Philanthropy

GoFundMe Chief Executive Officer Tim Cadogan poses for a photo in Altadena, Calif. on Friday, April 19, 2024. Mexican fundraisers can now solicit donations on GoFundMe, the company announced Tuesday, under an expansion that the crowdfunding giant hopes is the first of additional entrances into untapped Latin American markets. Mexico marks the 20th country serviced by GoFundMe. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

GoFundMe expands into Mexico as part of for-profit crowdfunding platform’s international growth

GoFundMe is expanding into Mexico, the company announced Tuesday. That marks 20 countries now serviced by the crowdfunding giant.

FILE - Dwayne Johnson attends the world premiere of "Black Adam" in New York on Oct. 12, 2022, left, and Oprah Winfrey appears at the Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans on June 30, 2023. The nonprofit Entertainment Industry Foundation says the People's Fund of Maui, which was started by Winfrey and Johnson to benefit survivors of the wildfires last summer, has given away almost $60 million over six months to 8,100 adults. (AP Photo)

Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson pledged $10M for Maui wildfire survivors. They gave much more

In this photo provided by the Cheyenne River Youth Project, some of the land purchased by the Native American-led nonprofit organization, is seen near Bear Butte State Park in Meade County, S.D., Aug. 22, 2023. The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced, Thursday, April 11, 2024, that it purchased nearly 40 acres (16.2 hectares) of land in the Black Hills of South Dakota amid a growing movement that seeks to return land to Indigenous people. (Julie A. Garreau/Cheyenne River Youth Project via AP)

Native American-led nonprofit says it bought 40 acres in the Black Hills of South Dakota

Britain's Prince Harry, center, races for a ball as he plays in the 2024 Royal Salute Polo Challenge to Benefit Sentebale, Friday, April 12, 2024, in Wellington, Fla. Prince Harry, co-founding patron of the Sentebale charity, will play on the Royal Salute Sentebale Team. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Prince Harry scores goal in charity polo match as Meghan, Netflix cameras look on

FILE - Bob and Lee Woodruff attend the 15th annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit at Alice Tully Hall on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, in New York. The Bob Woodruff Foundation, formed in 2006 to serve post-9/11 veterans and their families, has become a celebrity favorite with its annual fundraiser — headlined by Jon Stewart, Tracy Chapman, and Bruce Springsteen — raising $84 million since it was founded and $14 million last year. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Bob Woodruff Foundation: Where billionaires, celebrities, and the NFL go to support vets

With famine looming, charity workers in Gaza distribute food to crowds of children

Large crowds of people gathered at a schoolyard in Deir al-Balah on Tuesday to receive food from a charity organization. Food has been scarce in the Gaza Strip with much of the territory on the brink of starvation due to Israel’s offensive.

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Warren Buffett has left the table. Homeless charity asks investors to bid on meal with software CEO

The California homeless charity that received $53 million over the years from investors who wanted a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett has found a new business executive to auction off a meal with.

Japanese philanthropic group Nippon Foundation's Chairman Sasakawa Yohei, carries a lamb during a visit to Bhasan Char island in the Bay of Bengal, where thousands of Rohingya refugees are living in Bangladesh, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Japan's Nippon Foundation will spend $2 million to help move tens of thousands more Rohingya refugees to a remote island in Bangladesh and provide them with skills training, Sasakawa said. (Nippon Foundation via AP)

Rohingya who moved to island in Bangladesh are learning job skills, says Japanese charity chief

The chairman of Japan’s Nippon Foundation says the charity will spend $2 million to help move tens of thousands more Rohingya refugees to a remote island in Bangladesh and provide them with skills training.

British runner Russ Cook celebrates with supporters after arriving to the finish line in Ras Angela, the most northern point of the African continent, in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Cook — known on social media by his nickname, Hardest Geezer — has run more than 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles), from the south to north of Africa, in 352 days. (The Snapshot People LTD via AP)

10,000 miles and 352 days later, a UK man reaches his goal of running the length of Africa

British charity fundraiser Russ Cook has reached the northernmost point of Africa, completing a year-long quest to run the length of the continent.

