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Byline: THALIA BEATY; ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- The artificial-intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its non-profit origins even as its valuation recently exploded to [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — The https://apnews.com/hub/artificial-intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its nonprofit origins even as its https://apnews.com/article/openai-chatgpt-vc-funding-round-nonprofit-bc9ab24c7affb601d5f650e4aca1b988. Nonprofit tax experts have been closely watching [...]

Back in 2016, a scientific research organization incorporated in Delaware and based in Mountain View, California, applied to be recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization by the Internal Revenue Services. [...]

https://apnews.com/article/melinda-french-gates-bill-gates-pivotal-ventures-884c071a595593c4c794b5b65d407f8b will grant $250 million to support women's health around the world through an open call for nonprofits to apply for funding. The pledge announced Wednesday signals a new chapter [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 class of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellows includes more writers, artists and storytellers than in years past, though the so-called [...]

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Tuesday its https://apnews.com/article/macarthur-genius-grant-fellows-macarthur-foundation-c3b1ea4e9ce78e9a43f2302b5f8b5eab, often known as recipients of the “genius grant.' The 22 fellows will each receive a grant of $800,000 [...]

A https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-100th-birthday-concert-3a40776438f79bf09b15b2c980cf993d and the construction of 30 new homes are among the many events marking https://apnews.com/hub/jimmy-carter 's https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-outsider-legacy-birthday-100-d686b420122566f0ce741646165e0b66. Considering the former president's long legacy as a philanthropist, it's no surprise [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — As the meeting of world leaders kicked off at the https://apnews.com/article/un-world-leaders-gaza-ukraine-sudan-e9b8bd0ee132f6a7f56555975f67b0de on Sunday, across Manhattan on an elevated park that runs along old rail lines, throngs [...]

OpenAI's history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — The billionaire Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates thinks the richest governments should increase their support for African countries that have been overshadowed by development funding [...]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The next generation of Buffetts — Howard, Susie and Peter — is poised to become one of the most powerful forces in https://apnews.com/hub/philanthropy when their 94-year-old [...]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett's adult children — Susie, Howard and Peter Buffett — have long track records as philanthropists, giving away more than $15 billion of their dad's [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg's organization Bloomberg Philanthropies committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools to help secure their future economic stability. Speaking in [...]

Byline: MICHELLE CHAPMAN, THALIA BEATY; ASSOCIATED PRESS Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a US$1-billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Monday. Starting [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — MrBeast, YouTube's biggest star and a philanthropic force with nearly unrivaled influence among young audiences, acknowledged Wednesday that he used “inappropriate language” in his early online […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Three years into the new age of college sports, where athletes are allowed to profit from their successes through https://apnews.com/article/ncaa-settlement-nil-934586dfc58035a79d1477358b9bb339, everyone is still trying to find […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Open Society Foundations, the philanthropic organizations that billionaire investor https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-soros-conspiracy-9dc8a81d35421388d82be25600db53f8 has built up since the 1970s, revealed its first new major commitment on Tuesday after a [...]

Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and https://apnews.com/article/melinda-french-gates-pivotal-ventures-donation-list-fe99a53df0029f0eeb5f10338f04cd6c globally, including on reproductive rights in the United States. It's the [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates is already one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in the United States and is now poised to put another $12.5 [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the https://apnews.com/article/bill-gates-melinda-billionaires-foundation-dc2b102b427c18e585659e7546c1d69d, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the [...]

“Divest from death” read the bubble letters written in chalk on the sidewalk on Tuesday outside of The New School in New York City. The slogan articulates one of the [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Waddling in with lime-green booties on his front paws, Harrison, a beloved seven-year-old https://apnews.com/article/westminster-dog-show-french-bulldogs-winston-breeds-01cca4cd71d0bb15f08aed92a6e14db9, is a familiar sight at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center in New [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — George Soros' Open Society Foundations announced a leadership change Monday with its president Mark Malloch-Brown stepping down in June, set to be replaced by a senior [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Komal Vilas Thatkare says she doesn't have anyone to ask about her most private health questions. “There are only men in my home — no ladies,' [...]

The CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has a message: Hey billionaires, give away more of your money to https://apnews.com/article/income-inequality-billionaires-davos-85baf23e9a2a7d4d94da5aca11f3ca5e and do it soon. Mark Suzman made the [...]

No matter who takes home the https://apnews.com/article/cfp-championship-michigan-washington-ec544d72ab178d3cad356df30bfd78c2 Monday night in Houston, a rare nonprofit from the murky, still-developing world of Name, Image, Likeness programs is set to come out on [...]

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $2.1 billion in the past year, she said in https://yieldgiving.com/essays/giving-update/, bringing her total reported giving to more than $16 billion since 2019. While previous announcements have [...]

GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska (AP) — In recent years, city leaders in Grand Island, Nebraska, observed that many workers and students were walking or biking long distances to their jobs or [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Open Society Foundations, the major philanthropy https://apnews.com/article/george-soros-alex-soros-osf-philanthropist-95e7a9858981b8a0b303402176025cb5, said Tuesday it will commit $50 million to increase civic engagement among women and young people over the next [...]

What https://apnews.com/article/good-moods-generous-sadvertising-study-a123ff1f78f2eea38b12a7086a127316 to charities or causes they care about is often deeply personal. Donors name relatives or friends who have survived or died from illnesses. They recount tearful conversations with [...]

Supporting nonprofits on GivingTuesday this year could have a bigger impact than usual. Why? Because nonprofits and industry groups say donations so far are down compared with previous years. Many [...]

“At Thanksgiving I have much to be thankful for,” Warren Buffet said in a statement Tuesday, announcing that he had https://berkshirehathaway.com/news/nov2123.pdf of https://apnews.com/article/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-profit-earnings-24f65f1d2df9bf734d7faefce7ee85e3 stock to charitable foundations run by his [...]

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' fund to support homeless families announced $117 million in new grants on Tuesday to organizations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, which is a part of [...]

The “ https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-dallas-government-and-politics-business-e6fbd819541a3fda6930b292e2f91a9e ” did not last. Abortion access groups who received a windfall of donations following the Supreme Court’s https://apnews.com/hub/abortion one year ago say those emergency grants have ended [...]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Dozens of transgender people in Florida have turned to crowdfunding appeals to help them leave the state after the passage of new legislation that targets the [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin will use the $10 million given to online fundraising campaigns by well-wishers https://apnews.com/article/damar-hamlin-collapse-buffalo-bills-cincinnati-bengals-c9f684bdaccd1e3f77bda6c77baca75e to fund his own nonprofit, the Chasing M's [...]

Byline: THALIA BEATY; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the US$8.6-million in GoFundMe donations that [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley repeated her call Thursday to rewrite the rules of global development banks to relieve the debts of middle and lower income [...]

Amazon's surprise decision to https://apnews.com/article/technology-amazoncom-inc-seattle-business-678d0d11477afe0bdee104c6dc53af6d has left thousands of its nonprofit beneficiaries disappointed and concerned about finding ways to replace the funding. The e-commerce giant had launched AmazonSmile in 2013, [...]

Byline: THALIA BEATY; ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Ukraine, which has waged a staunch defence against Russian invasion, says it has pioneered a new source of financial support: people around [...]

The article discusses a new law signed by Republican presidential candidate and Governor Ron DeSantis in Florida, which not only restricts gender-affirming care for transgender children but also severely limits access to such care for transgender adults.

The article examines the use of non-lethal force by police in the U.S., highlighting instances where these tactics have led to the deaths of over 1,000 individuals. It discusses the disproportionate impact on Black Americans, challenges in tracking these incidents, and calls for transparency and reform in policing practices.