The winners of this year’s Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge created innovative projects to improve their cities’ core services – many using some combination of artificial intelligence and the…
Read more Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge winnersThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is making big changes, and it started 2026 with some job cuts to recalibrate and refocus its efforts on AI-powered biomedical research. The philanthropic…
Read more The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative cut 70 jobs as the Meta CEO’s philanthropy goes all in on mission to ‘cure or prevent all disease’ | FortuneCivil rights photographer and artist Gordon Parks’ legacy continues to expand today, even as the 20th anniversary of his death arrives on March 7. However, the Gordon Parks…
Read more How artist Gordon Parks’ foundation keeps his legacy growing, even as it searches for new fundingAs the official celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence culminate on July 4, a well-financed, privately funded initiative will kick off…
Read more The new ‘Be The People’ campaign wants to unite hundreds of millions of Americans to solve problemsGlen Taylor attends a Minnesota Timberwolves game on March 31, 2024. Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Glen Taylor, the founder of printing company Taylor Corp., is the wealthiest…
Read more From Farm Boy to Billionaire, Glen Taylor Gives $100M Back to Rural AmericaThe Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and his jazz musician wife Corky Hale Stoller have donated $3 million to the Black Freedom Fund During his formative teen…
Read more Mike Stoller Donates $3M to Help Altadena Fire VictimsCanine Companions, a nonprofit service dog organization with a location in Medford, has tapped Rudy Breedy, a philanthropy professional, as executive director for its northeast region. The organization…
Read more Rudy Breedy returns to Long Island in nonprofit leadership role | Long Island Business NewsNEW YORK — The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission wants to turn America’s 250th birthday celebration into the country’s single biggest year for volunteering. But America Gives, the program unveiled…
Read more The nation’s 250th anniversary arrives with a call for year-round community serviceMacKenzie Scott’s donations this year centered heavily on education. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic MacKenzie Scott keeps her giving largely out of the public eye—allowing recipients to decide whether to disclose…
Read more MacKenzie Scott Gave Away $7.2B in 2025—Here’s Who Benefited MostBefore MacKenzie Scott published her first novel or helped shape Amazon in its early days as an online book seller, she found mentorship and guidance from one of…
Read more MacKenzie Scott’s close relationship with Toni Morrison long before Amazon put her on the path give more than $1 billion to HBCUs | FortuneFinances already looked tight for Jade Grant and her three children as she entered the year’s final months. “Everyone’s birthday is back-to-back,” the 32-year-old certified nursing assistant said.…
Read more How a fast-moving $50 cash relief program buoyed needy families when SNAP payments were pausedNEW YORK — Mega billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, former news anchor Lauren Sánchez Bezos, are awarding $5 million to the founder of a neurodivergent…
Read more Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos are awarding $5 million to a leader in neurodiversity educationTHE BLUEPRINT: Deer Park Recycling donates $400,000 to create the Jeffrey M. Sissons Memorial Scholarship Fund 10 scholarships of up to $40,000 each support students from Westbury or…
Read more Long Island firm launches $400K scholarship at SUNY Old Westbury | Long Island Business NewsFor those of us who invest deeply in our communities—whether as donors, board members, or philanthropic leaders—we are at a pivotal moment. The decisions we make now will…
Read more Stop Treating Nonprofits as CharitiesNEW YORK (AP) — The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits in 2025 Tuesday, marking a significant increase in her annual giving…
Read more Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025, a major increaseNEW YORK (AP) — MacKenzie Scott, one of the world’s wealthiest women and most influential philanthropists, is now known for her “no strings attached” surprise grantmaking. But, as…
Read more MacKenzie Scott’s college roommate once loaned her $1K. Now it’s the billionaire’s turn to investMarc Buoniconti said his father, the late NFL Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti, explained the secret to the success of their nonprofit and its fundraising efforts simply: “We’re…
Read more The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis follows science and steady funding to a broader missionBillionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates is making good on her $1 billion commitment toward women’s health and empowerment causes. The Action for Women’s Health challenge she announced last…
Read more Melinda French Gates Just Donated $250 Million to Support Women’s HealthNASHVILLE (AP) — Richard Casper shakes his head as he touches one of the boarded-up windows in the once-abandoned church he plans to transform into a new 24-hour…
Read more How Gary Sinise is helping the nonprofit CreatiVets build ‘a place to go when the PTSD hits’More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application…
Read more More Than 80 Nonprofits Receive $250M for Global Women’s Health From Melinda French Gates