Articles about Philanthropy – Page 5 of 7

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

Microsoft employees donate a record $142M to non-profits, and have a lot of fun along the way

Microsoft has again broken its record for employee giving, donating $142 million to nearly 19,000 charities last year. That’s a… Read More

Bill Gates on Trump, the definition of success, his favorite sandwich, and other Reddit AMA highlights

Bill Gates is one of the most recognizable symbols of success in the modern world. So how does Bill Gates,… Read More

Working Geek: Gates Foundation Chief Strategy Officer Mark Suzman takes leadership cues from former boss Kofi Annan

Mark Suzman’s resume includes a doctorate from Oxford to top off a bachelor’s from Harvard, a correspondent gig for the… Read More

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Week in Geek: Microsoft takes on the DOJ, inside Amazon’s giant post-holiday party, and more

Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice are once again battling things out in court. But unlike their duel back… Read More

Amazon toots its charitable horn for the holidays with gifts to nonprofits

As part of its holly jolly makeover, Amazon this week wrapped up a season of philanthropic giving locally and abroad.… Read More

What gives? Tech giant Amazon finally boosts its philanthropic rep in its hometown

Amazon has been making headlines recently — and not just for the stories you’d expect. The Seattle-based tech giant is providing housing… Read More

Risk-takers: How a bet by the Bezos family is fueling a new effort to cure cancer

Back in 2009, immunotherapy was considered a long shot. The process involves reprogramming a patient’s T cells, important elements of the… Read More

Bill Gates: Why young entrepreneurs are Africa’s greatest hope

Bill Gates believes countries throughout Africa can obtain economic prosperity and fairly distributed wealth — but only by mobilizing the… Read More

Paul Allen donates $1M to build homeless housing community in Seattle’s Columbia City

As part of yesterday’s Homeless in Seattle initiative, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announced a $1 million donation to convert a… Read More

Bill Gates talks Trump and Clinton and his hope to continue global health efforts with either

Bill Gates has spent years working on global health and fighting to eradicate diseases of poverty in developing countries, and in… Read More

What Bill Gates would do if he were living on $2 a day

Bill Gates, chicken farmer? The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist says in a blog post that investing in poultry would his first move… Read More

Marc Benioff, Airbnb founders join Giving Pledge, committing majority of wealth to charity

Airbnb co-founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and wife Lynne are among 17 billionaires… Read More

Why a sewage survey gives the Gates Foundation’s CEO new hope for eliminating diseases through innovation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann thinks a Nigerian health officer’s work collecting sewage is “a thing of beauty.”… Read More

Q&A: GiveBIG tech platform recovers, but ‘we still have our helmets on,’ says Seattle Foundation CEO

The past two days have been difficult for nonprofit groups around the Seattle region that rely heavily on the annual GiveBIG… Read More

Tech troubles hit Seattle’s one-day GiveBIG philanthropic campaign

Update: The Seattle Foundation will extend its GiveBIG campaign through Wednesday, May 4. (See statement below). Seattle’s annual GiveBIG charitable… Read More

Jeff Bezos to personally match up to $1M in donations to Mary’s Place homeless nonprofit

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will personally match up to $1 million in donations on Tuesday, May 3, to the Mary’s Place… Read More

Charity meets e-commerce: Seattle’s GiveBig campaign goes mobile with new tech platform

Seattle’s economy is booming at an incredible rate — but not all Seattle residents are profiting equally from the city’s… Read More

NYT burnishes Seattle’s reputation for world-changing nonprofits, fueled by tech money

It goes without saying that Paul Allen and Bill Gates had an enormous impact on Seattle. But their influence on… Read More

Paul Allen launches $100M Frontiers Group program for ‘out-of-the-box’ bioscience

Seattle billionaire Paul Allen added another venture to his philanthropic portfolio today with the creation of the Paul G. Allen… Read More

Geeks Give Back, Week 3: Big strides for STEM education — but your help is still needed

Our annual giving campaign called Geeks Give Back, brought to you in partnership with our friends at Bank of America, is… Read More