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The Best in Philanthropy, From Social-Justice Initiatives to Funding Space Research
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 5 days agoDespite SBF’s criminality, effective altruism, which focuses on issues such as global poverty and...
Central Indiana nonprofits relieve medical debt of more than 100,000 residents - The Republic News
The Republic News· 1 day agoMore than 100,000 people throughout central Indiana are now free of medical debt. The United...
Opinion | Effective Altruism Is Flawed. But What’s the Alternative?
New York Times· 2 days agoYou don’t hear so much about effective altruism now that one of its most famous exponents, Sam Bankman-Fried, was found guilty of stealing $8 billion from customers of his cryptocurrency exchange ...
Austrian heiress Marlene Engelhorn just wrote away her $27 million fortune
Fortune· 9 hours agoA 50-person panel, Guter Rat (“the Good Council” in German), was picked by a polling group and tasked with choosing the sum of money for each group without Engelhorn’s involvement. The goal ...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 2 days agoAmazon is looking to fly by the competition and its first spring sale could put it on the runway to do so. Seattle-based Amazon could be making the move in a bid to outmaneuver its retail competition ...
Pool in Inuvik, N.W.T., closed again; town considers putting lifeguards at river instead
CBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe pool in Inuvik, N.W.T., is closed again indefinitely — and that has the town considering whether...
After 40 Years of Dance, What Happens to a Dream Fulfilled?
New York Times· 2 days agoJawole Willa Jo Zollar, who founded Urban Bush Women four decades ago, says goodbye to it with a...
Medical debt erased for more than 112,000 Hoosiers
Axios· 2 days agoMore than 100,000 Hoosiers in central Indiana are having their medical debt erased. Why it matters: Medical debt is a leading cause of personal...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 2 days agoAt a time when billionaires like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos are queuing up to give away their fortunes, and when their efforts are more discredited than ever, wouldn’t it make sense for one of the ...
Not-for-profits, anonymous donor pay off medical debt for 112,000 - Indianapolis Business Journal
Indianapolis Business Journal· 2 days agoMore than 112,000 central Indiana residents will receive letters this week stating “you no longer...