FILE - Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott announced Tuesday, March 19, 2024 she would give $640 million to more than 360 organizations in response to an application process she launched last year. The award is more than double the amount that she initially promised in an “open call” for applications. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

What is next for billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s giving?

Much about billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s giving remains a mystery, but a recent round of grants to nonprofits offer some insights.

World Central Kitchen is saving lives with food but paying a price in blood

The deaths of seven World Central Kitchen workers in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza was a tragic turn for an American homegrown charity that, in less than 15 years, has mushroomed from the grassroots brainchild of a celebrity chef into one of the world’s most recognized food relief organizations.

Aid organizations suspend operations in Gaza after World Central Kitchen workers’ deaths

Several humanitarian aid organizations have suspended operations in Gaza after an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen workers.

FILE - A member of the World Central Kitchen prepares a pallet with the humanitarian aid for transport to the port of Larnaca from where it will be shipped to Gaza, at a warehouse near Larnaca, Cyprus, on March 13, 2024. World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, called a halt to its work in the Gaza Strip after an apparent Israeli strike killed seven of its workers, mostly foreigners. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

What is World Central Kitchen and how has it helped people in Gaza?

World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, announced it is immediately pausing its work in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli strike killed seven of its workers, mostly foreigners.

FILE - Michelle Yeoh arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg are among the diverse group of political, business and philanthropic leaders Global Citizen will convene in New York on May 1 and 2, the nonprofit announced on Thursday, March 28, 2024.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Michelle Yeoh to join business and political leaders at Global Citizen NOW summit to fight poverty

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg are among the diverse group of political, business and philanthropic leaders Global Citizen will convene in New York on May 1 and 2, the nonprofit announced on Thursday.

Nicole Shanahan waves from the podium during a campaign event for Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. Shanahan has been picked as Kennedy Jr.'s running mate. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Who is Nicole Shanahan, the philanthropist picked by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has picked a California lawyer and philanthropist who’s never held elected office to be his running mate in his independent bid for president.

This photo provided by Girl Scouts of Greater New York shows Girl Scouts Troop 6000 paying a visit to the Statue of Liberty in New York in 2023. Troop 6000 has served kids who live in New York's shelter system since 2017, quietly welcoming hundreds of the city’s youngest new residents with the support of donations. (Kelly Marsh/Girl Scouts of Greater New York via AP)

Girl Scout troop resolved to support migrants despite backlash

As government officials debate how to handle the influx of new arrivals, the Girl Scouts — whose Troop 6000 has served kids who live in the shelter system since 2017 — are quietly welcoming hundreds of the city’s youngest new residents with the support of donations.

This 2022 photo shows Kate Nelson in Bakersfield, Calif,, after attending a Farmlink Project food delivery in Bakersfield to support the farmer community. Farmlink Project is one of numerous nonprofits established by Gen Z founders during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Owen Dubeck/Farmlink Project via AP)

Stuck at home during COVID-19, Gen Z started charities

Nothing has spurred the entrepreneurial spirit of Gen Z quite like the COVID-19 pandemic and that extends to launching nonprofits.

FILE - Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott announced Tuesday, March 19, 2024 she would give $640 million to more than 360 organizations in response to an application process she launched last year. The award is more than double the amount that she initially promised in an “open call” for applications. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million, more than doubling her planned gifts to nonprofit applicants

The billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she would give $640 million to more than 360 organizations in response to an application process she launched last year.

The Michigan Central Station is seen, Monday, March 18, 2024, in Detroit. Bill Ford, executive chair of Ford Motor Co., and his wife Lisa Ford are raising $10 million to help ten Detroit nonprofit organizations that serve young people start endowments. Lisa Ford said the campaign comes alongside Ford's investment in the refurbishment of the long abandoned train station. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Bill and Lisa Ford to raise $10M for Detroit youth nonprofit endowments

Bill Ford, executive chair of Ford Motor Co., and his wife Lisa Ford are raising $10 million to help ten Detroit nonprofits serving young people start endowments.

