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Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates
North AmericaGates Foundation plans to give away $9 billion in 2026 to prepare for the 2045 closure while slashing hundreds of jobs
By Sydney LakeJanuary 23, 2026
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott is using her $26 billion philanthropy push to rescue organizations in danger after the Trump administration’s funding cuts
By Sydney LakeJanuary 13, 2026
SuccessBill Gates donated record $8 billion to Melinda French Gates’ foundation as part of their divorce settlement
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 9, 2026
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott sends millions to nonprofit that supports anti-Israel and pro-Muslim groups, two of which are facing federal probes
By Sydney LakeJanuary 6, 2026
C-SuiteEvery year, a billionaire CEO doles out $1,000 checks to local college grads—with a catch: They have to give half the money to charity
By Sydney LakeDecember 29, 2025
Personal FinanceAs Americans scale back on charitable giving, this Texas architect shares his unusual ‘shotgun approach’
By James Pollard, Linley Sanders and The Associated PressDecember 22, 2025
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott’s $7 billion year: Philanthropist credits dentist and college roommate as inspirations for monumental giving
By Sydney LakeDecember 10, 2025
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SuccessCraigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue
By Sydney LakeDecember 8, 2025
SuccessMacKenzie Scott is trying to close the DEI gap in higher ed, with $155 million in donations this week alone
By Sydney LakeDecember 5, 2025
Success‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short
By Sydney LakeDecember 4, 2025
North AmericaJeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos commit $102.5 million to organizations combating homelessness across the U.S.: ‘This is just the beginning’
By Sydney LakeDecember 2, 2025
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Big TechElon Musk, fresh off securing a $1 trillion pay package, says philanthropy is ‘very hard’
By Sydney LakeDecember 1, 2025
MacKenzie Scott
SuccessTrump’s new tax policies will cut the wealthy’s philanthropy by over $4 billion—and middle-class donors can’t match the donations of MacKenzie Scott
By Emma BurleighDecember 1, 2025
Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett
SuccessHundreds of billionaires pledged to give away $600 billion to charity—but the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett era of philanthropy may be over
By Emma BurleighNovember 6, 2025
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott gifts $80 million to Howard University, marking one of the school’s largest donations in its 158-year history
By Sydney LakeNovember 3, 2025
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