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Credit: CC0 Public Domain People have a tendency to leave their wealth to family members and other loved ones. However, Andrew Carnegie, a famously wealthy industrialist, once said "I would as soon leave to my son a curse as the almighty dollar." Indeed, Carnegie donated over 90% of his fortune to charity. New research in Social Psychological and…

Jennie Stephens, dean’s professor of sustainability science & policy and director of strategic research collaborations at Global Resilience Institute. Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Environmental nonprofit organizations that have diverse leadership and work in equity-deserving communities receive considerably less philanthropic support than conventional, mainstream nonprofits, according to new research…

The convergence of charity and cryptocurrency has developed in recent years as more individuals and organisations have begun to use cryptocurrencies to make charitable donations. One significant benefit of adopting cryptocurrency for charity is that it enables direct and rapid payments to groups and causes, avoiding traditional intermediaries such as banks and governments. This has the potential to increase openness and efficiency in the contribution process. Furthermore, cryptocurrency gifts may be done anonymously,…

Financial Times: Sources: Marc Benioff's controversial acquisitions, focus on growth over profits, celebrity relationships, and philanthropic pursuits have vexed shareholders — Marc Benioff helped build the software group into a Silicon Valley giant, but shareholders are agitating for change Financial Times: Sources: Marc Benioff's controversial acquisitions, focus on growth over profits, celebrity relationships, and philanthropic pursuits have vexed shareholders — Marc Benioff…

Changing things is always challenging, especially on your own. Stepping up takes a large amount of courage. In a doge-eat-doge world, many organisations don’t care for philanthropy. Many people may see crypto as a way to make money or an investment, but there is so much more to crypto than making money. Some cryptocurrencies are doing their best to take action and aim to do their part for the world. Binance (BNB), Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Big Eyes Coin (BIG) are some of these cryptos. Binance Is Becoming a…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Everywhere you look, something or someone is being rated—that movie you're thinking of seeing, the restaurant you might try, the president's popularity this week. We don't seem to agree on much right now, but we can all agree that a positive rating is good, and a negative rating is bad. Or can we?…

Seven years ago, I was invited to my first EA Global, the flagship conference of the effective altruism movement. I was fascinated by effective altruism (EA), which defines itself as “using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible,” in large part because of the moral seriousness of its practitioners. My first piece on EA, from 2013, tracked three people who were “earning to give”: taking high-paying jobs in sectors like tech or finance for the express purpose of giving half or more…