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C-Suite‘I’ve spent my entire life making YouTube videos. They’ve spent their entire lives helping people’: MrBeast teams with the Rockefeller Foundation to reshape philanthropy
By James Pollard and The Associated PressNovember 24, 2025
Economy‘If there’s no bottom rung on the ladder, it’s really hard to leap up’: Nonprofits focused on Gen Z employment get $25m Citi Foundation windfall
By James Pollard and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2025
North AmericaNewman’s Own and Novo Nordisk have funded a program of Gen Z Native Americans who are fighting tribal food insecurity
By James Pollard and The Associated PressOctober 13, 2025
Success‘When our girls succeed, we all do’: Michelle Obama group pledges $2.5 million to adolescent girls’ education efforts
By James Pollard and The Associated PressOctober 11, 2025
SuccessMrBeast leads online creators in $40 million fundraiser to build better quality water projects around the world
By James Pollard and The Associated PressAugust 4, 2025
SuccessCarla 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 PressJuly 7, 2025
LifestyleNonprofits 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 PressMay 28, 2025
FinanceGen 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 The Associated PressApril 22, 2025
SuccessRihanna’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 PressApril 3, 2025
By James Pollard, Haleluya Hadero, Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressJanuary 23, 2025
SuccessFlorida HBCU’s record $237 million donation from hemp mogul is worthless, investigator confirms
By James Pollard and The Associated PressAugust 8, 2024
EnvironmentA 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, Stephen Smith and The Associated PressJuly 26, 2024
LifestyleA 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 PollardJune 14, 2024
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