Philanthropy

Donations have gone toward gender equality, nutrition and epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention

The Gates Foundation is one of the world's largest philanthropies with an endowment topping $50 billion. In July, Mr. Gates and Ms. French Gates said they would commit a further $15 billion to the endowment.

Alquist 3D CEO Zachary Mannheimer explains how 3D printing homes can save labor, material, time and energy.

The power philanthropists Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates announced in May that they were divorcing and then gave a jaw-dropping $15 billion to their foundation in July.

The Beatles alum Ringo Starr has announced that he will create a coffee table book with images and memories from his time with the band.

"Respect" star Jennifer Hudson is among the celebrities to team with jewelry retailer Kendra Scott to donate about $100,000 to charities this Christmas season

Ebony Johnson, 33, from the Cincinnati area, is a mom of three who works the drive-thru at Dunkin’ and was helped through a difficult time this year by one of her loyal customers.

An enhanced, permanent charitable-tax deduction regardless of whether a person itemizes their tax deductions would give lower-income and cash-strapped taxpayers an easier opportunity to invest in their spiritual and mental health.

Giving Tuesday is considered a global movement that was established in 2012 with the goal of inspiring others to "give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity" through acts of kindness, according to the Giving Tuesday website.

The funds have already helped renovate and enhance over 50,000 homes and facilities for veterans while also helping to provide critical assistance to veterans and their families in need, according to the foundation.

U.S. VETS CEO Steve Peck says telehealth amid the pandemic has helped the nonprofit assist veterans "no matter where you are."

Melinda French Gates, already one of the world's most prominent philanthropists, will now take on the job of publisher.

Education reform advocates have proposed a ballot initiative in California that could allow them to use the courts to challenge teacher-tenure laws and other policies they believe are harming public school students.

Like his more famous friend, Warren Buffett, Walter Scott Jr. spent most of his life in his native Omaha, Neb., and made billions from a diverse range of mostly unglamorous businesses.

Campaigns ranging from trying to fund emergency flight rescues of hundreds of Afghan refugees, providing food aid packages to "internally displaced families throughout Afghanistan" to raising funds specifically to “help Afghan women in immediate need."

The billionaire founder of data analytics firm Palantir donated $180,000 to a former hermit in New Hampshire so he can rebuild his cabin, which burned down amid a property dispute earlier this month — but in a new location.

Donations to charitable causes are reaching record highs, but the giving is done by a smaller and smaller slice of the population.

Jeff Bezos announced two men are receiving massive amounts of cash including Van Jones and Jose Andres.

The birth of his daughter should have been a joyous time for Brooklyn bar owner Jonathan Ehrlich — instead, it was nearly the beginning of the end for his beloved watering hole.

Jeff Bezos made the largest donation to the Smithsonian since the museum was first founded this week, giving $70 million to renovate the National Air and Space Museum and $130 million to build a new education complex.