Chuck Lorre is donating $10 million towards research education for underserved communities, through his family’s philanthropic foundation. The considerable gift, given via the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) aims to support research education for high school and college students, particularly those from under-resourced communities across greater Los Angeles. The Chuck […]
Toyota Indiana is donating $300,000 to a children’s museum in Princeton, to help them reach more kids with a mobile unit. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana held a large event on Thursday in Princeton, Indiana to announce the release of their first new 2024 Lexus, which is the first Lexus to be made in the state. […]
The US Embassy is donating a $3.5 million field hospital and ambulance to Tobago’s emergency response In a gesture of enduring partnership, the US Embassy has donated a 40-bed field hospital and an ambulance, valued together at approximately $3.5 million, to the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA). The donation is a symbol of the United […]
As Thanksgiving approaches, Warren Buffett, billionaire investor, is continuing his pattern of philanthropy by donating $870 million to four family-run foundations. This tradition of giving back reflects Buffett’s commitment to sharing his substantial wealth, estimated at around $120 billion. The generous donations are structured in the form of shares from Buffett’s conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway. A […]
A movie theater has been donated to a small town, after AMC opted not to renew their lease in the space. Apple Valley is a large town in southeastern California, between Barstow and San Bernardino. Until earlier this year, the town boasted a 14-screen AMC movie theater. But as the cinema franchise tightened its belt […]
Charles Feeney, a quiet hero of philanthropy and tech investments, sadly passed away at the age of 92 in San Francisco on Monday. Chuck, as he was known to friends, was the man who gave away almost his entire $8 billion fortune to charity, often without fanfare. Charles Feeney believed in low-key giving. He donated […]
Governors Point has been donated by a private owner to conserve undeveloped land on the Chuckanut Bay shoreline. Randy Bishop, a Canadian business owner living in White Rock, bought Governor’s Point in 2018 for $5.7 million. At the time, his plans for the wooded little peninsula south of Bellingham, Washington were to build a development […]
The Montana Heritage Center is getting a $10.4 million donation from Montana native millionaire Norm Asbjornson. Norm Asbjornson is from Winifred, Montana. He founded AAON, a publicly-traded heating, ventilation, and air conditioning manufacturer that has made him wealthy. In 2021, AAON made a profit of $535 million, and Asbjornson’s net worth is estimated between $500 […]
An anonymous donor has given the largest ever gift to a University of Kansas business school, of $50 million. The University of Kansas’ School of Business received a monumental boost with an anonymous donor contributing a generous $50 million, marking the largest single gift in the history of the institution’s business school. This substantial endowment […]
Publix Supermarkets is donating $1 million to support relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia, Northern Florida’s worst landfall in over a century. Publix is the largest employee-owned company in the United States, a supermarket chain with over 1,300 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, and the Carolinas. With over 250,000 employees, they’ve been […]