Harrison, a French bulldog, is seen in the surgery prep area at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, Friday, March 8, 2024, in New York. Harrision is a familiar sight having previously been cared for by the hospital's surgery, neurology, internal medicine and dental teams. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

From Frenchies to rescue cats, New York’s trauma center for animals takes the most complex cases

The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center in New York City is one of a handful of veterinary hospitals across the country that is equipped to handle the most complicated cases.

The rescue personnel of the SOS Mediteranee's humanitarian ship Ocean Viking attend migrants rescued from a deflating rubber dinghy in the Central Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Survivors reported that some 50 people who departed Libya with them a week ago had perished during the journey. (Johanna de Tessieres/ SOS Mediteranee via AP, HO)

European charity ship rescues 135 migrants but is assigned to distant port in Italy with 359 aboard

The European charity ship Ocean Viking says it has rescued another 135 migrants, including a pregnant woman and eight children, from a double-decker boat in Maltese search-and-rescue waters.

FILE - Eric Hovde, a Republican businessman and real estate mogul announces he is for running U.S. Senate against Wisconsin Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Feb. 20, 2024, in Madison, Wis. Hovde pledged in a new campaign ad Friday, March 15, to donate his salary to charity if elected, a move that comes as Democrats try to paint the California bank owner and real estate mogul as an out-of-touch multimillionaire.(John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, file)

Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Hovde promises to donate salary to charity

Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde pledges in a new campaign ad to donate his salary to charity if elected.

FILE - George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, looks before the Joseph A. Schumpeter award ceremony in Vienna, Austria, June 21, 2019. Soros' Open Society Foundations announced a leadership change Monday, March 11, 2024 with its president Mark Malloch-Brown stepping down and a senior leader, Binaifer Nowrojee, appointed to the role. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

George Soros’ Open Society Foundations name new president after years of layoffs and transition

George Soros’ Open Society Foundations announced a leadership change Monday with its president Mark Malloch-Brown stepping down in June.

This 2021 photo provided by The JPB Foundation shows Deepak Bhargava in New York. Bhargava is a longtime progressive movement organizer who plans to give big to democracy-strengthening efforts in his new job at the JPB Foundation. (The JPB Foundation via AP)

Activist to foundation leader: JPB’s Deepak Bhargava to deliver ‘lightning bolt’ to philanthropy

As longtime progressive movement organizer Deepak Bhargava takes the reins of the multi-billion-dollar JPB Foundation, he is unveiling an ambitious plan to give big to democracy strengthening efforts.

Migrants disembark from the SOS Humanity 1 humanitarian ship in the Italian southern port town of Crotone, Monday, March 4, 2023. German charity SOS Humanity said the Libyan coast guard used violence and fired live bullets as its crew rescued migrants in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday. The charity said that several migrants aboard three unseaworthy boats had to jump into the water. It said that it rescued 77 people, but that others were forced aboard a coast guard vessel. Some family members were separated and at least one migrant drowned. (Antonino D'Urso/LaPresse via AP )

A German charity protests after Italy seizes a migrant rescue ship involved in a weekend clash

The humanitarian rescue group SOS Humanity on Wednesday protested Italy’s seizure of its migrant rescue ship Humanity 1, fresh from a weekend rescue during which the charity said Libyan Coast Guard fired live bullets and used violence.

Costa Rican prosecutors say fake nuns ran false charity clinics, abused novices and gave poor care

Prosecutors in Costa Rica say they have arrested a man and four women who posed as nuns to accept donations for false charity clinics, but used some of the money for trips and other purchases.

FILE - Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg speaks during the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, gave the most to charitable causes last year, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive list of the 50 Americans who donated the largest sums to nonprofits last year. Bloomberg contributed $3 billion to support the arts, education, environment, public health, and programs aimed at improving city governments around the world, (Shannon Stapleton via AP, Pool, File)

Michael Bloomberg tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of America’s biggest donors in 2023

Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, gave the most to charitable causes last year, followed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, and Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive list of the 50 Americans who donated the largest

Libya’s coast guard tried to prevent rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean, a German charity says

A German charity has accused the Libyan coast guard of threatening its crew members who were rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, causing at least one migrant to drown.

