Philanthropy
The debate over whether the world’s megarich are too rich is really a debate about whether America’s megarich are too rich.
Inside the unrest at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Workers at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ask: “What side of history will this organization be on moving forward?”
Park County hasn’t been able to figure out who is behind a 2,100-acre center for education reform. It’s Reed Hastings.
Change will be harder for Silicon Valley than just donating money.
Is it a charity or a business?
The small messages that Gates sends the signers of the Giving Pledge could have big effects.
This push is one of the few coronavirus initiatives focused on political advocacy.
Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates are being asked to “reimagine” New York. Not everybody loves that.
These philanthropies have $1.2 trillion that they could spend on fighting the coronavirus. So why aren’t they?
Inside the bitter war between Silicon Valley celebrities and Vote.org that could spell trouble in November.
Researchers working on the virus shouldn’t be waiting weeks for grants.
The government, on the other hand ...
The billionaires’ response has been called “lackluster.” Here’s who can change that.
Now more than ever, the coronavirus crisis has Americans living in tech billionaires’ world.
The Twitter and Square founder is making an unexpected and important philanthropic push in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
That’s not to say that the donation — one of tech’s largest gifts yet — won’t make an impact.
Anything helps, yes. But there’s a limit to even a billion dollars in donations: “Can’t make payroll on ad credits.”
The $25 million gift is Zuckerberg’s biggest donation yet to tackle the coronavirus.
The coronavirus is a test for Silicon Valley philanthropists to finally give to Silicon Valley.
Gates rebuked the proposal of leaders like Donald Trump.
Tech giants have committed to providing 9 million masks. It’s not nearly enough to make up for the government’s failures.
GiveDirectly gives people money. Now it’s doing it for the coronavirus.
“If I live long enough, it ends with me.”
The Amazon billionaire has committed $10 billion to combat climate change.
Things look dandy until you dig into the numbers.
But do people care anymore what tech billionaires have to say?
The multimillionaire Facebook co-founder is the latest moneyed titan to turn philanthropist, and has even called for Facebook’s dismantling. Can he really make a difference?
The new bill would uncover how often rich people are violating the spirit of donor-advised funds.
Today’s rich heirs want to beat Trump. They may have to beat their families first.
The world’s richest person reflects on taxing the rich.
Sue Desmond-Hellmann has helped Bill Gates spend $5 billion a year.
Jeff Bezos gave an estimated 0.1 percent of his wealth in 2018.
Schmidt could save an estimated 240,000 lives instead.
Their ever-rising net worths show the problem with small-ball philanthropy.
He would tax the rich’s capital gains as regular income — every year.
Sometimes very smart people have a very bad idea.
In the early 20th century, legislators carved out a tax break to help megaphilanthropists. It still shapes our tax law today.
Is that good? Is that bad? It’s definitely unusual.
John Arnold does what so few of the wealthy are willing to do: Criticize a system that benefits them.