Thalia Beaty

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  • MacKenzie ScottLeadership

    Billionaire MacKenzie Scott continues post-divorce giving with another $640 million to orgs that responded to an open call

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor CoFinance

    Ford chairman Bill Ford and wife Lisa will raise at least $10 million to set up permanent endowments for 10 Detroit nonprofits

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Sam AltmanTech

    Sam Altman is ‘perverting’ OpenAI’s mission, Elon Musk claims in lawsuit

    By Kelvin Chan, Thalia Beaty, and others
  • Larry KramerEnvironment

    Outgoing philanthropy exec says this era is like the 1920s, when ‘A lot of people became fascists, and a lot of people became communists’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Bill GatesSuccess

    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $100 million to expand economic mobility work because too many people are stuck in their careers

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • George SorosSuccess

    George Soros’ foundation will spend $50 million on increasing Gen Z, female civic engagement

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Utah Food Bank volunteers load groceries for the needy at a mobile food pantry distribution site Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Supporting nonprofits on GivingTuesday this year could have a bigger impact than usual as nonprofits and industry groups say donations so far are down compared with previous years. Many organizations will be looking to make up the difference on GivingTuesday, which is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Finance

    GivingTuesday donations were up slightly in 2023 at $3.1 billion, but in ‘warning sign’ 10% fewer people participated

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • A food bank volunteer carries groceriesPersonal Finance

    Donating to nonprofits on GivingTuesday this year could have a bigger impact than usual

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Jeff BezosSuccess

    Jeff Bezos has now given nearly $640 million to support homeless families

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • HOLLYWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 18: Ada Limón speaks onstage during ‘Roxane Gay and Amber Tamblyn present Feminist AF’ during Vulture Festival Presented By AT&T at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on November 18, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for New York Magazine)Leadership

    MacArthur ‘genius grant’ recipients include a hula master and poet—all of whom get $800,000 to spend on anything they want

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Bill Gates and Melinda French GatesSuccess

    The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation just pledged $200 million to help save mothers and children during childbirth

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • George Soros

    Soros’ Roma foundation spins off with fresh €100 million pledge: ‘We are the biggest European minority, the most neglected and disadvantaged’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JUNE 30: Oprah Winfrey speaks onstage during the 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on June 30, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images FOR ESSENCE)Leadership

    ‘How do we help?’: Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson commit $10 million for Maui residents displaced by fires

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Alex Soros

    George Soros foundation’s Europe staffers, grantees in disbelief at his millennial son’s plans to slash staff: ‘We have no idea why this decision came to be’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A traveler walks past an advertisement featuring a Nintendo character at Narita airport in Narita near Tokyo on June 10, 2022. Nintendo reported Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, a 52% increase in net profit for the first fiscal quarter on the back of the success of its Super Mario movie and the new Zelda video game.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)Finance

    Nintendo sees 52% jump in net profit thanks to ‘Super Mario’ blockbuster, new ‘Zelda’ release

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press