An accidental donation of $15,000 has helped a fundraiser to feed the hungry rise beyond all expectations. A man who’s only given his name as Michael told his story on Reddit last month. He learned that his San Francisco neighbor, a Hindu priest, was running a charity to help support a community in poverty in […]
The Diamond family of Vancouver is donating $20 million to help fund a substance use treatment program that could have saved their loved one. Steven Diamond was 53 years old in 2016, when he died of a fentanyl overdose just a few days before he could have seen an addiction psychiatrist. He’d spend nearly three […]
Bud Light is donating $200,000 to the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, after controversy about their collaboration with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney. In April, Dylan Mulvaney participated in a paid promotion for Bud Light, with the beer company sending her a handful of beers, including one printed with her face, and she used them to […]
Steelworkers are donating thousands to the Canadian Red Cross fund for those affected by this spring’s Alberta wildfires, as many still rage after nearly a month. Three weeks ago, there were over 90 wildfires scorching across Alberta. Today, more than sixty are still burning, with 22 of them currently out of control. Just Wednesday night, […]
Tim Springer, professor and billionaire, has donated $210 million towards biomedical research. Tim Springer is a professor of immunology at Harvard University, and he made an immense fortune as a founding investor in the pharmaceutical company Moderna. He might be the the wealthiest educator in the world, worth approximately $1.9 billion grown from his initial […]
James Packer is donating $7 million to UNSW to bolster research into mental health care. James Packer, Australian billionaire, inherited a fortune and grew it through major investments in casinos, resorts, and media labels. In 2022, he sold his interest in Crown Casinos, one of Australia’s largest gaming corporations, for $3.36 billion Australian, or $2.22 […]
A Maryland teenager has overseen the donation of thousands of books to children in hospitals, to honor her father after he was diagnosed with cancer. Emily Bhatnagar was 17 in 2021 when her dad, Mike Bhatnagar, was diagnosed with stage four thyroid cancer. A life-long reader, she’s always found her comfort in books, but during […]
A surprise donation by an Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumnus may help set forward health care in the state. The IUP Distinguished Alumni Awards is supposed to be an evening for the university to take note of the paths its successful students have carved for themselves, honoring distinctions in their various fields. Richard Caruso is […]
Phil Knight, owner of Nike shoes, has donated $400 million to help restore Albina, the core of the Black community in Portland, Oregon. Black history in the state of Oregon is a complicated thing. In 1851, it was literally a crime to be Black and be in Oregon territory. The state’s original constitution, written in […]
Ralph Yarl, shot for no reason, is the focus of a $3.2 million GoFundMe campaign for his medical costs and recovery. Ralph Yarl, 16, knocked on the door of Andrew Lester on Thursday night, after mis-reading the address at which he was to pick up his young brothers. Lester brought a gun to the door, […]