Corporate philanthropy
Wall Street high-flyer gives $171 million to vet school that treated his dog
Former Citigroup chief Sandy Weill and his wife Joan have awarded one of the largest gifts ever in animal medicine.
- Francesca Maglione
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Wall Street power couple donates $9.5 billion to fund ‘Trump accounts’ for children
Donald Trump applauded the unprecedented philanthropic gift from the couple behind Dell computers.
- Biz Carson and Tom Maloney
The once ‘strange’ child now saving a go-to Sydney nightlife venue
When Beau Neilson found out a Sydney institution was going to be turned into a fish-and-chip shop, “it felt like physical pain”.
- Nick Galvin
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s donations to Gaza now half that of Australian government
The Forrests’ $40 million donations for food, water and medical aid are now almost half of the value of the Australian government’s $82.5 million contribution to Palestinians.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
- Opinion
- Paris 2024
Gina Rinehart is the patron saint of Aussie sports. But it comes with weird strings attached
Though Gina Rinehart’s patronage of Australian sporting codes goes back well over a decade, her presence at the Olympics was more overt than what we’ve seen in the past.
- Geoff Lemon
Melinda French Gates to quit Gates Foundation, will exit with $19 billion for own charity work
She is leaving the nonprofit she co-founded with former spouse Bill Gates and will get $18.9 billion for her own work to uplift women and families.
- Yuvraj Malik and Aditya Soni
Forrests’ $10 billion Minderoo charity to slash 100 jobs
About a third of the employees at Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo charity will lose their jobs as chief executive John Hartman looks to spend less of its more than $10 billion bounty on administration.
- Peter Milne
Telethon Kids Institute to drop Telethon name
In a statement quietly released on Thursday the institute said it had mutually agreed with the Channel 7 Telethon Trust to rebrand next year.
- Hamish Hastie
Top NY stock picker warns inflation to remain above pre-COVID levels
Ricky Sandler’s stock pick at the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference last year rallied 70 per cent. He’s back this year to support medical research.
- Millie Muroi
Pokie billionaire Len Ainsworth has given millions to Sydney institutions. Now questions are being asked
Poker machines have been attacked for causing social harm. Now critics are going after the father of Australia’s poker machine industry and his family’s philanthropy.
- Anne Hyland