Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Philanthropy

Meghan Markle 'captivated' King Charles with her intelligence before leaving Royal Family

Meghan Markle was said to have been warmly welcomed by King Charles III when she first joined the Royal Family, with the monarch reportedly being impressed by her philanthropy tendencies

Daily Mirror

Americans know very little about charities, new poll finds

The first comprehensive poll to measure public attitudes on foundations and nonprofits offers signs that charitable organizations are more trusted than other institutions, such as businesses, governments, and the news media

The Independent UK

Can a ‘nature repair market’ really save Australia’s environment? It’s not perfect, but it’s worth a shot

Australia has embarked on an experiment to create a market for biodiversity. No, we’re not talking about buying and selling wildlife, although, sadly, there is a black market for that. This is about repairing and restoring landscapes, providing habitat for threatened species and getting business and philanthropy to help pay…

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

UNHCR Underlines Strategic Partnership with Saudi Arabia

Director of Private Partnerships and Philanthropy at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Roaa Fathi has emphasized that Saudi Arabia is a significant partner of UNHCR in all its relief efforts through the generous financial donations to refugees around the world. Fathi commended the humanitarian role of the Kingdom,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Three Ways Technology Will Fix What's Broken in Philanthropy

Charities stand to benefit from evolving fintech and artificial intelligence that will make charitable giving more efficient, transparent, relevant, collaborative and impact-focused.

Kiplinger

Comcast's Dalila Wilson-Scott talks diversity, inclusion and philanthropy in workplaces of any size

Comcast Corp. has 189,000 employees, and Dalila Wilson-Scott wants to hear from all of them.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Q&A: Craig Newmark focuses gifts on journalism, cyberdefense

Craig Newmark talks about getting focused, even as he is momentarily distracted by his beloved birds flying away from the numerous feeders in his courtyard to go visit some of his Manhattan neighbors

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Bill Gates joins 26 newcomers on list of 50 biggest donors

As the ranks of America’s super wealthy grow, the roster of major philanthropists is expanding to include not-so-typical megadonors — among them, a professional clarinetist, a Ph.D. in meat science, and a lawyer who regularly argues before the U.S. Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Philanthropy 50: List of America’s top 50 donors of 2022

The Independent UK

Donations by top 50 US donors dropped sharply to $14 billion in 2022 – Bill Gates, Mike Bloomberg and Warren Buffett lead the list of biggest givers

The 50 Americans who gave or pledged the most to charity in 2022 committed to giving US$14.1 billion to foundations, universities, hospitals and more – a total that was 60% below an inflation-adjusted $35.6 billion in 2021, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s latest annual tally of these donations.

The Conversation

The Guardian view on philanthropy in the arts: a bare necessity of life

Editorial: The old models are broken, budgets are shrinking, but where there is a will there is a way – even in the hardest of times

The Guardian - UK

Most disaster giving goes to relief efforts, not rebuilding

The COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated a long-running pattern in giving by foundations and charities for health and natural disasters, a new Chronicle analysis of nine years of data show

The Independent UK

SIS Ventures appoints executive director to lead impact fund

New hire joins from venture philanthropy organisation Inspiring Scotland

Insider UK

On the first-ever India Giving Day, the highest-earning ethnic group in the US gets a chance to step up and help their homeland

Members of the Indian diaspora living in the U.S. are being urged to step up and channel money back to the homeland during a 24-hour charitable drive.

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

How Candid hopes diversity data will help aid racial equity

Philanthropy research organization Candid is leading a coalition of funders and grantees looking to standardize the collection of demographic information to help streamline donations to minority-led groups

Los Angeles Times

'The best friendship in history': MusiCares honors Motown's Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson

LOS ANGELES — Friday night's MusiCares Persons of the Year gala marked the first time the Recording Academy's charitable organization honored the work and philanthropy of two musicians instead of just one at its annual Grammy weekend tribute concert.

Fortune

Meta's CTO bemoans the company's philanthropy and perks as distractions that "create drag"

Philanthropy efforts, product features, and workplace perks? They just "create drag," says Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth.

The Independent UK

Major funders call for increased support of Black feminists

The need to increase funding for Black feminist organizations is urgent, according to an open letter from some of philanthropy’s most influential organizations – including Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures, Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation, as well as the Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation – released Thursday

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AFP

UK millionaire says rich people like him should be taxed more

Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - A rich Briton is among a group of millionaires in Davos pushing for governments to tax those like him more in order to bridge a wealth gap he warns is fragmenting the world.

WEKU

MacKenzie Scott is shaking up philanthropy's traditions. Is that a good thing?

Donations often come with rigorous applications and reporting requirements. Billionaire MacKenzie Scott, who divorced Jeff Bezos in 2019 and vowed to give away most of her fortune, does it her way.

Evening Standard

Prince Harry: if philanthropy is the aim, tales of sex and killings aren’t the best way to the top table at Davos

These latest interviews and revelations show that Prince Harry is more a driving force behind the rifts with his family than Meghan could ever have been — but where will it end? Cetainly not with the world’s elite at Davos, says Anne McElvoy

The Independent UK

Bill Gates made 2022's biggest charitable donation

Bill Gates topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list of the 10 largest charitable gifts announced by individuals or their foundations in 2022

Los Angeles Times

Alexandra Grant's new coffee table book examines what it means to be a civic artist

In 1980, artist Alexandra Grant, then 7 years old, and her mother set out in a red Chrysler LeBaron headed from Washington, D.C., to Mexico City. Her mother, formerly a professor at Oberlin College, was relocating the two of them so she could take a post as a foreign service…

The Guardian - UK

FTX seeks to claw back donations to politicians and charities

Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange had reputation for corporate philanthropy to tune of hundreds of millions of dollars

Fortune

Bill Gates says becoming a grandfather is affecting how he wants to spend his money

The philanthropist is taking the long view as to why he should give away most of his wealth.

1 … 5 6 7 8

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations