Philanthropy Report - Legacy From The Heart

Here are 3 ways generosity could boost your finances — and how to start.

When you donate stock, you give away any future gains. But there’s good reason to consider doing so — and it can benefit both the donor and the charity.

June 5, 2026, 3:00 AM ET MacKenzie Scott has become one of the most prolific modern philanthropists. Before MacKenzie Scott signed the Giving Pledge and started on her path to give away her $36 billion net worth, she went looking for a paragraph in a book she’d marked up during her college years. Scott signed the Giving Pledge on May 25, 2019, just months after her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos left her with a roughly 4% stake in the company. But the billionaire philanthropist and

Jeff Bezos' ex-wife Mackenzie Scott is known for her impressive charitable donations, but how she chooses who to give to is different from most of her peers.

British Columbia's premier says a $40-million donation from two entrepreneurs to

DAFgiving360 reported donors gave a record $9.9 billion to charities in 2025, up 28% from the prior year.

Wealthy Americans use DAFs to give back and save on taxes, but the popular strategy comes with strings attached.

Philanthropist says young Britons ‘priced out’ of best institutions, with their places taken by international students

Philanthropy is lagging behind in Scotland, writes Mark McKeown

How Funding Models Are Limiting the Growth of High-Quality Schools

Some of the most iconic minds in business including Bill Ackman, Michael Dell and John Arnold are applying contrarian thinking to how they give their billions away.

A stretch of Panet Road has been honorarily named after long-time local business Princess Auto.

“Elon Musk, Ryan Seacrest, and Chris Anderson of TED, consider yourself challenged,” Bill Gates bellowed from his garden. Beaming, he tugged on a candy cane-colored rope that dumped a barrel of icy cold water over his head. “You have 24 hours. Good luck.”

By Mila Sherman, PhD, Professor of Finance, Shhreya Anand, Jonathan Fula, Hurditya Lohia (students), and Alternatives Class Advisor: Kristen Walters (alumni)

I · THE MACKENZIE SCOTT PARADOX $7 Billion Given — and Snubbed from the Honours List The most disruptive philanthropy story of the season belongs to MacKenzie Scott, whose Yield Giving organisation distributed more than $7 billion to over 120 organisations in 2025 alone — bringing her lifetime chari

May 21, 2026, 10:01 AM ET MacKenzie Scott’s donations now total $26 billion. Thanks to multiple historic donations last year and an eye-popping volume of philanthropic gifts, MacKenzie Scott has etched her way to becoming one of the world’s most generous philanthropists. But the Chronicle of Philanthropy doesn’t see it that way. | Newsletter Although Scott donated more than $7 billion to more than 120 organizations last year through her philanthropic organization, Yield Giving, the Chronicle

The Amazon founder also dismissed calls to increase taxes for the rich.

In memory of late son, philanthropists Paula and Randy Ringhaver donated $75 million to Mayo Clinic to support a recent patient care tower expansion.

After making his fortune as a venture capitalist, he became a prolific and inventive benefactor, supporting innovation in the arts, education and health sciences

If you had gone to Hyde Park 175 years ago you would have seen a vast greenhouse, which was immediately nicknamed the Crystal Palace. It housed the Great Exhibition. More than six million people, between May and October that year, streamed through the aisles of the Crystal Palace to see exhibits from all over the world: the first revolver, sent by the American Samuel Colt; a floating gothic church built for the Churchmen’s Missionary Association for the Seamen of Philadelphia; chimneypieces 16ft

In philanthropy, success is usually measured in numbers: Dollars raised. Major gifts secured. Revenue growth. Cash collections. When organizations experience transformational fundraising success, those are naturally the numbers people focus on.

The Africa Jobs Fund plans to raise capital from philanthropic sources.

Family philanthropy often evolves without intention. Discover how a giving plan transforms reactive giving into strategic leadership.