Electric vehicles will play a critical role in slashing transport-related emissions in the years ahead. Momentum behind the industry is building, with a number of big economies gearing…
Read more The EV industry is gaining momentum. But public charging is a long way from being accessible to allNEW YORK — GivingTuesday raised a record $3.1 billion in 24 hours for charitable causes in the U.S. earlier this week, as the event that started as a…
Read more GivingTuesday raises $3.1B for charities in tough economyFidelity Charitable, the nation’s largest grantmaker, expects 2022 will be the first year since 2018 that the value of grants from its donor advised funds exceeds the value…
Read more Fidelity Charitable: New grants to surpass deposits in 2022NEW YORK — Fidelity Charitable is getting into NFTs, the digital images that are registered on the blockchain, despite a torrent of bad news from the adjacent world…
Read more Fidelity Charitable launches NFT raffle amid crypto downturnOMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett donated more than $750 million in Berkshire Hathaway stock to the four foundations run by his family Wednesday, but unlike his…
Read more Buffett donates over $750 million to his family charitiesNEW YORK — The rapid collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX into bankruptcy last week has also shaken the world of philanthropy, due to the donations and influence of…
Read more FTX bankruptcy also endangers founder’s philanthropic giftsMCPHERSON, Kan. — An anonymous donor is pledging up to $500 million to McPherson College, a small liberal arts college in central Kansas, officials announced Friday. The anonymous…
Read more Small Kansas college announces $500 million anonymous giftNEW YORK — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $10 million to the organization that grew out of the hashtag #GivingTuesday in part to fund a database…
Read more Gates Foundation boosts GivingTuesday with $10M donationBERLIN — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit $1.2 billion to the effort to end polio worldwide. The money will be used to help…
Read more Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally
