Mark Zuckerberg is incredibly wealthy, which is why he and his wife Priscilla Chan have started a foundation to give a lot of that wealth away to help others. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is the organization that the Facebook CEO is using to give away 99% of his wealth, which is going to require a […]
Inauguration weekend is one of the busiest times of year for restaurants and bars. That’s why citizens are calling on restaurants and bars to close in protest of the election. But instead of closing, several diners and taverns in Washington D.C. are offering a better solution: a portion of the money raised during inauguration weekend […]
A 52-year-old British man died after he fell out of a pram during a charity fundraising event on New Year’s Day. The event was a race in which contestants push each other around in strollers as they dash to the finish line. It was supposed to be harmless fun. Instead, it ended in tragedy for […]
It’s pretty disgusting when charities misallocate resources, but it does happen from time to time. Such is the case with Capricorn Animal Rescue, a nonprofit organization located in Wales. Capricorn is under investigation after evidence surfaced of animals being neglected and funds being misused. The news broke after BBC sent a private investigator to look into […]
It’s hard to fathom. How could someone use children as a means to steal money? But that’s precisely what authorities think people did in the city of Larnaca, Cyprus. According to CyprusMail, The Pancyprian Foundation of Affection and Love to Children is under investigation for not keeping accounting books. The discrepancies originally surfaced in 2012 […]
It’s incredibly ironic that immediately following Thanksgiving, people are willing to trample one another for the best sales deals. Here’s a better proposal: instead of participating in Black Friday, why not participate in Giving Tuesday? It’s certainly a lot more in line with the spirit of Thanksgiving. For those of you who’ve never heard of […]
Everywhere you look, people are talking about “Millennials”—the generation of Americans born roughly between 1980 and 2000 that grew up in a largely digital world. All too often, out-of-touch Baby Boomers unjustly criticize Millennials. Older generations tend to stereotype Millennials as being “anti-social,” “lazy,” and “entitled.” Once in a while though, somebody says something positive […]
Planned Parenthood, the nonprofit that provides reproductive health services to low-income women, will likely have its funding cut now that Republicans have gained control of the House, the Senate, and the Executive Branch. The newly elected 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has repeatedly threatened to defund the organization if it does […]
When Donald J. Trump was officially elected the 45th President of the United States, LGBT nonprofits across the country grieved. It was a major slap in the face to all the progress achieved by activists. But sorrow is only one of the many emotions that LGBT nonprofits are feeling right now. They’re also fearful—fearful of […]
Recently, it came out that Goodwill Omaha is paying a number of its board members over $100,000 a year and that CEO Frank McGree is making $250,000 a year. It’s a $30-million-dollar organization that has over 600 employees, so those salaries aren’t too crazy, considering. But there is also evidence that they pay many of […]