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Philanthropy

  • 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
    HTSIThe HTSI adrenaline issue
    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
    Special ReportFT Wealth: July
    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
    Special ReportFT Wealth: July
    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
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Melinda French Gates resigns as co-chair of Gates Foundation

    Decision to leave largest US philanthropic organisation comes three years after divorce from Bill Gates

    Melinda French Gates
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    HTSI
    A print sale in aid of children’s breakfasts – and other ways to give it this spring

    Tuscan wines, award-winning pizzas and famous Ferrari number plates

    Purple Fruits, by Nicolas Party, from Counter Editions’ print sale for charity Magic Breakfast
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    What should I consider when donating to charity?

    I would like to donate part of my salary every month

  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
    HTSIThe HTSI design special
    Houseboat for Ho, Simon Starling’s modern ark

    The Turner Prize-winning artist’s latest project is tale of craft, culture and climate crisis

    Simon Starling’s Houseboat for Ho in Ho, Denmark
  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
    InterviewVisual Arts
    Vivien Duffield: ‘At Tate we never got the garden right’

    To celebrate 60 years of the family foundation, the philanthropist is embarking on a project to green the gallery’s frontage

    Older woman with blonde hair wearing black jumper and brightly coloured scarf
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    FT Wealth
    The new (radical) rich who can’t wait to give away their fortunes

    A class of anti-wealth inheritor has emerged: people in a hurry to ‘spend down’ their millions on social or ethical causes

    A bearded man with glasses and a tan hat stands in front of a lush, green background of climbing plants and foliage. He is wearing a cream-colored t-shirt with ‘DOWNTOWN BOYS’ printed on it, black pants, and distinctive yellow shoes
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    FT Wealth
    Hillsdale College: the conservative model for education

    Wealthy donors have helped increase the value of the institution’s assets to $1.7bn

  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    FT Wealth
    How Asian philanthropists are donating more — but differently

    Funding is soaring but the wealthy are eschewing western models when tackling the region’s development needs

    A woman in a dark dress sits on an ornate leather chair in a room with rich, dark walls. Next to her is a golden-framed impressionist painting of a wooded landscape
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    FT Wealth
    Investing through the eyes of a child

    Concept of child-lens investing is in its infancy but advocates say it will help nurture the next generation

    Gumeshwari and Kiran study at home after school in Tirathgarh Village, Bastar, Chattisgarh, India. Two children in school uniforms are sitting and laughing on a colorful mat outside a rural house with mud walls, while a woman holding a child looks on with a smile from the shadowed doorway
  • Thursday, 4 April, 2024
    HTSI
    Mark Bradford’s art of glass

    The artist has teamed up with Murano and a Venice prison to create a sculpture with a cause

    Mark Bradford working on his Borsa edition for Process Collettivo
  • Thursday, 4 April, 2024
    Treasury considers UK tax reforms to boost philanthropy

    Minister lobbies for policies to streamline Gift Aid and unlock donations as charities struggle to stay afloat

    Lucy Frazer
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