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Five life-changing holidays that give back — from giraffe conservation safaris to rewilding in Scotland

The real bucket list trips are the ones with a sense of mission. Rosalyn Wikeley has your guide to the most exciting projects and trips combining education, philanthropy and other-worldly destinations

Evening Standard

The philanthropy world weighs in on Bill Gates’ $200 billion bet on global health: 'People will be watching this as an example'

The Gates Foundation will close in a tight 20-year timeline. What does the philanthropy world make of it?

Fortune

Melinda French Gates reflects on legacy of Gates Foundation as it announces it will close in 2045

Melinda French Gates says she and her ex-husband, Bill Gates, always intended for the foundation they started together to spend down all of its resources rather than to exist in perpetuity

The Independent UK

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Why Bill Gates is donating 99 per cent of his billion dollar fortune to Gates Foundation

Gates' contribution will empower the foundation to inject an additional $200 billion into its global health and US education initiatives

The Independent UK

The Gates Foundation’s first 25 years: How it changed global health and philanthropy

In its first 25 years, the Gates Foundation became one of the world’s largest charitable foundations and one of the most powerful institutions in global health

The Independent UK

It's the end of philanthropy as we know it—and that could reshape America

America is a generous nation—and the pullback in government spending could be an opportunity to reshape its charitable sector.

Fortune

Sir Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis ‘honoured’ to accept philanthropy award

Comic Relief is recognised for how it has addressed poverty and inequality in the UK and internationally.

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Nikita Mishin's Dar Charity Foundation Celebrates Two Decades of Transformative Educational Philanthropy

As the foundation marks its 20th anniversary this month, it celebrates more than $47 million distributed in educational philanthropy.

International Business Times

John Arnold: Government Can't Be Trusted To Fix Any Problems

John Arnold argues that private markets solve problems better than government or philanthropy, and that real reform comes from decentralization, incentives, and evidence—not top-down control.

Reason

Cancer research in the US is world class because of its broad base of funding − with the government pulling out, its future is uncertain

Cancer research in the U.S. doesn’t rely on a single institution or funding stream − it’s a complex ecosystem made up of interdependent parts: academia, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology startups, federal agencies and private foundations. As a cancer biologist who has worked in each of these sectors over the past three…

The Conversation

Asian wealth can bridge the SDG financing gap—but philanthropy needs a strategy shift

Asia-Pacific will need an additional $1.5 trillion annually to meet its SDG targets. Where can it find that money? From those who hold its wealth.

Fortune

Living through a 'low-attention disaster,' Mountain Fire survivors recover in LA's shadow

Nearly six months after the Mountain Fire displaced 750 people and destroyed 182 homes and other structures in Ventura County, survivors say recovery is more difficult without FEMA support and in the shadow of the LA fires

The Independent UK

OpenAI's new nonprofit commission may have a lot more to do with maximizing profits than philanthropy

With scrutiny mounting and a $40 billion funding round on the line, OpenAI’s new nonprofit commission may be less about charity—and more about optics.

Fortune

A British billionaire funded therapeutic food production amid USAID 'craziness.' It won't be enough

America's nutritional peanut paste manufacturers are having a “yo-yo” of a year

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Why Rihanna's expanding Clara Lionel Foundation is seen as a model for celebrity philanthropy

Rihanna fans might know the musician for hits such as “Umbrella” and “Diamonds."

Dynamite News

Anant Ambani’s 140 Km Walk to Dwarka: Defying Health Struggles with Faith and Determination

The youngest son of the Ambani family, one of the world’s most prominent and influential families, is known for his commitment to both business and philanthropy. Read further on Dynamite News:

Fortune

Don’t count on America’s wealthiest to help people struggling during the recession, experts say

Financial experts say a recession could lower donating among the lower rungs of the 1%.

MusicRadar

“In recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of higher education, philanthropy and widening participation”: There’s another honorary degree on its way to Stormzy

The rapper’s scholarship scheme has now funded 55 Black British students

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The Independent UK

Here’s how some human rights and LGBTQ+ groups prepared for major foreign aid cuts under Trump

The Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid have defunded groups that campaign for LGBTQ+ communities and for democracy around the world

Fortune

Melinda French Gates said Warren Buffett’s advice helped her set boundaries as a leader

Buffett told staffers at the Gates Foundation to “find your bull's-eye” and everything else will fall into place.

The Independent UK

Michael Bloomberg tops the list of America’s biggest donors for the second year in a row

For the second year in a row, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the most to charitable causes, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive Philanthropy 50 list of the Americans who donated the largest sums to nonprofits last year

The Conversation

Gifts from top 50 US philanthropists rebounded to $16B in 2024 − Mike Bloomberg; Reed Hastings and Patty Quillin; and Michael and Susan Dell lead the list of biggest givers

The 50 American individuals and couples who gave or pledged the most to charity in 2024 committed US$16.2 billion to foundations, universities, hospitals and more. That total was 33% above an inflation-adjusted $12.2 billion in 2023, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s latest annual tally of these donations. Media mogul…

The Independent UK

Emergency fundraisers offer a lifeline to groups who've lost foreign aid

Several nonprofit groups launched fundraising campaigns last week to help organizations who have lost funding because of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance

The Independent UK

Carlyle Group co-founder Bill Conway’s $1 billion plan to end the nursing shortage

No other wealthy donor has dedicated as much money to such a wide range of nursing programs as Bill Conway, the 75-year-old co-founder of the private equity giant the Carlyle Group, and his late wife, Joanne Barkett Conway, who died in January, 2024

Fortune

3-year study finds MacKenzie Scott's $19 billion in charitable giving has been 'transformational' for nonprofits

A new report analyzes data from over 1,000 organizations that have received grants from the billionaire philanthropist.

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