philanthropy
Shoes for a Cure Kicks Off Big Week in New York With Intimate Saks Cocktail
After a high-energy weekend of events in Miami, Shoes for a Cure was back in the Big Apple on Tuesday evening for an intimate cocktail at Le Chalet at...
Jane Fonda Echoes Cannes Look in Silver Sandals at MOCA Gala
Jane Fonda brought her signature polish and purpose to the 2025 MOCA Gala, held Saturday at The Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles. The Academy Award winner and longtime activist...
Trump’s All-Out Culture War Is Now Targeting Philanthropy
In signing the 1969 tax bill into law, President Richard Nixon said it “reflected a deep and wholly legitimate concern about the role of foundations in our national life.” Two years...
Bill Gates Explains His Plans to Close the Gates Foundation in 2045
Donald Trump is the face of these cuts, but the cruelty of his administration is not the only story. After leaping upward in the 2000s, global giving for health...
Blackstone President Donates $125 Million to Tel Aviv University
As Israel faces a doctor shortage, Jonathan Gray, the president of the investment firm Blackstone, and his wife, Mindy, are donating $125 million to Tel Aviv University’s health science...
As Trump Cuts Foreign Aid, What Does It Mean for the Gates Foundation?
On Dec. 27, Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist, made a trip to Mar-a-Lago for dinner with Donald J. Trump. Some people around him were surprised that he had decided...
How Pope Francis Wooed Donors
Founded by Conrad Hilton, the hotel magnate, the foundation is one of the biggest financial backers of Catholic sisters’ work around the world, and has given roughly $28.5 million...
Netflix’s Reed Hastings Gives $50 Million to Bowdoin for A.I. Program
The Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings wants more researchers and students to ask deep questions about artificial intelligence and its potential to upend human norms.To that end, Mr. Hastings has...
How GoFundMe Became a $250 Million Lifeline After the L.A. Fires
During a news conference four day after the fires began, Kathryn Barger, the chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, said she had been forced to pay...
