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Philanthropy

Inside the Italian villa that launched some of the world’s great philanthropic programs

By Bryan Walsh

Why is there so much secrecy in philanthropy?

By Whizy Kim

Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest is the culmination of an epic flameout

By Whizy Kim

How effective altruism let Sam Bankman-Fried happen

By Dylan Matthews

I went to effective altruism’s first post-Sam Bankman-Fried conference. Here’s what I saw.

By Kelsey Piper

Giving Tuesday, explained

By Kelsey Piper

Want to help animals? Here’s where to donate your money.

By Sigal Samuel

Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money.

By Sigal Samuel

Billionaires are a dual-use technology

By Kelsey Piper

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How smart will AI get? Ajeya Cotra has an answer.

By Sigal Samuel

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Kanika Bahl is finding the unicorns of international development

By Siobhan McDonough

What happened to giving money to charity?

By Whizy Kim

Will philanthropists step up in a world without Roe?

By Rachel M. Cohen

Bill Gates knows philanthropy alone can’t solve inequality

By Whizy Kim

The real scandal behind billionaire Eric Schmidt paying for Biden’s science office

By Whizy Kim

Warren Buffett defends his approach to philanthropy as he quits the Gates Foundation board

By Rebecca Heilweil

MacKenzie Scott gives away billions, again

By Sara Morrison

Billionaires are racing to sidestep President Biden’s plan to raise their taxes

By Theodore Schleifer

A crypto billionaire donated $1 billion to India. Make sure you include an asterisk.

By Theodore Schleifer

The biggest impact of the Gates divorce may have nothing to do with the Gates Foundation

By Theodore Schleifer

Bill and Melinda Gates’s divorce could rock the world of charity

By Theodore Schleifer

This climate policy expert is taking over Jeff Bezos’s $10 billion Earth Fund

By Umair Irfan

Elon Musk’s $150 million charity spending spree

By Theodore Schleifer

Andrew Cuomo and Google’s former CEO push to cap internet prices for low-income New Yorkers

By Theodore Schleifer

The number of billionaires spiked by 30% during the pandemic

By Theodore Schleifer

What Americans really think about billionaires during the pandemic

By Theodore Schleifer

How a $25 million donation to help students got ensnared in politics

By Theodore Schleifer

How a crypto billionaire decided to become one of Biden’s biggest donors

By Theodore Schleifer

Jeff Bezos will spend $1 billion a year to fight climate change

By Theodore Schleifer

Democratic donor Laurene Powell Jobs is expanding her political operation with Joe Kennedy

By Theodore Schleifer

America’s billionaire philanthropists gave away more during the pandemic. But there’s a catch.

By Theodore Schleifer

The second act of Jeff Bezos could be as big as his first

By Theodore Schleifer

Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg is creating a new criminal justice reform group in an overhaul of his political operation

By Theodore Schleifer

The big decision before Elon Musk, now the richest person in the world

By Theodore Schleifer

The political chief at Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy is stepping down

By Theodore Schleifer

Mark Zuckerberg gave $75 million to a San Francisco hospital. The city has condemned him anyway.

By Theodore Schleifer

MacKenzie Scott, the Amazon billionaire, is giving away $1 billion a month to charity

By Theodore Schleifer

Is the pandemic making people more generous — or more selfish?

By Sigal Samuel

This man has donated at least 10% of his salary to charity for 11 years running

By Dylan Matthews

This man has donated at least 10% of his salary to charity for 11 years running

By Dylan Matthews