Browsing: Charitable giving
OpenAI’s Greg Brockman gave $5.5M to protect the home of an internet-famous bald eagle named Jackie
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark vowed to give away his fortune to his passions: combatting disinformation, election security, cybersecurity, and… pigeons.…
MacKenzie Scott has wowed just about everyone with her approach to philanthropy. (Except for Elon Musk, who implied the billionaire…
A tech podcast inspired AI workers to donate $40 million to improve the lives factory-farmed animals
As AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic race toward IPO, they’re expected to create a new wave of millionaires and…
He worked 100-hour weeks to save a nearly bankrupt boat company. At 83, he’s just turned down $400 million
For the past 58 years, Eddie Smith Jr. has transformed Grady-White Boats from a near-bankrupt North Carolina boat manufacturer into…
The public has long questioned the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, about what he’s doing sitting on a trillion-dollar fortune.…
This CEO bought a bankrupt furniture company for $80,000. At 95, he’s given away millions
While big-name philanthropists give away eye-popping sums, many of the most impactful donors are those who give what they can…
George Soros never signed the Giving Pledge. He’s given away more than the billionaires who did
More than 250 wealthy people have signed the Giving Pledge, a promise to dedicate a majority of their wealth to…
Lauren Sánchez Bezos put $34M to change what clothes are made of—and ignited an Amazon debate
Billionaire philanthropist Lauren Sánchez Bezos wants to change what your clothes are made of, and help offset fashion’s materials problem. …
‘I want to die broke’: Billionaire philanthropist Denny Sanford dies after giving away $4B
T. Denny Sanford wanted to die broke. He nearly pulled it off. The South Dakota banking magnate spent decades giving…
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott just donated $20 million to support America’s youth mental health
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott has become one of the most prolific philanthropists of the modern era by writing massive, no-strings-attached checks…












