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Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty gives 1% of sales to mental health; what is the fund and how does it work?Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty launched in 2020 alongside the fund. The initiative set a goal of mobilising $100 million over 10 years to suppo...- Ahead of massive IPOs, AI companies are sketching plans to share their wealthOn Sunday, Anthropic said it would commit 5% of its shares to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity within the company, pending a...
- Taylor Swift Book Donation: How her $68,000 gift of 6,000 books helped make reading 'cool' among children and teenagersTaylor Swift donated 6,000 books worth around $68,000 to Pennsylvania’s Reading Public Library in 2011 when the institution was struggling....
- Apple Fellow Phil Schiller and his wife donate $25 million to help protect coral reefs across the world; How their gift will fund new researchPhil Schiller and Kim Gassett-Schiller announced a $25 million donation to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. This funding aims to e...
- Dolly Parton started a foundation in 1995 to help young children read. Donated nearly 325 million books across the US, UK, and Canada; her father's inability inspired herDolly Parton, who passed away on August 25, 2026, left behind a significant philanthropic legacy. The Imagination Library, launched in 1995...
- Michelle Obama’s $1 million pledge to support 25 organizations across 15 countries, plus her $2.5 million plan to help girls worldwideMichelle Obama’s Girls Opportunity Alliance has pledged more than $1 million to support 25 organizations across 15 countries working to imp...
- Is Li Ka-shing, world’s 38th richest man nicknamed Superman dead? The truth about the billionaire behind Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings’ healthRumors about billionaire Li Ka-shing’s death spread on Chinese social media on October 15. The 98-year-old businessman has an estimated net...
- Paul Newman’s looks did not impress Joanne Woodward at first, she called him 'an ad for an ice cream soda'. How their romance unfolded and stayed together for 50 yearsPaul Newman and Joanne Woodward's enduring marriage spanned five decades, marked by their devotion amid life's trials and public interest. ...
- In 2024, MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, awarded $640 million to 361 nonprofits, how her open-call programme helped more organisations access major fundingThe initiative was designed to identify organisations doing work in their communities, including those operating in both urban and rural ar...
- MacKenzie Scott gave $60 million for disaster recovery. Here's why the years after the headlines matter mostMacKenzie Scott has made a significant $60 million donation to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy for long-term recovery efforts. This un...
- Former wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, has put $70 million into ocean-climate solutions: Why it mattersMacKenzie Scott has committed an impressive $70 million towards enhancing ocean resilience in the fight against climate change. This pivota...
- Rihanna turned personal grief into a philanthropic mission in 2012. Today, 14 years later, her foundation has channelled over $100 million into charityIn memory of her grandmother, Rihanna established the Clara Lionel Foundation in 2012, catalyzing a wave of generosity. With over $100 mill...
- In 1997, when Shakira was just 18 years old, she started a school-building mission. Nearly 30 years later, 300 schools educate thousands in ColumbiaIn 1997, Shakira established Fundación Pies Descalzos to enhance educational opportunities for Colombian children. Since then, the foundati...
- From drugs and despair to hope: How Harris Rosen's $11 million philanthropic mission transformed Florida's Tangelo ParkIn a remarkable effort to uplift the underprivileged Tangelo Park community, hotel mogul and philanthropist Harris Rosen prioritized educat...
- US moves to stop AI data centres from pushing up household electricity bills. Here's what could change for AmericansAs artificial intelligence expands across the US, data centres are consuming more electricity, raising concerns about rising power bills fo...
- Tyler Perry donated $750,000 to help Atlanta seniors keep their homes; His gift is now fighting rising property taxesTyler Perry has made a generous $750,000 contribution to help low-income seniors in Atlanta tackle overdue property taxes. This effort is p...
- Dolly Parton launched a free-book programme in Tennessee in 1995; 30 years later, it has gifted nearly 300 million books to childrenDolly Parton launched the Imagination Library in 1995 to help children in her home county of Sevier County, Tennessee, access books from an...
- Susan Dell philanthropy goes beyond Trump Accounts: How The Dell foundation used $78 million to rebuild 3,740 Texas homes and fight homelessness in AustinSusan Dell’s along with her husband, Michael Dell, she has supported major housing and disaster-recovery efforts in Texas. From contributin...
- Billionaire Dan Gilbert and his wife’s foundation committed $10 million in 2022 to a Detroit home-repair fund designed to help more than 1,000 residents fix their homesDan Gilbert and his wife Jennifer’s foundation have pledged $10 million to a $20 million Detroit home repair fund in 2022. The three-year i...
- US government, Google join Zuckerberg-backed Biohub in $1.8 billion push for AI biology dataThe US government and tech heavyweights Meta Platforms and Google parent Alphabet are joining nonprofit Biohub to build open datasets to tr...
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