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In 2004 he donated over US$43 million to organizations around the world, making him the most generous person in music for that year, "a title he retains year after year." In 1997 he raised US$40 million for charity through sales of the single "Candle in the Wind 1997". He currently supports at least 57 charities. [21]
The idea of giving something to one person by paying another was applied by Benjamin Franklin as a "trick ... for doing a deal of good with a little money", which came to be known as "pay it forward". [1] This form of giving is often used as an alternative to consumerism and to mitigate the impact of gift-giving on the environment. [2]
Make-A-Wish Foundation; Malteser International; Marie Stopes International; Marion G. Wells Foundation; Mastercard Foundation; Material World Charitable Foundation; Maybach Foundation; McKnight Foundation; Médecins du Monde; Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) Mercy Corps; Michael & Susan Dell Foundation; Mohammed bin Rashid ...
The Giving Pledge is a charitable campaign, founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, to encourage wealthy people to contribute a majority (i.e. more than 50%) of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
Drop donations off at a donation center, a drop box or one of St. Vincent de Paul's stores or schedule a pickup (requires a minimum donation of 20 bags/boxes of clothing or small household items).
They approve the work of the railroad YMCAs in uplifting the labor force, though they seldom gave them any corporate money. One exception came in 1882 when the president of the Illinois Central Railroad provided a salary of $50 a month for six months for a YMCA Evangelist in Cairo, Illinois, hoping "he will be able to accomplish some good in ...
One of the most successful private-sector development projects of the last 10 years is M-PESA, the mobile-money system that allows people in Kenya to transfer money via their cell phones. Before the system launched, Kenyans sent money to each other by mail, or by giving envelopes full of cash to bus drivers.
King Charles III Charitable Fund (KCCF), formerly known as The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund, is a United Kingdom-based charity fund. It provides grants to charity organisations in the United Kingdom and internationally. Grantee organisations vary in focus but fall under the umbrella of one of the fund's designated funding themes.