Charity

Nearly three decades after her passing, Princess Diana's legacy continues to captivate collectors worldwide. On June 26, Julien's Auctions will host "Princess Diana's Style and a Royal Collection" at the Peninsula Beverly Hills, according to Vanity Fair, featuring more than 200 items spanning royal...

The blockchain-based company Ripple Labs announced a donation of $100,000 worth of XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) tokens on Tuesday to support the wildfire relief efforts in California. What happened: The San Francisco-headquartered fintech firm said on X that the contributions will be facilitated through...

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), sold meme coins gifted to him by project creators on Monday and allocated the proceeds toward his biotechnology charity Kanro. What Happened: Buterin swapped notable coins like Neiro (NEIRO), Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB)-inspired ESTEE, Marvin Inu...

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), has donated over half a million dollars to a charity that looks after the welfare of animals. What Happened: In an X post on Thursday, Buterin revealed sending 200 Ether, worth $524,320, to Effective Altruism Fund's Animal Welfare Fund....

Ruth Gottesman, the widow of Warren Buffett‘s colleague David Gottesman, recently announced a $1-billion donation to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Medical students will receive free tuition thanks to the pledge. It’s considered one of the largest charitable...

Billionaire and Bloomberg LP founder Michael Bloomberg, who is worth an estimated $94 billion, plans to leave his business empire to his charity.  The donation could be one of the largest charitable contribution in the history, company spokesman Ty Trippet told the...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk gave $1.95 billion worth of the automaker’s shares to charity, according to a filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What Happened: The Tesla CEO donated almost 11.6 million shares of the automaker between August and December 2022,...

Famous Youtuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has paid 1,000 blind people to get cataract surgeries to restore their sight.   On Saturday, Donaldson released a video about a thousand people getting cataracts removed with the help of the non-profit eye care organization...

Someone submitted a winning bid of $19,000,100 to have lunch with Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett during the final eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) and GLIDE Power of One Charity Auction Lunch. Bidding for this year's auction opened at 7:30...

Cannabis retailer MedMen Enterprises Inc. (CSE: MMEN) (OTCQX: MMNFF) is launching a series of local charity drives just in time for holidays. Collections from the nationwide donation drive, conducted between December 13-23, will go to local charities in markets where MedMen operates...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook has donated more than $10 million in the iPhone maker’s stock to an undisclosed charity. What Happened: Cook has donated a total of 70,000 shares in Apple on Friday, worth $10.4 million, based on Apple’s closing stock price of $...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk donated 150,000 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) in February which funded 63 individuals in Rwanda who lost their income due to COVID-19, according to a social media post by GiveDirectly. What Happened: GiveDirectly, a non-governmental organization that specializes in...

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Celeb chef and restauranter David Chang took a gamble on the $1 million "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" question and is now writing a seven-digit check to the Southern Smoke Foundation charity. The Million Dollar Question: Chang, the owner of New York City-based Momofuku Group, answered...

An Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: KODK) board member and his wife donated nearly half their stock holding in the company, amounting to 3 million shares, to a religious charity on a day when the company’s stock hit its highest valuation since 2014, the Wall Street Journal...