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Bloomberg News
Roman Abramovich, owner of London’s Chelsea Football Club. donated about $310 million of his $12.7 billion fortune to philanthropic causes from 2010 through 2012
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Colleen O'Dea
Many in the philanthropic community say President Obama’s budget proposal would have a devastating effect on a charitable sector still recovering from the effects of the Great Recession.
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Bloomberg News
Australian iron mogul Andrew Forrest, with the help of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, is on a crusade to end involuntary servitude in 160 countries.
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Bloomberg News
Some of the nation's top museums are stocking their boards with foreign donors, who can often help negotiate loans and navigate bureaucracies broad.
by PW Staff
Northern Trust donated $15 million last year in corporate contributions to charities and nonprofit organizations, achieving its goal of giving 1...
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Karen DeMasters
A new study on private foundations will be compiled by the Council on Foundations and the Commonfund Institute, the two organizations announced.
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Bloomberg News
As north China chokes on toxic smog, a Chinese entrepreneur is offering a solution: canned air.
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Karen DeMasters
Wealth-X is partnering with the Institute of Fundraising in the United Kingdom to assist in providing information for fund-raising campaigns.
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Karen DeMasters
Axa Equitable has donated Thomas Hart Benton’s epic mural, "America Today," to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the museum and Axa Equitable announced.
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Bloomberg News
David Geffen, the billionaire entertainment executive, will donate $100 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, to help medical students graduate without debt.
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Karen DeMasters
The high-net-worth gave almost as much to charity last year as in 2009, a new survey says.
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Karen DeMasters
Investors worth $25 million or more are more likely to
donate $100,000 to charity than spend it on jewelry,
collectibles, boats or other discretionary items, according to a Spectrem study.
Billionaire John
Paulson and the Paulson Family Foundation are donating $100 million to
the Central Park Conservancy, the largest parks donation ever.
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Karen DeMasters
Judging by their charitable giving, the wealthy care more about education,
religion and other causes more than the upcoming
election, according to a new study.
Eleven families promised to donate most of their wealth to philanthropy,
joining the Giving Pledge initiative started by Warren Buffett and Bill
and Melinda Gates.
Philanthropist Brooke Astor's lacquered Japanese cabinets, Louis XV
clocks and porcelain tea sets are heading to the auction block at
Sotheby's on Sept. 24 and 25.
More than 20 nonprofit groups, from New York Presbyterian Hospital and
the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts, paid top executives more than $1 million a year...
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Karen DeMasters
The Foundation Center, which tracks the work of foundations worldwide,
has launched a new Web site to make the giving of the wealthiest
Americans more visible.
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Karen DeMasters
Tiger 21 has expanded its review of members' financial lives to include
estate planning, philanthropy, business evaluation and risk management.
