Last week, Australian actress Rebel Wilson won her defamation lawsuit against Bauer Media. Wilson, who is best known for her role in the Pitch Perfect movies, is set to receive a $5.93 million payout as a result of libel damages. It all started back in 2015 when Bauer Media published several articles that painted Rebel […]
Typically, a charity fundraising event consists of a gala, an auction, a marathon, or maybe even a raffle. But a group of students from Boston University found a different way to raise money for charity. The students (11 women and one man) decided to scale Mount Kilimanjaro in the name of philanthropy. The group raised over […]
Ride-sharing company Lyft is introducing a new feature that allows travelers to round up their fare to the nearest dollar and donate the remaining balance to charity. Pretty cool, eh? It’s a genius idea for a couple of reasons. For one, it’s not asking much. People are much more likely to donate when the total […]
How far would you go for charity? Would you strip naked for it? That’s precisely what Nelfie, a UK-based project, wants you to do. Here’s how it works. Participants take a “nelfie” (short for “nude selfie”) and post it on social media. Although that sounds absolutely terrifying, it’s actually not that bad. For one, the […]
A year ago, News Examiner deemed Donald Trump “the least charitable billionaire in the world.” Even Vanity Fair suggested that Trump’s donation claims were a sham. But despite harsh critiques from the press, one thing is certain: Donald Trump has donated to charitable organizations in the past. The question is: does that make him a […]
Since it first opened in 1934, the Apollo Theatre has been a hotspot for African American culture—particularly music. Its amateur night has been the starting point for many big names in music, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bill Cosby, and Lauryn Hill. These days, the theater relies on generous donations to keep its legacy going. […]
It turns out that not all press is good press, because the negative press associated with these celebrities overrides the positive impacts they’ve made. Kanye West Maybe it’s that people still can’t get past the whole Taylor Swift feud, that or they can’t get past his enormous ego. Either way, Kanye West remains one of […]
The Four Seasons was a famous hotel in New York that opened in 1959 and was recently closed. It’ll be opening again in a different location, but in the meantime, memorabilia from the location is being auctioned for charity. Among those items is a sign, which simply reads “The Four Seasons.” It had been missing […]
Image: Shutterstock Between 2005 and 2016, the number of non-profits in America jumped from around 500,000 to over 1.6 million. Consequently, the number of fraud cases brought against nonprofit has increased as well. There have been a number of scandals in the non-profit field in 2015 and 2016 alone, and they’ve brought to light just […]
Image: Shutterstock The state of Maryland has barred a fraudulent charity from soliciting for donations following a number of complaints and an investigation that found the charity was not operating within the law. The Southern Maryland Veterans Association claimed to be helping homeless veterans, but was not using the money they raised for those purposes, […]