Starbucks to Pay Employees to Spend Half of Work Hours Volunteering for Charities
The company hopes that if employees can spend their work hours helping their communities, they'll be happier with their jobs and their lives.
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10 Ways to Make the World a Better Place With Your Better Half
What better way to bond with your significant other than teaming up to make the world a better place?
Top Ten US Companies That Are Caring For Their Employees, Communities, and the World
A list of companies demonstrating the most generosity toward their workers, and their families, and the world.
This Guy Has Fed Dogs of the City's Homeless for 5 Years; Now He Has Bigger Plans
Paul Crowell has been a guardian angel to the homeless dogs of San Francisco for the last five years - and now, he wants to do more.
Rick Steves Sacrifices Nest Egg to House Dozens of Homeless Women and Kids
Travel guide guru Rick Steves just gave a $4 million apartment complex to homeless women and kids who need housing.
Mystery Person Spends $1 Million at Toys 'R' Us So They Can Donate All of the Goodies to Kids
An anonymous donor spent $1 million on the last of the goodies at a Toys ‘R' Us store so it could all be donated to local children.
Most Precious Parts of Notre Dame Cathedral Were Saved; French Billionaires Are Paying to Restore the Rest
After battling the flames inside of Notre Dame Cathedral, officials say that the most iconic relics and structures of the building have survived.
In What May Be its Largest Ever Gift to Charity, Businessman in India Donates $7.5 Billion
After accounting for the bulk of India's major charitable donations last year, the nation's second-richest person, Azim Premji, had given $7.5 billion more.
Native American Tribe Donates $184,000 to Cover Funeral Costs of Alabama Tornado Victims
When another unidentified Alabama business backed out of covering the funerary costs of the victims, the tribe more than tripled their donation.
Watch 'Lieutenant Dan's' Emotional Reaction to Heartfelt Thank-You Video From Veterans
Gary Sinise, the actor best known for his role as Lieutenant Dan, was recently given an emotional surprise thank you-video for his years of charity work.
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Donates $500K to Open Up Another Home for Abused and Traumatized Girls
Steven Tyler is a lot more than just a rock and roll icon – he is also a hero for abused women and girls across the United States.
Oprah Donates $12 Million to Help Build African-American Smithsonian Museum
Oprah Winfrey is donating $12 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture -- the museum's largest donation to date. In recognition, Winfrey's name will be on a 350-seat theater in the museum, which is currently under construction and set to open in 2015.
Oprah Winfrey Steps Up to Aid DC Homeless Women in Big Way (WATCH)
Oprah surprised a Washington, DC charity with a huge announcement and a donation that would make Tom Cruise jump on her couch again.
CEO Becomes First Crypto Billionaire to Pledge Bulk of His Wealth Towards the Greater Good
"Once a certain level of wealth is reached, there is little additional utility from spending more on yourself," said the 35-year-old CEO.
(Not McDonald's) One Billion Meals Served by India Charity in Schools
For the past 12 years, the Akshaya Patra Foundation has served cooked food to nearly 1.4 million children in government schools across the India. And now, it has reached an important milestone serving its billionth meal in August.
UK Supermarket Sells Blocks of 'Hope' in Stores to Raise Money for Alzheimer's
The word 'Hope' engraved on wooden blocks is on display alongside food items in several Budgens grocery stores as an innovative way to raise money for charity. Shoppers can place the blocks in their carts for the cashiers to collect £1 for each one scanned in support of local people affected by dementia.
Ingenious Gates-Funded Machine Turns Feces Into Drinking Water
He watched the piles of feces go up the conveyer belt and drop into a large bin. A few minutes later, after a machine boiled and treated it, Bill Gates took a taste and proclaimed it, "Delicious -- as good as any I've had out of a bottle." The self-powering machine produces water and electricity (plus a little ash), and no nasty smell.
Mark Zuckerberg Creating a New Breed Of Silicon Valley Philanthropists
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg is the ultimate success story, and he is a generous guy. This is typical of the latest generation of wealthy entrepreneurs. Young donors are more interested in creating partnerships and being actively involved in their giving, unlike older philanthropists, who simply wrote checks every year.
MBAs Today Want to Make an Impact on the World
Business school students want to learn how to make profits in the business world. That's a given. But now, they are wanting to make a profit by doing good -- and scores of programs, like those at Wharton and Stanford which combine social consciousness with financial returns, are popping up at universities around the world.
Royal Wedding Fund Raises $1.7 Million for Charity
Plenty of people this spring wanted to send a wedding gift to Prince William and Kate Middleton, even after the couple asked that donations be made to one of 26 chosen charities instead. More than $1.7 million (over a million pounds) was raised for the occasion for the Royal Wedding Charitable Gift Fund, according to Buckingham Palace.
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