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You don't give away that much money without changing the places and institutions and people you give it to, sometimes for the worse. Zuckerberg should already know this. In 2010, he donated $100 million to the Newark Public Schools on a promise from Cory Booker that he could, according to Dale Russakoff's The Prize , "flip a whole city."
In many countries, asset disclosure is not legally required or made public. Only nonprofit foundations are included in this list. Organizations that are part of a larger company are excluded, such as holding companies. The entries are ordered by the size of the organization's financial endowment. [1]
The most generous among America's richest billionaires give away more than 10% of their fortunes. Some of them are doing their best to give away all of it — or at least as much as they can while...
Vittana was a non-governmental organization that allowed people to lend money via the Internet to students in the developing world. [1] It was a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Seattle. [2] Vittana focused on student loans because student loans are nearly unavailable in developing countries. [3]
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.
The foundation began five scholarships of $15,000, dubbed the Dolly Parton Scholarship, to Sevier County’s high school seniors to help students continue their studies at an accredited university.
UCLA is unveiling a new initiative to help students afford college without loans, seeded with a $15-million gift from Bruins alumnus and real estate investor Peter Merlone.
Peter Cooper – set up a free college in New York City to help poor people ambitious to improve themselves; Thomas Edison was an early alum [46] Petra Němcová – Czech supermodel; founder of the Happy Hearts Fund; Phil Knight – co-founder of Nike, Inc.; supporter of Oregon Health & Science University, Stanford University and the ...