Four donations totaling $2 million are on the way for March for Our Lives, a planned demonstration to take place in Washington D.C. and across the United States on March 24th. March for Our Lives is a protest against the political inaction allowing gun violence to continue to become a regular occurrence in schools across […]
John Williams, the famous composer of grand, sweeping movie scores, attended Juilliard in 1955, working as a jazz pianist in New York to help supplement his Air Force pension. That was a long time before he began scoring blockbusters like Star Wars and Jurassic Park, but he calls his time in the performing arts academy […]
During the making of James Bond: Spectre, carmaker Aston Martin made one hundred 2014 Vanquishes. One of them, body number 007, was gifted to Bond actor Daniel Craig. It’s blue and immaculate, and now it’s up for sale. Craig is auctioning off his personal limited-edition car for charity through Christie’s auction house, as announced on […]
Emma Watson, one of the stars of Harry Potter and The Circle, has been an outspoken ambassador for the need to fortify women’s rights worldwide. It’s not only words she puts forth; Watson donated £1 million (nearly $1.4 million) to the Justice and Equality Fund, a recently set-up initiative to wage war on sexual assault, […]
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has come under plenty of criticism in her politics, including freely admitting that she and her family have spent millions of dollars in purchasing political advantage. But perhaps a recent move has bought her some grace for that past. DeVos’s yearly salary as secretary of education is $199,700. This […]
Few friends of Raymond Suckling knew that he was a millionaire before his death. The retired mechanical engineer lived modestly in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, drove a used car, and liked re-reading dime-store novels from the 1960s. Suckling was a veteran of WWII, and though he rarely let his friends pay for dinner on nights on the […]
In September of 2016, football player and activist Colin Kaepernick pledged to donate $1 million of his personal salary to charities and organizations that give aid to underserved and oppressed communities. In just over a year, he’s just a few signatures away from achieving that goal. Kaepernick himself has already donated $900,000 to 31 organizations. […]
On January 10th, 2018, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end the DACA program. DACA, also known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is an Obama-era protection program for immigrants under the age of 10 brought without documentation into the country. Colloquially, these immigrants are referred to as Dreamers. According to TheDream.us, […]
Wells Fargo is number 25 in a ranked list of the United States’ largest corporations. Their corporate social responsibility efforts extend from long before their notoriety, and include three priorities: economic contributions to disadvantaged communities, environmental husbandry, and progressive inclusion. Their recent and ongoing donations to Habitat for Humanity serves all three goals. Habitat for Humanity, […]
Camp Barnabas is an organization with a mission to provide camp and sporting experiences to people with many kinds of disabilities. They offer week-long camps, with scholarships available to those who can’t afford them. As a Christian ministry, they operate from a standpoint of affirming that every person, regardless of ability, is whole and worthy […]