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  • 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
  • File – Melanie, one of the dogs being cared for at the ASPCA adoption center, sits in her kennel at the ASPCA, Friday, April 21, 2023, in New York. Many nonprofits use images of suffering and need to motivate people to give, but a recent study from economists found there may be other effective strategies for prompting acts of generosity. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)Finance

    Beyond ‘sadvertising’: Charitable giving is more likely if potential donors are in a good mood, research suggests

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Sheryl SandbergSuccess

    Sheryl Sandberg wants to prepare girls for the harsh realities of work: ‘One day you’re going to be in a meeting and some man is going to talk over you’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • MacKenzie ScottSuccess

    Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott sets off a frenzy for $1 million grants as over 6,000 applicants pour in for 250 slots

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Founder and CEO of the Decolonizing Wealth Project, Edgar Villanueva, speaks during the Alight Align Arise conference on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Atlanta. Villanueva announced on Friday that the Decolonizing Wealth Project is committing $20 million over five years to boost campaigns run by nonprofits across the country for reparations along with a research collaboration with Boston University to map reparation projects. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz)Politics

    The push for reparations for Black Americans just got a $20 million boost: ‘It takes the money to win’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Take Our Sons and Daughters to work daySuccess

    Remote work is killing the 30-year-old nonprofit behind ‘Take Our Kids to Work Day’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Melynda Milburn Jamison, executive director of CASA of Lexington, meets with a new volunteer before a training session, Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Lexington, Ky. According to a recent U.S. Census and AmeriCorps survey, formal volunteer participation dropped 7% between 2019 and 2021, the largest decrease the survey has recorded. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Success

    Volunteering have been declining for decades but the pandemic and economic struggles made it a lot worse: ‘This is a wake-up call’

    By Thalia Beaty, Glenn Gamboa, and others