Articles about Philanthropy – Page 4 of 7

Amazon hits $100M in donations to more than 1M charities in 5 years through AmazonSmile

Amazon has now donated more than $100 million since 2013 to charities chosen by customers through its AmazonSmile program. Amazon… Read More

‘His legacy will live on forever’: Death of Paul Allen brings reaction from the many worlds he touched

The death of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen brought with it an outpouring of reaction across social media on Monday, from… Read More

Geeks Give Back to end homelessness: Join the campaign to support our neighbors in need

There’s no denying that Seattle has a homelessness crisis. Even as economic conditions in the area improve, some Seattleites are… Read More

Paul Allen enlists machine-learning tools for monitoring wildlife and ecosystems

Paul Allen has made a name for himself as a co-founder of Microsoft, a supporter of artificial intelligence research and… Read More

How Jeff Bezos’ new $2B ‘Day One Fund’ stacks up to other tech billionaires’ philanthropy

Jeff Bezos’ donation of $2 billion to his newly announced charitable fund clearly isn’t chump change. But in the world… Read More

‘The child will be the customer’: How billionaire Jeff Bezos will bring a key Amazon value to philanthropy

Customer obsession has driven Jeff Bezos from the day he founded Amazon as a tiny online bookseller. Full text: Amazon… Read More

Full text: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reveals long-awaited philanthropic initiative

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday revealed a new $2 billion philanthropic initiative called “Bezos Day One Fund” that… Read More

Jeff Bezos unveils $2B ‘Day One Fund’ focusing on homeless families and preschool education

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has unveiled his eagerly-awaited philanthropic initiative, announcing a new “Bezos Day One Fund” that will focus… Read More

The multibillion-dollar question: What in the world (or universe) will Jeff Bezos do with his riches?

Jeff Bezos transformed the modern economy, using disruptive thinking to reshape how people buy products and read books, and how… Read More

TLDR: Paul Allen’s $100K donation to help GOP, Amazon briefly becomes $1T company, latest philanthropic efforts by Amazon

Today’s featured stories Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one Amazon… Read More

Amazon enlists Prime Air jet in cancer fight, aiming to take charitable profile to new heights

Amazon has been criticized in the past for not doing enough in terms of philanthropy. But it’s going to be… Read More

From Amazon to Zillow, new coalition of tech titans will rally their workers around city’s tough problems

Seattle’s tech industry and the rest of this booming city are at odds like never before, and tech leaders acknowledge… Read More

Hey, kids: Put a rocket in space and win a million dollars in Base 11 Space Challenge

News Brief: Students from colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada are being recruited for the Base 11 Space… Read More

Jeff Bezos is planning his big philanthropic push: Here are 5 ideas that need the billionaire’s attention

Over the past year, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been collecting ideas for philanthropic causes he should back with his… Read More

Jeff Bezos teases two new philanthropic causes — and promises the big reveal this summer

After a year of deliberation and thought, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced plans to back two philanthropic initiatives, potentially signaling… Read More

How Amazon could end its Seattle tax battle and tackle one of the world’s biggest problems

COMMENTARY: Amazon’s showdown with elected officials in its hometown has been fascinating to cover, disappointing to watch, and ultimately not… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ focus on space spending sparks questions about philanthropy

While Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates spends billions of dollars a year on global health, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is putting… Read More

Open Philanthropy Project awards $11M to protein designers for universal flu vaccine

The University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design has won an $11.3 million grant from the Open Philanthropy Project to… Read More

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The tipping point on cancer treatment, from research labs to the top of Mount Everest

Luke Timmerman started climbing mountains with college buddies when he was in his 20s. He’s climbed Mount Rainier in Washington… Read More

WATCH: Melinda Gates on the 21st Century workforce at SXSW Interactive

Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and head of Pivotal Ventures, was among the speakers today… Read More

How Andrew Carnegie set the stage for Bill Gates to give away his fortune, altering philanthropy forever

Bill Gates made his money in software, Andrew Carnegie in steel. And while roughly a century separates these two hard-charging… Read More

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An ‘awesome year’? Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann has a radical view on 2017

It would be easy for Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to look back on 2017… Read More

Zillow takes on housing worries with $5M pledge to The Home Project, its first social impact program

Zillow Group is leveraging its position as a leading real estate technology company to try to do something about the… Read More

Jeff Bezos tweets thanks for philanthropy suggestions and promises ‘more to come’

Two months after he asked the Twitterverse to suggest short-term options for future philanthropy, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos passed along… Read More

FareStart raises $2.6M from five new Seattle restaurants after Amazon kicks in $1M match

Five new Seattle restaurants opened by FareStart in partnership with Amazon attracted enough patrons and community donations over a 25-day… Read More

Giving money to charity? Check here first: Giving Compass aims to empower donors with information

A new website wants to be the Amazon, the Yelp, the go-to destination for the world of philanthropy. Because while… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos turns to Twitter for advice on giving away his fortune

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is one of the richest people in the world, and like fellow billionaire… Read More

Nonprofit FareStart to open 5 new eateries in Seattle next month in Amazon partnership

The nonprofit FareStart announced today that the five restaurants and cafes that it’s launching with Amazon’s help will be ready… Read More

Gates Foundation says it contributed $1.5B to the Seattle-area economy in one year

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says its economic impact in the Seattle region was $1.5 billion in 2015. That’s… Read More

Vote for our new Geeks Give Back Award, honoring community members with innovative solutions to societal problems

We’re constantly blown away by the efforts of our community to make the world a better place using technology. GeekWire… Read More