Four decades ago, Deng Xiaoping declared that China would “let some people get rich first” in its race for growth. Now, Xi Jinping has put China’s tycoons on notice that […]
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Back to news homeAirbnb to provide free temporary housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said on Tuesday the company plans to offer free temporary housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees around the world amid the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan. […]
China Pledges to Donate 2 Billion Vaccine Doses
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, said the country would provide two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and would donate $100 million to a global effort to […]
Nonprofits Get a New Type of Donation: Cryptocurrency
Still, she said, there are plenty of resources, like the Giving Block, that allow people to donate cryptocurrency and nonprofits to receive it safely and relatively easily.Donor-advised funds, which allow […]
Bill Gates Can Remove Melinda French Gates From Foundation in Two Years
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates have at times referred to the foundation they established together as their “fourth child.” If over the next two years they can’t find a […]
The Subscription Box That Teaches Kids to Do Good
After being invited to the National Prayer Breakfast as the student president of Bucknell University, she became one of the original eight college graduates who lived together in Washington, D.C., […]
MacKenzie Scott Donates $2.74 Billion to 286 Organizations
MacKenzie Scott promised she would give her fortune away “until the safe is empty.” That has proved to be harder than expected.Ms. Scott made that pledge in 2019, after her […]
How Long Should It Take to Give Away Millions?
Ms. Madoff and others pushing for change see a growing gap between reputation-burnishing promises of money and distributions to people who need it. The Giving Pledge, which was started by […]
Bill and Melinda Gateses’ Divorce Spotlights a Secretive Fortune
The fortune of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates exceeds the size of Morocco’s annual economy, combines the value of Ford, Twitter and Marriott International and is triple the endowment […]
Vitalik Buterin donates $1 billion worth of ‘meme coins’ to India COVID Relief Fund
Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, on Wednesday donated Ethereum and “meme coins” worth $1.5 billion in one of the largest-ever individual philanthropy efforts. Buterin transferred 500 ETH and over […]