Jimmy Donaldson has in the past been criticized for using the $700 million fortune amassed by his work on YouTube to right social inequalities. But the 26-year-old, who goes by the online moniker ‘MrBeast’ has a question: what would you have him do instead? The creator posted on X this week about the backlash he […]
The visitation, funeral and a special event at the Charles H. Wright Museum has been scheduled for Dr. William F. Pickard. Pickard, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and Real Times Media and Michigan Chronicle co-owner died Wednesday, June 12 at his West Palm Beach, Florida, home. He was 83. Dr. William Pickard is chairman and CEO of […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Joan Jacobs, one of San Diego’s most influential philanthropists whose gifts made alongside her husband have shaped countless institutions across the region, died late Monday night. She was 91 years old. Her death was confirmed in a statement released by the office of Rep. Sara Jacobs, one of her grandchildren, […]
Ken Levit, a former president of the University of Oklahoma’s Tulsa campus and the current executive director of the George Kaiser Family Foundation, has been appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Stitt announced the appointment of Levit on Friday afternoon. On the nine-member state regents’ board, Levit will […]
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the prominent anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist who is running for president as an independent, announced on Tuesday that his running mate will be Nicole Shanahan. A Silicon Valley attorney and wealthy philanthropist, Shanahan has never held office and has little background in politics. Shanahan, 38, was previously best known in the media […]
OAKLAND, California ‒ Lawyer and philanthropist Nicole Shanahan will be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s running mate in his long-shot bid for the U.S. presidency, the pair announced Tuesday. Kennedy made the announcement at a campaign event in Oakland, her hometown. About 500 people filled the floor of the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts […]
Billionaire philanthropist and the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has announced a list of 361 nonprofits that her foundation, Yield Giving, will be donating to this year. Nine Georgia nonprofits made the cut. Six of them received a $2 million grant and the other three received $1 million. In total, Scott is giving away […]
NEW LONDON, Wis. (WFRV) – Cherry Starr’s legacy will live on through an organization she supported that helps at-risk youth in Northeast Wisconsin. The renowned philanthropist and wife of Packers legend Bart Starr passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89. Family members tell Local 5 News that she had been battling several types […]
LONDON (AP) — Financier and philanthropist Jacob Rothschild, of the renowned Rothschild banking dynasty, has died at 87, his family said Monday. Rothschild began his career in the family bank, NM Rothschild & Sons, in 1963, before breaking away to start businesses and charitable organizations. His family paid tribute to him in a statement. “Our […]