Joe Biden Joe Biden’s Cancer Nonprofit Just Suspended Operations. Here’s WhyFortune A nonprofit foundation set up by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that relied on health care world partnerships to speed a cure for cancer …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPhilanthropy How Diving Into Philanthropy Can Bolster Your Happiness and Businessamanet.org Plenty of business professionals highlight “giving back” as one of their main priorities, but most fall short of meeting this goal. That’s not …
Philanthropy Just 10% Of Multimillionaires In The U.K. Give To CharityForbes - Ollie WilliamsIn the U.K. only 10% to 12% of ultra-high-net-worth individuals—those with a net worth over £10 million ($12.3 million)—are engaged in philanthropy, according to new research. The figures from the Beacon
Amber Heard Hollywood Power Philanthropy: How Disney's Bob Iger, Kristen Bell, Amber Heard and More Are Giving Backhollywoodreporter.com - by Kirsten Chuba and Ashley Cullins Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds, Viacom's Bob Bakish, Virgin Group's Richard Branson, Sony's Tom Rothman, ICM's Chris Silbermann and Warner Bros.' …
The Arts The Man With the $13 Billion CheckbookThe New York Times - By JOHN LELAND[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] From a tidy glass office in Midtown Manhattan, Darren Walker gives away $650 million a year of other people’s money, and is nicely
Warren Buffett Warren Buffett is donating $3.6 billion more to charityCNN - By Paul R. La Monica, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) — Warren Buffett, the world's fourth wealthiest person, is donating shares of his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate worth about $3.6 billion to five charities, including one run Microsoft
Play buttonEcosystems Miami Startup Boasts Largest-Ever Water Conservation Retrofit ProjectForbes - Jeff KartEcoSystems is a Miami-based startup founded by two brothers, Richard and Lawrence Lamondin. The brothers, aka the “Toilet Guys,” oversee a company that’s been out across the U.S. fixing leaks and changing
Entrepreneurship (India) Here’s What Entrepreneurs Need to do in The Field of EducationEntrepreneur - Fatima AgarkarThis cross-industry influence will always herald more progressives times for the educators You're reading Entrepreneur India, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. As an entrepreneur, by the
Cultural Heritage Microsoft pledges $10M to new initiative to use AI to preserve cultural heritagegeekwire.com - Nat Levy Microsoft is making a push to preserve important aspects of cultural heritage around the globe, including languages, historic places and artifacts. …
Chef José Andrés Won’t Wait for Permission to Feed the World’s HungryFortune - Beth Kowitt The staff of Fortune recently assembled our 2019 list of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders. This story is part of that coverage. In March, chef José …
Social Entrepreneurship Best Books for Social EntrepreneursForbes - Rhett PowerThis story was written in collaboration with Forbes Finds. Forbes Finds covers products and experiences we think you’ll love. Featured products are independently selected and linked to for your convenience.
College & University SA philanthropists gave over R1.7bn to 11 local universities in 2017 | Cape Argusiol.co.za - Sisonke Mlamla Cape Town - South African trusts, foundations, corporations and individuals are donating more to local universities but the vast majority of funding …
Warren Buffett World’s Richest, Including Warren Buffett and Walmart Heir, Can’t Donate Their Fortunes Fast EnoughFortune The world’s richest can’t give away their money fast enough–but that’s not stopping them from trying. Warren Buffett said Monday he plans to donate …
Charities Revolut launches new, effortless way to donate to charitiesMashable - Stan SchroederRevolut is a UK-based financial services company that offers clients a bank account and a pre-paid card, with many of its services free or incurring a lower fee than you'd get from a typical bank. It's
Hong Kong Hong Kong artist wields a paintbrush at Hong Kong mass protestsReuters - Jessie PangHONG KONG (Reuters) - For 53-year-old Perry Dino, a paintbrush and canvas are weapons for opposing the Hong Kong government as it faces mass protests against a now-suspended bill that would allow extraditions
Paul AllenBill Gates Honors Paul Allen, Recipient Of The 2019 Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award For Philanthropy, At Eighth AnnualForbes - Forbes Corporate CommunicationsDr. Jane Goodall, Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute, Honored With Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship NEW YORK – June 28, 2019 – Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda
Business School Rising U.S. Inequality: How We Got Here, Where We’re Goingstanford.edu - Shana Lynch An economist and a business advisor discuss what might happen if the gap between rich and poor continues to grow. The U.S. economy hit a historic high …
Business Does Standard Work Advice Not Apply to You Because You’re at a Nonprofit?Harvard Business ReviewDoes standard work advice not apply to you because you’re at a nonprofit? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of
Border Patrol People Are Trying To Donate To Detained Migrants. Border Patrol Won't Accept ItNPR - Ryan PoppeWhen Austin Savage heard about the migrant children who said they didn't have toothbrushes, soap or enough to eat at a nearby Border Patrol station, the concerned resident headed to the store. He loaded
Refugees Rich countries only took in 16% of the world’s refugees in 2018Quartz - Ana CampoyThe number of people fleeing their countries reached a record high of 25.5 million in 2018, the United Nations’ refugee agency said this week. Only a small fraction of them were living in rich countries,
Innovation The world relies on charity work—it just doesn’t totally trust who’s doing itFast Company - Ben PaynterBarely half the world has confidence in the nonprofits working in their country. Whether it’s delivering vaccines, providing disaster relief, or creating educational opportunities in communities that them
$117M raised for charity in honor of a Home Depot founderAssociated PressATLANTA (AP) — A fundraising bash honoring the 90th birthday of philanthropist Bernie Marcus, one of Home Depot's founders, has raised more than $117 million for Georgia charities. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Harnessing Digital Information to Improve Population HealthHarvard Business Review - Samyukta Mullangi and John P. Pollak and Said IbrahimHealth systems do not systematically collect information on social determinants of health (SDH) — the conditions in which people are born, live, grow, and age — despite knowing that they have a big impact
Telehealth Telehealth Is Improving Health Care in Rural AreasHarvard Business Review - Marc HarrisonRural communities, often amid stunning and isolated landscapes, are a defining feature of much of the United States. But those same landscapes can make it difficult for people to access health care. Intermountain
Morgan Stanley to let clients use donor-advised funds focused on drug discoveryCNBC - Lorie Konish There are about 10,000 categories of disease, but only approximately 500 drugs that treat them, according to Stamler. About 200 to 300 new diseases …
Paul Tudor Jones, other philanthropists join MacKenzie Bezos in signing The Giving PledgeFOX Business - Elizabeth ZwirzPaul Tudor Jones and several others joined MacKenzie Bezos on Tuesday as being among the philanthropists who recently signed onto the Giving Pledge, vowing to donate at least half of their wealth to charity.
MacKenzie Bezos pledges to give half her $36 billion fortune to charityThe Washington Post - By Rachel SiegelMacKenzie Bezos has committed to giving away at least half her estimated $36 billion fortune to charity, joining more than 200 megadonors intent on using their billions to “help address society’s most
The UN went to one of the world's richest countries to look at poverty – this is what it foundweforum.org - Charlotte Edmond Picture a country where a fifth of the population lives in poverty. People have to choose between eating or heating their homes and children go to …
Toyota Toyota Mobility Foundation And Babson College To Collaborate On Mobility ChallengesForbes - Sam AbuelsamidAs we’ve seen from the initial deployments of micro-mobility services over the past year, simply dropping a few thousand shared vehicles on the streets of an urban center will not magically solve any In
