Jacob Harold believes philanthropy needs more “strategic promiscuity” – battling the world’s problems using a variety of approaches. It’s an idea that mirrors his wide-ranging career. Harold was…
Read more Q&A: Jacob Harold creates philanthropist ‘toolbox,’ guideFidelity 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 2022HONG KONG — A 90-year-old Catholic cardinal and five others in Hong Kong were fined after being found guilty Friday of failing to register a now-defunct fund that…
Read more Hong Kong court convicts Cardinal Zen, 5 others over fundOMAHA, 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 charitiesROME — Pope Francis on Tuesday ousted the management of the Vatican’s international charitable organization Caritas Internationalis and appointed temporary leadership after an external review found management and…
Read more Pope ousts leadership of Caritas Internationalis charityLAGOS, Nigeria — The world’s population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth…
Read more World Population hits 8 billion, creating many challengesNEW 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 giftsTo entrepreneur Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of Kind snacks, kindness means more than just being nice. “If somebody is nice, they’re not going to bully. But if they’re…
Read more Insider Q&A: Kind Founder Lubetzky on entrepreneurshipNEW 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 globallyNEW YORK — Alexis Ohanian called out the need for a safe work environment in the National Women’s Soccer League while receiving the Champions for Equality Award at…
Read more Alexis Ohanian gets sports award, calls for reforms in NWSLWASHINGTON — After finishing a tour in Afghanistan in 2013, Dionne Williamson felt emotionally numb. More warning signs appeared during several years of subsequent overseas postings. “It’s like…
Read more As suicides rise, US military seeks to address mental health
