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Photo of Craig Newmark

Craigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue

December 8, 2025

MacKenzie Scott

Trump’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 Burleigh

December 1, 2025

Dustin Moskovitz and Cari Tuna

Meet the millennial Meta cofounder and ex-journalist wife giving away their $20 billion fortune

By Jessica Coacci

November 10, 2025

MacKenzie Scott

MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $19 billion—but it’s barely made a dent in her net worth because of the power of Amazon shares

November 7, 2025

Donation from Timothy Mellon

Meet Timothy Mellon, the reclusive Wyoming billionaire revealed as the $130 million donor funding military pay during the federal shutdown

By Jessica Coacci

October 30, 2025

a portrait Zohran Mamdani.

Meet the billionaires spending over six figures to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming New York’s next mayor, from Michael Bloomberg to Bill Ackman

By Jessica Coacci

October 28, 2025

John and Laura Arnold

Meet the billionaire couple who not only signed The Giving Pledge but actually delivered—donating nearly half their fortune while still alive

By Jessica Coacci

October 25, 2025

Scott Galloway speaks in a TV interview

Scott Galloway says don’t aspire to be a billionaire, because ‘it’s not going to get you anything.’ Here’s what to do with money instead of hoarding it

October 20, 2025

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel says he warned Elon Musk to ditch donating to The Giving Pledge because Bill Gates will give his wealth away ‘to left-wing nonprofits’

By Jessica Coacci

October 13, 2025

Abigail Disney

Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t manage to share their wealth is ‘kind of a sociopath’

September 23, 2025

Mackenzie Scott

MacKenzie Scott is making another huge donation with no strings attached—this time it’s $70 million to historically Black colleges and universities

By Jessica Coacci

September 23, 2025

‘Making a difference together’: Dift helps partners including Accor and BNP Paribas combine social impact with emotional marketing

‘Making a difference together’: Dift helps partners including Accor and BNP Paribas combine social impact with emotional marketing

April 14, 2025

Don’t count on America’s wealthiest to help people struggling during the recession—philanthropic spending could go down, experts say

Don’t count on America’s wealthiest to help people struggling during the recession—philanthropic spending could go down, experts say

By Emma Burleigh

April 1, 2025

Family discusses inheritance plans.

The recession could either speed up or slow down when you get your inheritance—experts say these are the huge deciding factors

By Emma Burleigh

March 25, 2025

Michael Bloomberg is America’s biggest donor with $3.7 billion in gifts: ‘I’ve never understood people who wait until they die to give away their wealth’

Michael Bloomberg is America’s biggest donor with $3.7 billion in gifts: ‘I’ve never understood people who wait until they die to give away their wealth’

By The Associated Press, Maria Di Mento and Jim Rendon—The Chronicle of Philanthropy

March 4, 2025

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