James Pollard

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  • Mr BeastSuccess

    MrBeast leads online creators in $40 million fundraiser to build better quality water projects around the world

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • Carla Hayden, former Librarian of CongressSuccess

    Carla Hayden was the first woman and African American to be Librarian of Congress before Trump ousted her. Two months later, she’s landed on her feet

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • A pair of Gen Zers picking up trash and litterLifestyle

    Nonprofits are finally figuring out how to get disillusioned Gen Zers to fix their own communities: You just have to give them money

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • Fears of a “generosity crisis” have dogged nonprofit fundraisers for much of this century.Finance

    Gen Z and millennials are donating less to charity than Boomers—and it could worsen America’s ‘generosity crisis’

    By James Pollard, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, and others
  • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 26: Rihanna attends her immersive beauty event in honor of Fenty Beauty’s newest product launch, Soft’lit Naturally Luminous Longwear Foundation at 7th Street Studios on April 26, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/WireImage)Success

    Rihanna’s little-known philanthropy has been giving away millions for more than a decade. Her ‘uncommon’ strategy is a case study for other celebrities to follow

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson looks sus wearing a pink shirtFinance

    It sounds like MrBeast is not currently involved in any serious bids for TikTok after all

    By James Pollard, Haleluya Hadero, and others
  • Larry RobinsonSuccess

    Florida HBCU’s record $237 million donation from hemp mogul is worthless, investigator confirms

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • Shelia Mae DobbinsEnvironment

    A 59-year-old widow has been forced to use a breathing tube and skyrocketing demand for wood pellets in the EU might be to blame

    By James Pollard, Julie Watson, and others
  • Florida A&M President Larry Robinson stands at a podium on the schools football fieldLifestyle

    A Florida HBCU was promised an extraordinary $237 million contribution from a hemp producer—but nobody can find the hemp, and the money might never come

    By The Associated Press and James Pollard
  • Sam AltmanTech

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joins the ranks of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in promising to give away half a billion

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • men at a nonprofit pose next to muralSuccess

    Companies with robust volunteer programs have lower turnover and help employees feel better about working there, even if they don’t participate

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • Wood pelletsFinance

    The world’s largest global industrial supplier of wood pellets just filed for bankruptcy with debts over $2.6 billion

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump says he’d ‘strongly support the availability of IVF’ after his party ruled it illegal in Alabama

    By Michelle L. Price, James Pollard, and others
  • A Service Employees International Union rallySuccess

    One of U.S.’ largest labor unions says South Carolina’s workplace safety program is so bad the federal government should take over

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, speaks in favor of a bill that would limit the land holdings of foreign adversaries in the state on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)Politics

    China and Russia citizens could be barred from buying land in South Carolina as state senate passes ban on ‘foreign adversary’ nations

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press