Philanthropy Report - Legacy From The Heart

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The billionaire hedge fund manager who is Britain’s most generous philanthropist has criticised “cruel” government foreign aid cuts after it emerged that he had given an extra $328 million (£243 million) to his charitable foundation last year to help fill the gap. The additional personal donations from Sir Chris Hohn to his Children’s Investment Fund Foundation came on top of the $595 million of charitable investments in 2024 from the UK-based organisation’s $6.1 billion endowment, taking the

For Moez Kassam, who co-founded the Moez and Marissa Kassam Equity Fund, which to date has donated $1 million CAD to Michael Garron Hospital and $5 million CAD to the School of Medicine at Toronto Metropolitan University, the purpose of philanthropy is simple: it’s about making cities and communities more equitable. “I’ve always found it interesting that a lot of people look at their own business from an investment model, but they move over to philanthropy [and] look at it as charity [or] just

The university will be renamed after Jane Batten, the widow of Frank Batten, the billionaire former chair of Landmark Communications. The family has donated millions to the university.

In 2015, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan built a philanthropic behemoth in their image: the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Science-forward, research-backed, driven by empathy. But as Zuckerberg and Meta have tacked right, ditching DEI, insiders say Chan has become a proxy figure in the battle between her husband’s company and their progressive CZI staff

As Darren Walker prepares to step down as president of the Ford Foundation, much of what made his life’s journey possible is under assault.

Caring for others can improve our well-being, build resilience, and foster lasting community—during moments of collective crisis, and beyond.

The Gates Foundation has pledged $2.5 billion to women's health by 2030, aiming to address decades of neglect of conditions like preeclampsia, endometriosis, and menopause. The investment, one of its largest recent commitments, will fund research, product development, and equitable access globally as part of founder Bill Gates's broader plan to give away his fortune by 2045.

The donation came weeks after Zohran Mamdani said he didn't believe billionaires should exist.

Mark Blumberg on the pitfalls that charitable foundations encounter, the problem with operating ‘on automatic’ and why some families shouldn’t set up foundations at all

Fears of misspent money, bad investments and creating spoiled offspring are causing high-net-worth parents to leave their money to causes other than their own children.

Ewan Palmer | Published 08.15.25 9:48AM EDT Ewan Palmer Published 08.15.25 9:48AM EDT Phil Knight, the billionaire co-founder of Nike, has made a record-breaking donation towards cancer research to his alma mater. Knight, along with his wife, Penny, handed the Oregon Health & Science University’s cancer center a whopping $2 billion, which the Portland-based institution said was the largest single donation ever given to an American university, reports The New York Times. “We couldn’t be more

EXCLUSIVE: Brian O’Kelley says he’s capped his wealth to $100 million. The tech founder tells Fortune, billionaires are wasteful, out of touch, and “othered” from real life.

Before David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert, there was one undisputed king of late-nigh

Philanthropy expert Keith Sjögren on how to rejuvenate charitable giving in Canada, the need for research in the field, and why charities need a bigger voice in Ottawa

When Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett unveiled the Giving Pledge in 2010, it sounded almost radical: convince the world's richest to part with at least half their fortunes for the greater good. The idea carried the moral weight of a handshake, not the force of law, but it came wrapped in the urgency of "giving while living," a philosophy championed by Chuck Feeney—the billionaire who famously gave away every dollar of his $8 billion fortune before he died. Fifteen years later

The patriarch’s entrepreneurial journey, which led him to amass a substantial fortune, was a remarkable one. At the time of his death his real-time net worth was just over $13 billion, the bulk of which was derived from a controlling stake in Japan’s Nippon Paints, according to Forbes’ estimates.

Billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan built the charitable behemoth in their image: science-based, research-backed, and driven by empathy. Now some staff question whether that’s changed.

Economic uncertainty, global events and increasing wealth are shaping the charitable landscape this year. Here are the philanthropic trends and some tips that could help affluent donors optimize their impact.

Did you know you can take steps to increase your joy in charitable giving? Joyful generosity comes from a mix of impact-driven and Spirit-led giving.

Are you fulfilled by writing a check? Or are you looking for new ways to transform your skills and relationships into eternal impact?

The charitable contribution limit for a gift of cash to a public charity or donor advised fund is 60% of one’s adjusted gross income (AGI).

New rules for generous families: Higher standard deductions, a new floor on charitable deductions, and a universal charitable deduction may change how you give strategically.