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 […]
Simu Liu donates $100,000 to Feeding America in memory of his own childhood, matching the donation from retailer BoxLunch. Simu Liu, star of the Marvel superhero fantasy “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and the Canadian sitcom “Kim’s Convenience,” says that his family grew up “the definition of poor.” A child immigrant from […]
An Arizona woman is suing her hometown over being arrested for giving food to the local homeless. Norma Thornton, 78, is a resident of Bullhead City, Arizona, the largest city in Movahe County, on the Colorado River. With a population of over 41,000 people, the median income is only $37,000 and more than 14% of […]
Dollar General is donating $1 million to Feeding America to celebrate one year of partnership. Feeding America is a nationwide network of food banks, over 200 of them. As an organization, it’s the United States’ second large charity by revenue, and has a good reputation as a transparent, ethical charity. They receive support from all […]
Elon Musk donated 5 million shares of Tesla discretely to an unnamed charity back in 2021, at the time worth over $5.7 billion. Neither Musk or Tesla made any announcement about the donation. A Securities and Exchange Commission Form 5 Filing (SEC filing) revealed the donation of 5,044,000 TSLA shares, which happened November last year. […]