Melinda French Gates announced Monday she is leaving the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation next month after more than two decades serving as co-chair, three years after divorcing co-founder Bill Gates following reports of his infidelity and meetings with Jeffrey Epstein.
By organizing challenges and pre-screening small nonprofits, Lever for Change has helped a handful of billionaires shift some giving towards global grassroots organizations.
The man behind the Duty Free Shoppers retail giant who vowed to die with just $2 million to his name died Monday, his foundation announced, after giving away more than $8 billion to educational, health, science and social causes.
“My passion at this point of my life,” Kraft told Forbes, “is my philanthropy.”
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated US$15 million to VisionSpring.
With more autonomy and perspective following her divorce, Melinda French Gates’ take might be just what philanthropy needs to solve for today’s most intractable issues.
The former CEO of Google and his wife, Wendy Schmidt, are spending $1 billion to support talented young people around the world.
All future Patagonia profits that aren’t reinvested into the company will go toward combating climate change, the company said, stripping founder Yvon Chouinard of his billionaire status.