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Philanthropy

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    HTSI
    Seven ways to give this autumn

    Tiny sculptures, envelope-sized artworks and a six-course lunch club

    An envelope artwork for the National Brain Appeal’s A Letter In Mind exhibition and sale
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    OutlookMiranda Green
    Labour’s lofty education goals need outside innovators

    Experiments by academy schools — and without Treasury money — are key to solving problems for deprived families

    Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson holding her painting of sunflowers, alongside pupils Wyatt, aged 4 (left), and Aicha, aged 4, during a visit to the school-based nursery at Ark Start Oval, East Croydon
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Food security
    Malnutrition crisis threatens child health gains, warns Bill Gates

    Foundation says about 40mn children are at risk of stunted growth as climate change worsens food security

    A malnourished child looks on at the nutrition unit of the Gode General Hospital, in the city of Gode, Ethiopia
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    How do we know the money we give to charity will be well spent?

    Some opt for a data-led utilitarian approach; others say treat contributions like an investment portfolio

    An illustration of a hand adding a banknote to a charity ribbon of other banknotes
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Stephen Bubb
    Why we can’t afford to ignore charities

    The voluntary sector offers a cost-effective path to public service reform

    King’s School, Canterbury
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Wealthy Brits could give one-third more to charity, finds survey

    Research suggests that better financial advice would help people to be more philanthropic

    View of five different coloured charity donation money boxes from above
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    How To Give It
    How To Give It in September… with Ai Weiwei, Harland Miller and Faye Toogood

    The latest initiatives raise funds for War Child, breast cancer support – and more 

    Me as a Boy, 2024, by Katy Stubbs
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    Special ReportFT Wealth: September
    How America’s billionaire alumni weaponise elite university donations

    Clashes over Gaza have turned a spotlight onto governance at institutions such as Harvard and Columbia

    A large crowd of people gathered outdoors at a university campus. The scene is viewed from behind a large bronze statue, which seems to be holding a staff and wearing a laurel crown
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    UK public finances
    Patriotic gifts at a 10-year high — from just six UK donors

    Gifts to reduce national debt rose to £700,000 in 2023-24

    The Houses of Parliament in Westminster
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King — what is the truth about Bill Gates?

    Anupreeta Das investigates the power of Microsoft co-founder to shape our world — and asks: is it effective and accountable?

    Bill Gates speaks to an audience via a TV screen mounted on a wall of framed pictures
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Can I pay our nanny through my business?

    She will be taking on occasional admin work for me

  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    The Aesthete
    Art collector Batia Ofer talks taste

    The London-based philanthropist loves kohl eyeliner, Lalique deer and a dream-filled sleep

    Batia Ofer at home in London
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Moral Money
    Ford Foundation president Darren Walker doesn’t mind being the ‘skunk at the garden party’ Premium content

    Super-rich philanthropists need more humility, says foundation head as he prepares to step down

    Darren Walker speaking
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    Education
    How rich donors are targeting US medical school tuition

    Large gifts aim to boost diversity and career options amid rising costs for training doctors

    Michael Bloomberg
  • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
    FT SeriesHTSI’s favourite shops in the world
    The store kitting out Kenyan champions-in-the-making

    Distance provides Iten’s thriving running community with trainers, clothes and inspiration

    The exterior of Distance in Iten, Kenya
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    FT Wealth
    The wealthy working to shore up the US’s democratic systems

    Rich individuals and impact investors are injecting funds into organisations that support a healthy democracy

    Donald Trump greeting his fans in the bleachers
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    FT Wealth
    Philanthropists embrace collaborative funding to multiply their impact

    Pooling resources allows donors to make larger, co-ordinated grants while retaining decision-making powers about where the money is spent

    Three children playing basketball indoors
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Warren Buffett
    Warren Buffett to bequeath vast wealth to new foundation upon death

    The billionaire investor ends nearly two decades of gifts to the Gates Foundation for a new charity led by his children

    Bill Gates and Warren Buffett
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    InterviewCollecting
    Collector Hassanein Hiridjee: ‘I’m trying to organise an art scene, practically from zero’

    The businessman’s Fondation H is supporting Madagascar’s artists with exhibitions and programmes

  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Moral Money
    What does the family office explosion mean for the world? Premium content

    As the ranks of the super-wealthy swell, the way they deploy their money is changing

    Mark Zuckerberg speaking
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Baillie Gifford & Co
    Baillie Gifford in crisis talks with UK book festivals after boycott threats

    Asset manager discussing viability of sponsorship of literary events in wake of Hay and Edinburgh splits

    Hay festival sign
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Special ReportImpact Investing
    The other 96 per cent: how to put more charitable assets to work

    It’s not enough to focus on grant-making alone — foundations should generate impact using all of their money

    Two volunteers in neon yellow vests and blue gloves smiling and exchanging goods at a donation table outside a brick building, with other volunteers sorting items in the background
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    HTSI
    Nicolas Berggruen, the modern-day Medici

    The man once known as ‘the homeless billionaire’ is putting down roots in Venice. It’s all part of his plan to change the world with big ideas

    Nicolas Berggruen in the central hall of Palazzo Malipiero in Venice
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    FT Wealth
    The writers who put their money where their mouth is

    Will the connection between authors and philanthropy last when the big figure advances only go to a tiny percentage?

    An elegantly dressed older woman with flowing gray hair seated on a rustic stool, wearing a multicolored skirt and dark blouse, in a minimalist room with a white background, looking contemplative
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Person in the News
    Melinda French Gates, the philanthropist pursuing her own passions

    The ex-wife of the Microsoft founder has become one of the most influential figures in global giving

    Illustration of Melinda Gates with bag with $12bn across it on the end of a stick
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