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Money managers and charities are offering joint investment products
IMPACT investing, or investing according to your values, seems a nice idea. But it is hard to turn boutique products into mass-market ones without diluting their virtues. Impact Shares, a non-profit money manager, thinks it has a solution: exchange-traded funds (ETFs) developed with charities and non-profits. “Non-profits, with their long history of fighting for social […]
Colin Kaepernick has already donated more than $1 million of his NFL earnings to social justice charities
Norm Hall/Getty Images When Colin Kaepernick found himself without a job in the NFL, he turned his focus to activism, donating time and money to a wide variety of causes. In just over a year, Kaepernick donated over $ 1 million to various charities, ranging in causes from social justice to education. While Kaepernick has now […]
Recent tax reforms in America will hurt charities
DESPITE its oft-professed pro-market orthodoxy, America has always had an unusually large non-profit sector. Americans gave $ 390bn to charity in 2016, with the bulk of contributions coming from individual donors. Historically, revenues at non-profits tend to track GDP growth. The recent tax reforms imply that despite strong economic growth, charitable contributions in America are […]
Recent tax reforms in America will hurt charities
DESPITE its oft-professed pro-market orthodoxy, America has always had an unusually large non-profit sector. Americans gave $ 390bn to charity in 2016, with the bulk of contributions coming from individual donors. Historically, revenues at non-profits tend to track GDP growth. The recent tax reforms imply that despite strong economic growth, charitable contributions in America are […]
Blue Planet 2 has helped environmental charities with donations and petitions
Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth reported more people than ever have been donating money and signing petitions calling for action to save the oceans. The BBC’s Blue Planet II is this year’s most watched TV show, with 14 million viewers. As well as awe-inspiring, never-been-seen images of marine life, it highlighted the plight of […]
An App That Gives to Your Favorite Charities and Makes Your Texts Extra Cute
‘Tis the season for giving back. We recently discovered an app that lets you support your favorite charities and send super cute messages to people you care about, too. Kwippit boasts a curated collection of artist-created illustrations, photos, and animations that let you customize your communications. When you join specific channels, you get access to […]
IGN acquires Humble Bundle, the digital game and media store that benefits charities
IGN, the major gaming and entertainment site, has bought Humble Bundle, as Gamasutra reports today. Humble Bundle sells groups of games, books, and other media in a pay-what-you-want setup, with a portion of sales going to charities. Bundles typically have some sort of theme, like indie games, specific genres, or publishers. The site has had over 10 […]
90% of Iraqi children have lost a relative, orphans exposed to rape & abuse – charities to RT
The battle against ISIS in Iraq has devastated civilian lives, particularly those of children. While some have been reunited with surviving relatives, hundreds of them remain abandoned or in dire need of psychological help in Iraqi orphanages. Over the past months, together with Iraqi and Russian authorities, RT has been leading a “Bring them home” […]
4 charities just dropped Trump’s Mar-a-Lago for their big fundraisers after Charlottesville
Carlos Barria/Reuters Four charities have pulled their fundraising events from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in the wake of his response to a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Cleveland Clinic, American Cancer Society, and American Friends of Magen David Adom all said they wouldn’t hold their 2018 galas at the resort […]
