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Philanthropy

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

By Dylan Matthews

Mark Zuckerberg is spending millions like never before to overhaul a landmark tax law

By Theodore Schleifer

America scrambles to take part in the Mark Zuckerberg $250 million gold rush

By Theodore Schleifer

Larry Ellison has abruptly shut down the foundation he spent years setting up

By Theodore Schleifer

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Larry Ellison, one of the world’s richest people, asks for a second chance at charity

$60 billion hangs in the balance.

By Theodore Schleifer

Bill Gates is spending $150 million to try to make a coronavirus vaccine as cheap as $3

By Theodore Schleifer

Jeff Bezos offers a clue to his $10 billion climate change strategy

By Theodore Schleifer

MacKenzie Scott is donating her billions much faster than her ex Jeff Bezos

By Kelsey Piper

America has almost 800 billionaires, a record high

By Theodore Schleifer

Working for Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy isn’t always easy since it means working for Mark Zuckerberg

By Theodore Schleifer

More than 70 employees at Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy say it needs to change how it deals with race

By Theodore Schleifer

Netflix’s billionaire founder is secretly building a luxury retreat for teachers in rural Colorado

By Theodore Schleifer

After George Floyd’s death, tech billionaires are wrestling with their responsibilities when it comes to race

By Theodore Schleifer

The pandemic will put billionaires’ commitment to journalism to the test

By Theodore Schleifer

Bill Gates has an idea for how to get billionaires to donate more for coronavirus

By Theodore Schleifer

Tech billionaires are already mounting a pressure campaign to prevent the next pandemic

By Theodore Schleifer

Andrew Cuomo is leaning on tech billionaires to help New York rebuild

By Theodore Schleifer

The obscure rule that is discouraging billionaires’ foundations from going big on coronavirus

By Theodore Schleifer

One of America’s key voting rights groups plunged into chaos when it was needed most

By Theodore Schleifer

This new charity offers scientists coronavirus grants in 48 hours

By Kelsey Piper

Google’s former CEO hopes the coronavirus makes people more “grateful” for Big Tech

By Theodore Schleifer

Bill Gates and the 10 other tech titans with the power to shape how the US fights the coronavirus

By Theodore Schleifer

These are the trade-offs we make when we depend on billionaires to save us

By Theodore Schleifer

What you should know about Jack Dorsey’s surprising $1 billion commitment to charity

By Theodore Schleifer

Why Jeff Bezos’s $100 million donation to food banks won’t satisfy his critics

By Theodore Schleifer

Tech giants should give away their money instead of their products

By Theodore Schleifer

Mark Zuckerberg is teaming up with Bill Gates to try to find a drug to treat coronavirus

By Theodore Schleifer

The pandemic could get Silicon Valley to do something it has rarely done: Give money to local charities

By Theodore Schleifer

Bill Gates says we can’t restart the economy soon and simply “ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner”

By Theodore Schleifer

Why we shouldn’t rely on Silicon Valley for face masks

By Theodore Schleifer

This charity is giving cash directly to Americans suffering during the coronavirus crisis

By Kelsey Piper

Laurene Powell Jobs’s charitable group is going to give away almost all of its money

By Theodore Schleifer

Jeff Bezos just made one of the largest charitable gifts ever

By Theodore Schleifer

Tech billionaires give away billions — but it’s just a small fraction of their staggering wealth

By Theodore Schleifer

A new social network makes an old bet: That we want to hear from rich people

By Theodore Schleifer

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Chris Hughes wants another chance

The multimillionaire Facebook co-founder is the latest moneyed titan to turn philanthropist, and has even called for Facebook’s dismantling. Can he really make a difference?

By Dylan Matthews

Why Jack Dorsey (and you) should pay attention to this proposed charity law in California

By Theodore Schleifer

A new generation of philanthropists are ticked off at Trump — and their parents

By Theodore Schleifer

Bill Gates’s big takeaway from 2019: raise his taxes

By Kelsey Piper

The Gates Foundation has enormous impact. Its CEO leaving could have an enormous impact, too.

By Theodore Schleifer

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