There are 11 annual prizes, each with a purse of $3 million, funded by the founders of Facebook and Google, along with venture capitalist Milner. The first winners will be announced today.
Farhad Manjoo hosted a chat with Nick Grudin, Meg Garlinghouse, Biz Stone, Hunter Walk, and Ken Weber to discuss the power of "slacktivism," the viral mind-set, and philanthropy as the future of marketing.
An email chain including Bill Gates, Square's Jack Dorsey, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and founder Mark Zuckerberg reveals how stage-managed charity can be.
Razoo CEO Lesley Mansford is an interactive entertainment and gaming veteran who’s now challenging nonprofits and individuals to raise the bar (and bigger donations) on social fundraising.
As Americans, we are a famously generous people. We’re also famously self-reliant and innovative. Ideally, philanthropy should unite the best of our impulses with the best of our abilities, marrying purpose to efficacy. As blind faith in large institutions recedes, enter the golden age of the philanthropic entrepreneur.
Finding your own unique way to give back can be one of life's great adventures. You will meet some of the most dedicated, exuberant, brilliant problem-solvers you’ve ever encountered. You will help improve lives and the world. And you will never be the same again.
