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Bill Gates Warns of 'Dark Ages' Risk as Epstein Testimony Looms and Foundation Accelerates $200B Push

Bill Gates is navigating a turbulent period blending ambitious philanthropy with renewed scrutiny over his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein, as the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist testifies before Congress next month while his foundation ramps up spending to counter what he calls a dangerous reversal in global progress.

International Business Times

Jeff Bezos once gave Eva Longoria and the admiral behind Osama bin Laden's capture $100 million—but she says you don't need wealth to give back

Jeff Bezos gave Eva Longoria $50 million for philanthropy. Two years on, she says the biggest myth is that you need to be rich to give back.

Fortune

MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $19 billion—but it's barely made a dent in her net worth because of the power of Amazon shares

Since her 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos, Scott has quietly donated $26 billion to HBCUs, DEI groups, and disaster relief—outpacing her ex-husband's lifetime giving.

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Zohran Mamdani turns philanthropy and corporate greed into an extended Mario Kart metaphor: 'Government is Yoshi'

Blue shells actually are an ideal model for how the economy should work.

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Sorority apologizes for recreating Nazi-era banner used for philanthropy event

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The Independent UK

Sorority slammed for recreating Nazi-era poster for college philanthropy event

The banner evoked a poster from the 1936 ’Nazi Olympics’ in Berlin

The Independent UK

Jeff Bezos pledged $10 billion for climate change. With the 2030 clock ticking, his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, is leading the charge to spend it

The Bezos Earth Fund has disbursed more than $2 billion so far. With less than four years left to deploy the rest, the couple’s philanthropy is accelerating—though it still trails MacKenzie Scott’s by billions.

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Targeted donations could level the playing field for universities beyond the elite

Letters: Terence Kealey and Prof Amanda Broderick on financial pressures and philanthropy

The Guardian - UK

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated again—a week after gifting millions to a college, she's just given $70 million to Meals on Wheels America

MacKenzie Scott, worth $41.1 billion, is on a philanthropic tear and has donated an estimated 46% of her net worth.

Fortune

Black-led nonprofits didn't see the lasting funding boosts promised after 2020's racial reckoning

New research reveals that financial gains for many Black-led nonprofits after George Floyd’s murder were short-lived

The Independent UK

MacKenzie Scott rewrote the rules of philanthropy. Who will follow her lead?

Diversity pledges have curdled into anti-DEI PR, while Black-led organizations receive less than 1% of philanthropic giving.

Fortune

The Guardian view on Cambridge’s £190m gift: billionaires won’t fix universities’ problems

Editorial: Philanthropy increases the gap dividing highly selective, elite higher education from the rest. Ministers need a plan for the sector overall

The Guardian - UK

Why Americans give: New research finds 5 distinct profiles for generosity

Given that fewer Americans are donating and volunteering and that people in the U.S. appear to be losing trust in one another, it may seem like generosity has eroded in the United States.

The Conversation

How one family's bipolar disorder experience led to more than $1 billion for the Broad Institute

A large donation to mental health research is getting even bigger

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Indiaspora report recommends stronger OCI card in new report on Indian diaspora

Indiaspora, a nonprofit organisation comprising global Indian leaders across diverse sectors, released its ‘India and its Diaspora: Partners in Progress’ report on Monday. The publication explores the growing influence of the Indian diaspora in shaping the nation’s future through business, innovation, philanthropy, and the arts.

The Independent UK

How notorious billionaire Leona Helmsley’s foundation is saving lives in rural America

A charity trust tied to the late hotel owner Leona Helmsley is expanding rural health care and changing cancer treatment for patients

International Business Times UK

Indiana University Philanthropy Group Linked to Hamas-Backed 'Sham Charity' Scandal

Indiana University's philanthropy programme under investigation for alleged ties to a Hamas-linked charity, raising oversight and credibility concerns

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Less than 10 out of 256 billionaires have kept their promise to give away their fortune—and a philanthropy CEO says Elon Musk is right about why

Exclusive: The CEO who gives away billions for a living says Elon Musk is right: philanthropy is very hard—but stop waiting on billionaires to do it.

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Peter Thiel is actively convincing billionaires to abandon The Giving Pledge — and it may be working

In an interview with the New York Times, the PayPal cofounder called it an “Epstein-adjacent boomer club”—and says he’s talked people into quitting.

The Independent UK

Teresa Younger, outgoing CEO of Ms Foundation, reflects on the pursuit of equality

The outgoing head of the Ms. Foundation says the fight for political equality in the U.S. is far from over

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MacKenzie Scott gave away more than $7 billion last year—but her secretive style got her snubbed from a top donors list

“MacKenzie Scott is among the notable absences on the Philanthropy 50 list,” the Chronicle of Philanthropy said.

The Independent UK

Billionaire tops Philanthropy 50 list of biggest donors for third year in a row

Michael Bloomberg is followed on the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list by three donors who each gave $1 billion or more to charity last year

The Conversation

Gifts from top 50 US philanthropists jumped to $22.4B in 2025 − Mike Bloomberg, Bill Gates and the estate of Paul Allen lead a list of the biggest givers

The 50 American individuals and couples who gave or pledged the most to charity in 2025 committed US$22.4 billion to foundations, universities, hospitals and more. That total was 35% above an inflation-adjusted $16.6 billion in 2024, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s latest annual tally of these donations.

International Business Times

Bill Gates Faces House Testimony Request in Epstein Probe While TerraPower Nuclear Project Advances in Wyoming

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates finds himself at the intersection of philanthropy, energy innovation and renewed scrutiny in early March 2026, as a House committee seeks his testimony on ties to Jeffrey Epstein and federal regulators approve construction for his TerraPower nuclear reactor in Wyoming.

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