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Home to the largest collection of Nordic art, a converted grain silo is putting Kristiansand in Norway on Europe's cultural map ~arts art Article 936 words 8 votes
How a woman named “Steve” became one of Britain’s most celebrated IT pioneers, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists ~life.women Article 1414 words, published Apr 19 2019 13 votes
$1 billion donation will provide free tuition at a Bronx medical school ~life education.higher Article 1516 words 21 votes
Fundamental questions about ovaries may unlock longer human lifespan. Philanthropist Nicole Shanahan is spending to find answers. ~health medicine Link 15 votes
The $10 billion charity no one has heard of | The SDG Impact Fund grew from $238 million in 2020 to $10 billion in 2021... which seems to have been fueled by cryptocurrencies and digital art assets ~finance cryptocurrency Article 1468 words 13 votes
Interview with Craigslist founder Craig Newmark highlights large gift to counter harms of artificial intelligence, other philanthropic initiatives ~tech Article 16 votes
The rich have their own ethics: Effective altruism and the crypto crash ~humanities philosophy ethics Video 41:34, published Feb 24 2023 11 votes
Defective altruism - the repugnant philosophy of “Effective Altruism” offers nothing to movements for global justice ~humanities philosophy Article 8085 words 18 votes
Patagonia founder gives away the company to fight climate change ~enviro climate change Article 1098 words 26 votes
The reluctant prophet of effective altruism: William MacAskill's movement set out to help global poor. Now his followers fret about runaway AI. Have they seen our threats clearly, or lost their way? ~humanities philosophy Article 10 670 words 11 votes
The esoteric social movement behind this cycle’s most expensive House race ~society politics Article 3840 words, published May 12 2022 12 votes
MacKenzie Scott donates a record $275 million to Planned Parenthood ~health Article 424 words 9 votes
Utah billionaire leaves Mormon church, donates $600,000 to LGBTQ group ~lgbt Article 813 words, published Dec 22 2021 13 votes
John Waters bequeaths his art collection to Baltimore Museum of Art, whose bathrooms will be named in his honor ~arts photography Article 777 words 13 votes
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donates $1 billion for COVID-19 relief worldwide ~health Article 233 words 13 votes
Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to address climate change ~enviro climate change Article 289 words 26 votes
Salesforce founder Marc Benioff has donated a fortune to right capitalism's wrongs, and he thinks his fellow billionaires should too. Why can't we just be grateful? ~finance Article 6563 words 10 votes
Craigslist's nerdy founder wants to change the world -- starting with your daily news ~tech Article 3335 words 11 votes
The business of voluntourism: Do western do-gooders actually do harm? ~life work Article 5309 words, published Sep 13 2018 13 votes
$12 million gift opens new chapter for New York Public Library’s treasures ~books libraries Article 54 words, published Sep 12 2018 5 votes
Gospels of giving for the new gilded age: Are today’s donor classes solving problems—or creating new ones? ~society politics Article 3164 words 8 votes
Big piece of pie: Domino's founder donates $3.5M to Winnipeg Children's Hospital ~finance Article 218 words 5 votes
The 'black hole' that sucks up Silicon Valley's money - A fast-growing type of charitable account gets big tax breaks but little oversight ~tech Article 3252 words 3 votes