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InvestingPeter Thiel is actively convincing billionaires to abandon the Giving Pledge—and it may be working
By Jake AngeloMarch 16, 2026
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott gave away more than $7 billion last year—but her secretive style got her snubbed from a top donors list
By Sydney LakeMarch 11, 2026
SuccessDolly Parton’s philanthropy inspiration is her father who couldn’t read or write: ‘I saw how crippling that could be’
By Sydney LakeFebruary 27, 2026
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott gave away $7.2 billion in just one year. That’s more than Jeff Bezos and most other billionaires have donated in their lifetimes
By Sydney LakeFebruary 26, 2026
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott’s historic $20 million donation to a community college is now mired in controversy amid ongoing investigation
By Sydney LakeFebruary 19, 2026
SuccessBill Gates donated record $8 billion to Melinda French Gates’ foundation as part of their divorce settlement
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 9, 2026
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott’s $7 billion year: Philanthropist credits dentist and college roommate as inspirations for monumental giving
By Sydney LakeDecember 10, 2025
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SuccessCraigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue
By Sydney LakeDecember 8, 2025
North AmericaJeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos commit $102.5 million to organizations combating homelessness across the U.S.: ‘This is just the beginning’
By Sydney LakeDecember 2, 2025
MacKenzie Scott
SuccessTrump’s new tax policies will cut the wealthy’s philanthropy by over $4 billion—and middle-class donors can’t match the donations of MacKenzie Scott
By Emma BurleighDecember 1, 2025
Tech‘Making a difference together’: Dift helps partners including Accor and BNP Paribas combine social impact with emotional marketing
By Anna HeimApril 14, 2025
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SuccessAmericans donated $3.6 billion on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which has become a holiday in its own right
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressDecember 5, 2024
Jensen Huang
FinanceNvidia’s stock surge means CEO’s foundation must double giving
By Biz Carson and BloombergNovember 22, 2024
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SuccessMichael 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 The Associated PressJuly 8, 2024
YouTuber MrBeast
SuccessYouTube star and philanthropist MrBeast says ‘ideally’ governments, not content creators, should build homes and cure blindness—but he won’t ‘stand by and do nothing’
By Eleanor PringleJuly 1, 2024
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