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Buffalo Bills Founder’s Foundation to Give Away $1.2 Billion
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, named after the founder of the Buffalo Bills football franchise, will launch later this year with the goal of giving $1.2 billion to charity, according to trustees...
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What Happened To Bill Gates’ Feces Water Machine
Remember that time Bill Gates took a swig from a seemingly normal glass of water, but it turned out to be made from feces? Well, that’s a thing that happened a few months ago. Now, the machine, dubbed...
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Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? Here’s What Happened to the Money
One year ago, icy water inundated the Internet in what may have been the online equivalent of the largest chain letter ever—the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. In endless autoplaying Facebook videos, people...
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Martin Richard’s Parents: The Power of ‘No More Hurting People, Peace’
Each day, we are all faced with a series of choices that define who we are and who we will ultimately become. You can choose to live in the past or look forward to the future. You can choose to be...
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Why Parents of Sons Are More Generous with Their Money
George Soros has five kids; his oldest is a son, Robert. He’s also one of America’s most noted philanthropists. A new study suggests those things are connected: parents who have sons first are more...
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The Generosity of Individuals Can Change the World
This time of year is often associated with consumption. Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday—the list goes on. But there is clearly a growing counter-movement. We see it in the annual grassroots...
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Restaurants Offer Free Thanksgiving Meal for Lonely People
Thanksgiving is a time for family, but what if you don’t have family to spend it with? Or friends? Recognizing the plight of the lonely, some restaurant owners have taken it upon themselves to offer...
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How Much Americans Really Give to Charity
In honor of Giving Tuesday, here's a look at how—and how much—Americans donate.
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Mark Zuckerberg Promises to Donate 99% of His Facebook Shares to Charity
New father and tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg announced with his wife Priscilla Chan Tuesday that the couple will donate 99% of their shares in Facebook to charitable endeavors focused on...
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5 Things Mark Zuckerberg’s Riches Could Buy the World
In a letter to their first-born daughter, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, pledged to donate 99% of their Facebook stock, priced at roughly $45 billion, to philanthropic causes...
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How to Invest for a Better World
1. Don’t just donate for a better world. Invest for one, too. By Sally Blount in Fortune 2. Have we lost sight of what a university should be? By John H. McWhorter in the Wall Street Journal 3. To end...
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Religion and Technology Should Unite for the Greater Good
For several years I have been attending the TED conference, first in Long Beach, Calif., and most recently in Vancouver. Each year I can count on being approached by other attendees and asked the same...
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The Wounded Warrior Project Scandal Should Encourage More Philanthropy
Anger and dismay greeted the announcement last week that the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit that helps wounded veterans, had fired its top staff. Many Americans gave their trust and donated their...
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How to Fundraise Without Losing Any Friends
The first time I set out to raise money for a philanthropic organization, I was a sophomore at the University of Florida who wanted to participate in my college’s Dance Marathon event. I remember...
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Obama Should Propose a 9/11-Style Fund for Flint
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Flint, Mich., is one that Americans have become accustomed to witnessing in developing countries but not on U.S. soil. The elements of the tragedy are depressingly...
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The Buffett Family: Philanthropy Must Shift Power to Others
In our years in philanthropy, we’ve seen the idea of “empowerment” thrown around a lot. Donors want to empower women and girls to gain access to education, to pursue a career, to speak out about...
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Sandy Hook Mom: I Will Always Remember My Last Mother’s Day With My Son
All I ever wanted was to be a mom. Even though Chase is in Heaven, I am still his mom, and I will always be his mom. As a mother who has lost a child, one would think that yet another Mother’s Day...
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The Private Sector Should Help Us Respond to Global Crises
Natural disasters and conflict have a disproportionate impact on the world’s poorest communities, leaving many families displaced and homeless without access to the most basic elements of survival....
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Airbnb Founders Are Giving Away Their Money
The three founders of home-sharing startup Airbnb announced Wednesday that they planned to donate the majority of their estimated $10 billion collective fortune to charity, following in the footsteps...
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Why American Consumption Is Out of Step With Our Anxiety
1. Here’s how Americans can consume so much but still be nervous about their economic hopes. By Allison Schrager in Quartz 2. How to understand why our creative geniuses are so sad. By Ana Swanson in...
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