To keep students learning during pandemic, Philadelphia will connect 35,000 student households with two years of free high-speed internet.
The gang-intervention heroes at Homeboy Industries have just won the 2020 Hilton Humanitarian Prize, and will receive $2.5 million in unrestricted funding.
More than 36,000 American COVID-19 patients have now been treated with donated blood plasma, half of which has come from Jewish people.
Donations surged nearly 50% in the first half of 2020—the most given in the history of one of America's largest philanthropic funds, Schwab Charitable.
Sean Penn's nonprofit CORE offers free COVID-19 testing for US cities including LA, New Orleans, and Chicago-and has already tested 520,000 people.
9-year-old Kamryn Johnson and her friends have been selling homemade bracelets to support African American businesses hurt by riots in Minnesota.
PayPal announced a $530 million commitment to support Black and minority-owned businesses in the U.S., especially those hardest hit by the pandemic.
Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand is donating $100 million to organizations dedicated to ensuring racial and educational equality for black communities.
Reaching out to the needy in society, whether within our boundaries or assisting in far fledged countries, is a special calling but also one that ordinary people can get behind. Celebrities inspire average citizens to give more. Here's a list of today's top Philanthropic Celebrities, and Matt Damon heads the list. The actor/writer/producer has recently co-founded Industrial Revolution II, now operating its first business in Haiti offering employment and community support with its new socially-responsible garment factory.
Collectively, the unidentified do-gooder gave away $150 in gift cards to every one of the 1,450 households in Earlham, Iowa.
Australian woman Sheila Woodcock lived a comfortable private life—and shocked everyone by leaving a $14 million estate to 15 charities after her death.
This couple decided to gamble on bitcoin when it was selling for $800 a pop back in 2012. Now, the cryptocurrency is going for about $17,000.
Rather than keeping the Nobel prize money for himself, this humble biology professor is using it all to help his students pursue an education in the arts.
This football player was surprised with a scholarship for his constant kindness – but his team's reaction to the surprise might be even more rewarding.
An Israeli tennis enthusiast noticed in the 1990s that very few Arabs living in Israel had any chance to play his beloved sport. He dreamed that a tennis court could provide a common ground between Jews and Arabs and Christians alike, so in 1998 he started building or supported tennis courts and programs in nine Arab neighborhoods all across Israel.
An Israeli tennis enthusiast noticed in the 1990s that very few Arabs living in Israel had any chance to play his beloved sport. He dreamed that a tennis court could provide a common ground between Jews and Arabs and Christians alike, so in 1998 he started building or supported tennis courts and programs in nine Arab neighborhoods all across Israel.
14-year-old Meena Kumar started Pet Fairy Service to donate all her petsitting money to a senior dog home, after learning she was too young to volunteer.
When she divorced Jeff Bezos in 2019, MacKenzie Scott promised to give away at least half of her billions. Here's how she's fared so far.
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Seattle woman Eva Gordon left her entire $10-million dollar fortune, amassed through clever investing, to 17 state universities upon her death.
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