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  • Laura Meissner poses for a portrait in front of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Politics

    Laid-off USAID employees are taking matters into their own hands to bridge the gap after DOGE cuts

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk departs the Capitol following a meeting with Senate Republicans, in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    Judge bars Trump administration from shutting down federal African development agency

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • People hold up signs while rallying for USAIDPolitics

    The MacArthur Foundation will increase giving by $150 million over the next two years after Trump pulled the plug on foreign aid: ‘This is a major crisis for our sector’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • FILE – President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)Politics

    MacArthur Foundation will increase giving for 2 years in response to ‘crisis’ caused by Trump freeze on foreign aid

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • MacKenzie ScottSuccess

    MacKenzie Scott’s game-changing philanthropy still mystifies nonprofits: ‘Her gifts are super generous, but unfortunately, they don’t provide long term sustainability’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • A woman holds a sign saying "Donate" on Giving Tuesday, the first Tuesday after ThanksgivingSuccess

    Americans donated $3.6 billion on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which has become a holiday in its own right

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Volunteer Victoria Vasquez, 70, of Providence, R.I., center, supervises one-and-a-half year olds Scarlett Thomas, left, and Liam Echevarria Gaytan, right, in an early childcare program at Federal Hill House, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Finance

    GivingTuesday estimates $3.6 billion was donated to nonprofits this year, up $500 million from 2023

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • The U.S. Capitol, including the House of Representatives, left, are seen on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)Politics

    Treasury Department may soon be able to strip tax-exempt status from nonprofits it claims support terrorism, worrying civil liberties groups

    By Thalia Beaty, Farnoush Amiri, and others
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

    OpenAI may have exceeded the limits of its split corporate structure, experts say

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Melinda French Gates smiles for the cameraSuccess

    Melinda French Gates is taking a page out of Mackenzie Scott’s playbook, launching an open call for $250 million in funding

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • This undated photo provided by the MacArthur Foundation shows MacArthur Fellow Jason Reynolds.Success

    Meet the 2024 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ recipients

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Bill Gates is seen in the standsLeadership

    Bill Gates says Ukraine war has overshadowed issues in ‘poorest countries’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies and Bloomberg L.P, speaks at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Bloomberg Philanthropies said Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, it will give $600 million to the endowments of the four historically Black medical schools. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)Leadership

    Michael Bloomberg’s charity is giving $600 million to endowments of 4 historically Black medical schools

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Michael Bloomberg in front of a microphoneSuccess

    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 others
  • FILE – Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Melinda French Gates speaks at the forum Empowering Women as Entrepreneurs and Leaders during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, on April 13, 2023. French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women and families globally, including on reproductive rights in the United States. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)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 Press