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Michael Bloomberg tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of America’s biggest donors in 2023
Read full article: Michael Bloomberg tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of America’s biggest donors in 2023Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, gave the most to charitable causes last year, followed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, and Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive list of the 50 Americans who donated the largest sums to nonprofits last year.
Tiger Woods, Nike end partnership after more than 27 years
Read full article: Tiger Woods, Nike end partnership after more than 27 yearsTiger Woods is no longer a Nike athlete after 27 years, ending a partnership between the swoosh and golf’s biggest star and raising questions about the future of both in the sport.
Warren Buffett, James Simons and Phil Knight are among the top charity donors of 2023
Read full article: Warren Buffett, James Simons and Phil Knight are among the top charity donors of 2023Investment guru Warren Buffett topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of the biggest charitable donations in 2023, with his $541.5 million gift to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, named for his first wife, who died in 2004.
Nike says Kyrie Irving is no longer one of its athletes
Read full article: Nike says Kyrie Irving is no longer one of its athletesKyrie Irving’s relationship with Nike is officially over, the shoe and athletic apparel maker said Monday, a move that came a month after the company suspended the Brooklyn guard as part of the fallout over his tweeting a link to a film containing antisemitic material.
No. 18 Alabama beats No. 1 North Carolina 103-101 in 4 OTs
Read full article: No. 18 Alabama beats No. 1 North Carolina 103-101 in 4 OTsMark Sears had 24 points, five rebounds and five assists, and No. 18 Alabama sent top-ranked North Carolina to a second straight loss with a 103-101 in a quadruple-overtime thriller in the third-place game of the Phil Knight Invitational tournament.
Caleb Grill, Iowa State topples No. 1 North Carolina 70-65
Read full article: Caleb Grill, Iowa State topples No. 1 North Carolina 70-65Caleb Grill hit seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 31 points and Iowa State rallied in the final five minutes to stun No. 1 North Carolina 70-65 on Friday in the semifinals of the Phil Knight Invitational.
Fudd leads No. 5 UConn to 91-69 win over No. 10 NC State
Read full article: Fudd leads No. 5 UConn to 91-69 win over No. 10 NC StateAzzi Fudd scored 32 points and No. 5 UConn beat 10th-ranked North Carolina State 91-69 on Sunday in a game that started with a scary moment when longtime Huskies associate head coach Chris Dailey fainted after the national anthem.
Correction: Philanthropy-Top10-Gifts story
Read full article: Correction: Philanthropy-Top10-Gifts storyIn a story published December 31, 2021, about the top charitable donations of the year, The Chronicle of Philanthropy erroneously reported the value of Microsoft stock donated by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates in 2000.
Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has memoir out in September
Read full article: Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has memoir out in SeptemberFILE - Indra Nooyi participates in an event on Oct. 9, 2018, in New York. The former PepsiCo CEO has a memoir titled "My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future" coming out Sept. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)NEW YORK – Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has a memoir coming out this fall that her publisher is calling an “unvarnished take" on her rise to becoming one of the world's most powerful women. “My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future" will be published Sept. 28, Portfolio Books announced Monday. She worked at PepsiCo for 24 years, 12 of them as CEO, before stepping down in 2018.
Amazon's Bezos tops list of richest charitable gifts in 2020
Read full article: Amazon's Bezos tops list of richest charitable gifts in 2020– The world's richest person made the single-largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of top donations, a $10 billion gift that is intended to help fight climate change. Amazon's founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, whose “real-time” worth Forbes magazine estimates at roughly $188 billion, used the contribution to launch his Bezos Earth Fund. According to the left-leaning Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies, from March 18 through Dec. 7, 2020, Bezos' wealth surged by 63%, from $113 billion to $184 billion. Bezos and the Zuckerbergs made up the next spots on last year's top 10 list, with $100 million donations — Bezos for Feeding America to aid food banks across the country and the Zuckerbergs to the same election security group. In February, the Chronicle will publish its list of the 50 biggest donors, which counts cumulative donations, not individual gifts.