Billionaire David Koch has donated $35 million to the National Museum of Natural History for the renovation of the Smithsonian Institute's most popular exhibit. The gift will go to a new dinosaur hall, which has been high on the list of needed renovations at the museum.
Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel has wiped the student loan debt out for 284 graduating students at Otis College of Arts and Design.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America hopes to transform youth mentorship with a $122 Million donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
Chrissy Teigen sent a Twitter shout-out to US teachers asking for their back-to-school year wish lists. She spent a busy day fulfilling them.
The $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund has announced 800 million in an initial round of grants for iconic environmental and climate orginzations.
Year over year increases in financial charity were highest in areas with the strongest threat from COVID-19, the authors found.
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity.
Connelly is "addicted" to helping and giving, and so when her husband told her that they had won the EuroMillions 2019 jackpot, she was ready.
An unnamed retiree put his money where his mouth is, insisting that it's happier to give than have, even after winning the lottery.
Airbnb.org and Airbnb are announcing that Airbnb.org will offer free, short-term housing to up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine.
Shaquille O'Neil revealed in a recent interview with Gary V he had given 1,000 Nintendo Switches and PS5s to poor school kids for Christmas
A new baby donkey was named Betty White in honor of the late actress who donated for years to the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue in Texas.
A 30-year-oil executive founded the Well Done Foundation, which works to cap forgotten oil wells that spew methane into the atmosphere,
Dr. Menon of the physics department at City College, Harlem, was shocked to find an anonymous cash gift of $180,000 to help his students.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has paid off the mortgages of 5 first responders in the USA who died in the line of duty recently.
19 year-old college student Britney Gengel was so moved by the spirit of the Haitian people when she visited with an aid group in 2010 that she told her mom she wanted start her own orphanage there. Hours later, she was killed in the massive earthquake, but her dream came true thanks to her parents and brothers.
Teenage cancer hero Stephen Sutton has been awarded an MBE after his courageous and selfless campaign to raise cash to fight the disease.
When a motivational speaker read about a 100-year-old woman being evicted from her apartment, he paid her rent for the next two years.
Glamorous gowns and high heels took the place of Hurricane Sandy's damage and destruction for teens at East Rockaway High School in New York who are getting the chance to have their dream prom after winning a contest held by internet company Rent The Runway.
Tuesday was an ordinary day at the Humane Society of Durham when an ordinary-looking man in his twenties arrived at the animal shelter. He turned over an envelope saying he wanted to make a donation. But it was no ordinary donation.
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