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Meet the 2024 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ recipients
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressOctober 1, 2024
Bill Gates is seen in the stands
Leadership
Bill Gates says Ukraine war has overshadowed issues in ‘poorest countries’
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressSeptember 17, 2024
Michael Bloomberg’s charity is giving $600 million to endowments of 4 historically Black medical schools
Leadership
Michael Bloomberg’s charity is giving $600 million to endowments of 4 historically Black medical schools
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2024
Michael Bloomberg in front of a microphone
Success
Michael Bloomberg’s charity just donated $1 billion to John’s Hopkins University, covering full tuition for most medical students
By Michelle Chapman, Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressJuly 8, 2024
Melinda French Gates’s $1bn commitment to groups helping women and families breaks long lament that less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes there
Leadership
Melinda French Gates’s $1bn commitment to groups helping women and families breaks long lament that less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes there
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressMay 30, 2024
Melinda French Gates
Success
Melinda French Gates leaves the Gates Foundation with $12.5 billion for future philanthropy efforts
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressMay 13, 2024
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson donate more than $10m they pledged for Maui wildfire survivors as 8,100 people get checks from People’s Fund
Finance
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson donate more than $10m they pledged for Maui wildfire survivors as 8,100 people get checks from People’s Fund
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressApril 23, 2024
MacKenzie Scott
Leadership
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott continues post-divorce giving with another $640 million to orgs that responded to an open call
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressMarch 19, 2024
Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Co
Finance
Ford chairman Bill Ford and wife Lisa will raise at least $10 million to set up permanent endowments for 10 Detroit nonprofits
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressMarch 19, 2024
Sam Altman
Tech
Sam Altman is ‘perverting’ OpenAI’s mission, Elon Musk claims in lawsuit
By Kelvin Chan, Thalia Beaty, Matt O'Brien and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2024
Larry Kramer
Environment
Outgoing philanthropy exec says this era is like the 1920s, when ‘A lot of people became fascists, and a lot of people became communists’
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressDecember 19, 2023
Bill Gates
Success
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $100 million to expand economic mobility work because too many people are stuck in their careers
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressDecember 7, 2023
George Soros
Success
George Soros’ foundation will spend $50 million on increasing Gen Z, female civic engagement
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressDecember 6, 2023
GivingTuesday donations were up slightly in 2023 at $3.1 billion, but in ‘warning sign’ 10% fewer people participated
Finance
GivingTuesday donations were up slightly in 2023 at $3.1 billion, but in ‘warning sign’ 10% fewer people participated
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressNovember 30, 2023
A food bank volunteer carries groceries
Personal Finance
Donating to nonprofits on GivingTuesday this year could have a bigger impact than usual
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressNovember 27, 2023
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MacKenzie Scott alone accounted for one-third of America's $19.2 billion in megagifts last yearplaceholder alt text
By Sydney LakeJune 25, 2026
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Philanthropy leader at Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge says children of billionaires are pushing them to give their wealth away fasterplaceholder alt text
By Preston ForeJune 27, 2026
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Elon Musk on MacKenzie Scott giving away $26 billion of her fortune: 'Sadly,' it makes the world a worse placeplaceholder alt text
By Sydney LakeJune 29, 2026
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