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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’
Leadership

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
From left to right: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez, Eva Longoria, and Bill McRaven
Success

Jeff Bezos gave $100 million to actress Eva Longoria and the retired admiral who oversaw the capture of Osama bin Laden to use as they see fit

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January 24, 2025
MacKenzie Scott
Success

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
December 30, 2024
How do you teach kids in a war zone? An award-winning edtech team explains how to support teachers in a crisis
Tech

How do you teach kids in a war zone? An award-winning edtech team explains how to support teachers in a crisis

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December 29, 2024
MacKenzie Scott
Success

MacKenzie Scott’s mysterious donations totaled $2 billion this year—and many were a complete surprise

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December 20, 2024
Founder and Group Chief Executive of The Abraaj Group Pakistani Arif Naqvi speaks during a press conference next to the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre Arancha Gonzalez and Panama Canal Administrator Jorge Quijano (out of frame) during the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Playa Bonita, near Panama City, on April 2, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Rodrigo ARANGUA (Photo by Rodrigo ARANGUA / AFP) (Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP via Getty Images)
Success

The founder of a collapsed private equity giant who took $100 million from Bill and Melinda Gates was expelled from the Giving Pledge

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December 19, 2024
MacKenzie Scott
Success

MacKenzie Scott has given away over $19 billion in the last 5 years and experts say she’s ‘changed entire fields like affordable housing’

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December 18, 2024
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings
Finance

Warren Buffett gave away Berkshire Hathaway shares worth $716 million for women’s reproductive health and college scholarships

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December 17, 2024
Melinda French Gates
MPW

Melinda French Gates will donate $150 million toward women in the workplace—and one-third of it will go to AI

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December 12, 2024
Healthcare executives are banking on AI to unburden doctors, make processes smoother, and save time
Tech

Healthcare executives are banking on AI to unburden doctors, make processes smoother, and save time

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December 10, 2024
The real story of how the Ford family and Ford Foundation ended their decades-long estrangement
Commentary

The real story of how the Ford family and Ford Foundation ended their decades-long estrangement

By Darren Walker and Edsel B. Ford II
December 5, 2024
Workers volunteer at event.
Newsletters

Volunteering programs are probably the most powerful well-being benefit in your toolkit: ‘It’s a big competitive advantage from a talent perspective’

By Emma Burleigh and Brit Morse
November 27, 2024
Warren Buffett gesturing with his right hand and speaking with a group behind him.
Success

Warren Buffett addresses his mortality and distributes another $1 billion to his family’s charities

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November 25, 2024
Pharrell Williams, Artist and Entrepreneur, on Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit 2024
Success

Pharrell Williams says American dream isn’t about getting rich: ‘We are raised to think about how to make the most money because our parents thought that way’

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November 13, 2024
The defunct AmazonSmile charitable program worked. I know because I co-founded Tripadvisor using the same principles
Commentary

The defunct AmazonSmile charitable program worked. I know because I co-founded Tripadvisor using the same principles

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October 23, 2024

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