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Photo of Craig Newmark
Success

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

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December 8, 2025
Michael Bloomberg looks on during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the LA Clippers and the New York Knicks Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in New York.
North America

Mike Bloomberg’s new $50 million mayor bootcamp trains local leaders not to ‘play it safe’

By Glenn Gamboa and The Associated Press
December 8, 2025
Alex Amouyel is the President and CEO of Newman’s Own Foundation
Commentary

Following in Paul Newman and Yvon Chouinard’s footsteps: There are more ways for leaders to give it away in ‘the Great Boomer Fire Sale’ than ever

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December 7, 2025
Bambas
Law

22-year-old Australian TikToker raises $1.7 million for 88-year-old Michigan grocer after chance encounter weeks earlier

By Ed White and The Associated Press
December 6, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg laughs during his 2017 Harvard commencement speech
Success

Mark Zuckerberg says the ‘most important thing’ he built at Harvard was a prank website: ‘Without Facemash I wouldn’t have met Priscilla’

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December 6, 2025
MacKenzie Scott is trying to close the DEI gap in higher ed, with $155 million in donations this week alone
Success

MacKenzie Scott is trying to close the DEI gap in higher ed, with $155 million in donations this week alone

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December 5, 2025
‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short
Success

‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short

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December 4, 2025
Giving Tuesday
North America

In just 13 years, Giving Tuesday has grown into a $4 billion philanthropic bonanza

By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
December 4, 2025
Bill Gates
Health

Bill Gates decries ‘significant reversal in child deaths’ as nearly 5 million kids will die before they turn 5 this year

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December 4, 2025
Dell
Personal Finance

Why the government is really going to give your baby $1,000, collecting interest until they turn 18

By Moriah Balingit and The Associated Press
December 3, 2025
Bessent
Economy

Scott Bessent calls the Giving Pledge well-intentioned but ‘very amorphous,’ growing from ‘a panic among the billionaire class’

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December 3, 2025
Billie Eilish
Success

While Billie Eilish slams non-philanthropic billionaires, this CEO says telling people what to do with their cash is ‘invasive’ and to ‘butt out’

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December 3, 2025
Ayesha and Stephen Curry (L) and Arndrea Waters King and Martin Luther King III (R), who are behind Eat.Play.Learn and Realize the Dream, respectively.
Commentary

Why time is becoming the new currency of giving

By Arndrea Waters King and Ayesha Curry
December 2, 2025
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos commit $102.5 million to organizations combating homelessness across the U.S.: ‘This is just the beginning’
North America

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos commit $102.5 million to organizations combating homelessness across the U.S.: ‘This is just the beginning’

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December 2, 2025
michael dell
Success

Michael and Susan Dell believe their $6.25 billion donation for ‘Trump Accounts’ is the largest single private commitment to U.S. children

By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
December 2, 2025

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