“I went on a shopping spree in July and spent four million dollars on girls and women,” Maz Kessler says proudly. As the founder and creative director of Catapult, a start-up nonprofit organ... Read more
Money should be spent trying out concepts that shatter current structures and systems that have turned much of the world into one vast market. I HAD spent much of my life writing music for c... Read more
As the tech world creates more and more young millionaires, the question is: How will they give back? The Facebook founder’s recent donations give some hints, and it’s clear that others are... Read more
It was 15 years ago that Ted Turner needed something interesting to say in a speech — and decided, in a rush, to give away $1 billion. “I was on my way to New York to make the speech,... Read more
The serial philanthropist’s project is helping people raise tons of money for their causes, while keeping the attitude light and funny. In October, and before an audience of 800 Chicago Idea... Read more
Is the era of attaching a cause to all of our purchases really the best way for companies to prove they care about the world? Or would it would be better to go back to a time when companies... Read more
Philanthropy is a tricky business. To begin with, there’s the question of which group, among the millions of needy and suffering people in the world, to help. Even more complicated is... Read more
New bank AbleBanking plans to be the bank for people who care about philanthropy. Big banks might say that they give back, but while the dollar amounts are high, their donations amoun... Read more
“Remember what you have received. Forget what you gave” Bill Gates said to Xinhua, citing a Chinese proverb to describe the growing popularity of philanthropy in China. In... Read more
Canadian design firm Molo has created a cheap and comfortable housing innovation for disaster relief situations. Dubbed “softshelter,” the system has been designed to create pers... Read more
Send an e-mail, make a charitable donation. Delete an e-mail, make a charitable donation. A new service, GiveBackMail, introduced this week, promises to give 25 percent of its profit to char... Read more