Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Has Given $1.6 Billion This Year
He has given stock valued to an unnamed charity this year, according to two filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
My Nonprofit Was Ghosted by MacKenzie Scott. It Still Haunts Me.
Left in the dark about where it went wrong, the author’s organization has become an underdog in its field as those who received Scott gifts flourish.
Banker to the Ultra Wealthy Pledges $150 Million to Aid Students from Rural and Small Towns
Plus, William & Mary lands $100 million for climate-related marine research, and the Brennan Center for Justice receives $30 million to back term limits, ethics rules, and other changes to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
UC Irvine Lands $50 million to Launch Population and Public Health School
Plus, the billionaire novelist Mackenzie Scott gave $20 million to Opportunity@Work to improve pay for people who gained skills on-the-job through military service, community college, workforce training programs, and other routes.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Good, Bad, and Boring of Bloomberg’s $1 Billion Hopkins Gift
While making medical school free is a worthy endeavor, to truly transform health care, Bloomberg needs to think bigger.
By Amy Schiller
Contributor
University of Tulsa Scores $38 Million for Athletics
Plus, Eric and Wendy Schmidt pledged $5.5 million to NPR to bolster collaborative journalism nationwide, and a couple gave $4 million to expand the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How One Word Could Change Philanthropy
Embracing the word “solidarity” alongside “justice” and “equity” will help philanthropy rethink what it means to do good.
By Leah Hunt-Hendrix
Contributor
Denny Sanford Commits $35 Million for Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium
Also, Karen and William Davis gave $10 million to establish the Davis Family Center for Preventive Genomics at Endeavor Health, and Robert Kraft gave $1 million to Yeshiva U. to support students transferring to the Jewish university.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Michael Bloomberg’s New $1 Billion Gift to Johns Hopkins Matches the Year’s Biggest So Far
The media mogul’s donation is the latest aimed at making medical school tuition-free.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
NVIDIA Executive Gives $20 Million to Fight Cancer With A.I. Tools
Plus, contemporary ballet company BalletX received a $7.4 million bequest from an influential scholar of 17th- and 18th-century literature, and a Texas oil magnate gave Baylor Athletics $10 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Can Melinda French Gates Reignite Post-Dobbs Rage Giving?
Supporting women and girls of color should always be an urgent matter. French Gates is showing what that means.
By Cora Daniels
Contributor
How French Gates’s $12.5 Billion Could Move the Needle for Women
To change the economic and social structures that harm women, she should invest in caregiving, reproductive rights, and cultural change.
By Amy Schiller
Contributor
Melinda French Gates’s Apparent Embrace of Trust-Based Philanthropy Should Inspire Others
Her giving approach underscores the importance of human-centered grant making.
Less Than 2% of Philanthropic Giving Goes to Women and Girls. Can Melinda French Gates Change That?
Her $1 billion commitment, announced Tuesday, and the momentum generated if others join her, could break through that ceiling.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
While she is widely expected to devote billions to women’s causes, she has been undertaking other efforts that could be just as consequential for philanthropy.
By Alex Daniels and Stephanie Beasley
Megaphilanthropist and Science Champion Jim Simons Is Dead at 86
The billionaire philanthropist and math genius gave heavily to STEM after pioneering “quant” trading at his investment management firm Renaissance Technologies.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor