charities and charitable giving

Elon Musk donated $1.9 billion of Tesla stock to charity last year | CNN Business

by
Elon Musk donated .9 billion of Tesla stock to charity last year | CNN Business

New York CNN  —  Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave 11.5 million shares of his stake in the electric automaker to an undisclosed charity last year, shares worth about $1.9 billion at the time they were donated. The donation would make him the second largest charitable donor in 2022, according to a ranking of the Chronicle … Read more

They were welcomed into British homes. Celebrating their first Christmas together, Ukrainians wonder if that hospitality will last | CNN

by
They were welcomed into British homes. Celebrating their first Christmas together, Ukrainians wonder if that hospitality will last | CNN

Henley-on-Thames, England CNN  —  Last year, Nataliia Doroshko, a 35-year-old lawyer, celebrated St. Nicholas Day with friends and family in her home city of Cherkasy, on the snowy banks of the Dnipro River, downstream from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. During the party, one of the men snuck away and returned dressed as St. Nicholas, a … Read more

Nelly Cheboi, who creates computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is CNN’s Hero of the Year | CNN

by
Nelly Cheboi, who creates computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is CNN’s Hero of the Year | CNN

CNN  —  Nelly Cheboi, who in 2019 quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago to create computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is the 2022 CNN Hero of the Year. Online voters selected her from among this year’s Top 10 CNN Heroes finalists. Cheboi’s nonprofit, TechLit Africa, has provided thousands of students across rural Kenya … Read more

Lauren Sánchez on going to space, philanthropy and trying to bring light to the world | CNN

by
Lauren Sánchez on going to space, philanthropy and trying to bring light to the world | CNN

CNN  —  For four years, Lauren Sánchez has been quietly working behind the scenes to help Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, strategically give away his vast wealth to a variety of causes. In their first sit-down interview as a couple at their sprawling Washington, D.C. home, Sánchez got candid about her philanthropic projects, space travel and … Read more

Warnings grow of dire conditions at migrant processing center in England | CNN

by
Warnings grow of dire conditions at migrant processing center in England | CNN

London CNN  —  British charities and officials are warning of increasingly dire conditions at a migrant processing center in England and urging Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to act. The situation at the Manston asylum processing center constituted a “breach of humane conditions,” British Conservative lawmaker Roger Gale said Monday, as dozens of charities wrote to … Read more

Turkey’s Red Crescent criticized for selling tents to charity instead of giving them to quake victims | CNN

by
Turkey’s Red Crescent criticized for selling tents to charity instead of giving them to quake victims | CNN

Istanbul CNN  —  Turkey’s Red Crescent organization has been criticized by lawmakers and citizens after revelations that it sold tents to a charity instead of donating them to people in urgent need after the massive earthquake that claimed more than 44,000 lives earlier this month. While people were begging the government for shelters to sleep … Read more