The HALO Trust, a charity which works to remove land mines around the world, and was once patronized by Princess Diana and had Angelina Jolie on its board, is facing controversy for the second time in two years. This time, it’s about how much they paid two of their trustees to perform an internal review […]
Things are weird for Feed the Children at the moment. In June, the Oklahoma based charity’s founder, Larry Jones, was ousted, and sold the rights to videos, papers, and other property belonging to the charity for $1. Those rights were bought by former Texas lawyer Edward Roush, Jr. who has since referred to the charity […]
Mobile phone giant AT&T has announced that it intends to donate $20 million to support different education initiatives through the AT&T Aspire Program. The grant will support schools in 26 states around the country with the intent of providing mobile learning opportunities, mentoring, and career skills. The grant will support students in a number of […]
Pennsylvania has some pretty strict liquor laws, requiring almost all alcohol to be sold by beer distributors or in state-owned liquor stores with very strict guidelines, none of which sell rare vintages of wine. Which probably explains why Philadelphia lawyer Arthur Goldman built himself an extensive wine collection at home. It also helps to illustrate […]
Image via: Tupungato / Shutterstock.com Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University announced a $35 million donation from India-based IT company Tata Consulting Services. It is the largest gift the university has received as well as the largest gift donated to an American university from another country. The donation, according to Philanthropy News Digest, will go towards the construction […]
Providing artistic outlets and college-level education to United States prison inmates significantly reduces their chances of returning to prison, a study by Rand suggests. The study investigated how inmate education affected prisoner life post-incarceration and found that those inmates who were educated while in prison had a 43% lower rate of returning to prison than […]
Houston Furniture Bank is a non-profit that works with a network of 80 other charities to help underprivileged people get furniture. Since their founding in 1992, they’ve helped over 21,000 families get furniture, allowing 50,000 children to sleep in beds instead of on the floor. Their mission is built on the principle that furniture is […]
People take the Tour de France very seriously, and it’s the purview of a certain kind of bicyclist and certain kinds of bicycles. Apparently, the Raleigh Chopper, a kid’s bike, is not the “right kind” of bike, but that’s precisely why Dave Sims rode one in the race this year. A lot of people were […]
Psychiatric and pediatric researchers have been arguing for some time now that poverty has a variety of negative impacts on children. Now, a study published in JAMA Pediatrics in July brings those arguments into greater focus. According to the study, and an accompanying editorial, living in poverty can have serious effects on the development of […]
Unless you were living under a rock last summer, you’ve probably heard of the virally popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The very first instance of the Ice Bucket Challenge is hard to pinpoint, though it certainly started receiving major media attention in the U.S. towards the end of June 2014, when hosts on the Golf […]