“Our Focus Is on the Children.” A Software Giant Ups Its Commitment to Public Schools

“Our Focus Is on the Children.” A Software Giant Ups Its Commitment to Public Schools

Salesforce’s latest round of education funding zeroes in on mental health and resilient schools. It’s praiseworthy support, but begs the question: why is so much private backing for public schools even necessary?

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This Funding Initiative Has a Singular Goal: To Encourage Major Donors to Boost Their Giving

This Funding Initiative Has a Singular Goal: To Encourage Major Donors to Boost Their Giving

The Crisis Charitable Commitment was created to hold funders to a higher standard. As in, give more. It recently debuted a slate of shovel-ready giving opportunities, including an advocacy push for higher taxes on the ultra-rich.

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Elon Musk: Maverick or More of the Same?

Elon Musk: Maverick or More of the Same?

It’s hard to speculate about the giving of someone as weird as the world’s current richest man. But despite his Trump-esque Twitter habit, in many ways, he’s just another billionaire.


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With a Billionaires Tax Circling the Drain, Philanthropy Reform Is All the More Critical

With a Billionaires Tax Circling the Drain, Philanthropy Reform Is All the More Critical

The most progressive tax ever proposed looks like it won’t go through, and the senator who doomed it cited billionaires’ philanthropy as one reason why. And yet, philanthropy also resists higher payouts. Something has to give.

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