FILE - Computer monitors and a laptop display the X, formerly known as Twitter, sign-in page, July 24, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia. Attorneys for X Corp. and a research organization that studies online hate speech traded arguments in court Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, after the social media platform sued the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate for documenting the recent increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased by Elon Musk. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Musk’s X asks judge to penalize nonprofit researchers tracking rise of hate speech on platform

Attorneys for X Corp. and a research organization that studies online hate speech have traded arguments in court in a legal battle over the organization’s reports on the increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased by Elon Musk in 2022.

This undated photo shows oral historian Francine D. Spang-Willis, who is leading a project to create a land stewardship plan for the Crazy Mountains near Bozeman, Mont. She was named an Emerson Collective fellow on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Emerson Collective is the philanthropy of Laurene Powell Jobs. ( Francine D. Spang-Willis via AP)

Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs’ org, looks to local leaders to bridge divides

Laurene Powell Jobs’ philanthropy Emerson Collective announced Wednesday its fifth cohort of Emerson fellows.

FILE - Chairman of RIT Capital Partners, Lord Jacob Rothschild arrives for a reception, hosted by Britain's Prince Charles, at Clarence House in London for the delegates of the Global Investment Conference, July 26, 2012. Financier and philanthropist Jacob Rothschild, of the renowned Rothschild banking dynasty, has died at 87, his family said Monday Feb. 26, 2024. Rothschild began his career in the family bank, NM Rothschild & Sons, in 1963, before he broke away to start businesses and charitable organizations. His family described him as a “towering presence." (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

Jacob Rothschild, financier from a family banking dynasty, dies at 87

Jacob Rothschild, the financier and philanthropist from the Rothschild banking dynasty, has died at 87.

Women learn to use a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence developed by Myna Mahila Foundation at the local women's organization’s office in Mumbai, India, Feb. 1, 2024. The chatbot, currently a pilot project, represents what many hope will be part of the impact of AI on health care around the globe: to deliver accurate medical information in personalized responses that can reach many more people than in-person clinics or trained medical workers. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

How AI health care chatbots learn from the questions of an Indian women’s organization

A women’s organization in Mumbai, India, is training a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence with the help of women like 32-year-old Komal Vilas Thatkare.

Nia Thomas stands in front of her Atlanta home on Feb. 14, 2024. Thomas was bailed out of jail by the nonprofit Barred Business in May 2022 through the “Mama’s Day Bail Out,” initiative, a practice that could be significantly restricted, if not criminalized, under a recently passed Georgia bill. (AP Photo/R.J. Rico)

Churches and nonprofits ensnared in Georgia push to restrict bail funds

For years, churches and nonprofits have banded together money to bail out people from jail, often in time for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.

FILE - Hugh Evans, CEO of Global Citizen, talks to a reporter during the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York, Friday, April 28, 2023. Evans announced Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, a new conference in Australia to bring Gen Z and millennial leaders into the fight to reach the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Global Citizen plans conference to team young people with world leaders like World Bank’s Ajay Banga

International advocacy organization Global Citizen is turning to Gen Z and millennial leaders in its fight to reach the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and end extreme poverty.

FILE - Cornelius Whiting fills out his ballot at an early voting location in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 26, 2022. The Associated Press is making some of its U.S. elections data available for free to more than 400 nonprofit news organizations in a program funded by the Google News Initiative, the company said on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Hundreds of nonprofit newsrooms will get free US election results and graphics from the AP

The Associated Press says it will be making some of its U.S. election data available for free this year to more than 400 nonprofit news organizations for the first time.

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) dunks to score in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Celtics star Jayson Tatum gets $1 million gift from SoFi to help people buy homes in St. Louis

Boston Celtics power forward Jayson Tatum announced Tuesday a gift of $1 million from the financial services company SoFi to his nonprofit.