Philanthropy

This holiday season, the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child project will be handing out its 200 millionth shoebox gift to needy kids. One young woman will be a key part of this effort.

Ahead of Veterans Day, Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum has launched a new initiative to give back. Its new Sailor Jerry Ironsides BBQ Sauce is partnering with a Texas-based, veteran-owned small business.

The Girl Scouts of the USA announced Wednesday that philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated nearly $85 million to help the organization accelerate its mission.

Companies including Walmart, Target and Lowe's are pitching in to help Hurricane Ian survivors by donating money and support to nonprofits on the ground in Florida after the destructive storm left a path of destruction.

Tunnel to Towers has spent over $250 million to support our nation's heroes, including military and first responder families. This is just the beginning.

Cantor Fitzgerald lost almost its entire New York workforce in the Sept. 11 attacks, prompting CEO Howard Lutnick to take care of the families of victims.

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to Oregon-based organization Friends of the Children. The money will help pair at-risk children with longtime mentors.

Singer-actress and philanthropist Olivia Newton-John was a superstar with several hit songs, including "Hopelessly Devoted to You" from her hit film "Grease."

As food banks face surging demand from Americans "struggling for the first time," Feeding America's president urges for more donations to cover inflation's "insurmountable costs."

Power breakfast brand Kodiak Cakes is teaming up with Vital Ground Foundation to donate funds to conserving grizzly bear habitats in the Rocky Mountain West.

The Community FoodBank of New Jersey has "never seen anything like" the surging demand for food assistance amid 40-year high inflation and recession fears.

Journalist Lauren Sánchez, who is dating billionaire Jeff Bezos and is the vice chair of Bezos Earth Fund, has donated a million dollars to This is About Humanity.

MacKenzie Scott's unprecedented donation will support Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and 38 local agencies in "furthering its mission to ensure every young person has access to powerful mentoring experiences that empower them for success in school, life and career."

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and his wife, KORA Organics CEO Miranda Kerr, made a hefty donation that Otis College of Art and Design says will pay off all the graduating class of 2022's student loan debt.

At the end of February, after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Airbnb.org, which facilitates temporary stays for people in moments of crisis, committed to temporarily house up to 100,000 refugees fleeing the country for free.

Bojangles is filling customers' "tummies and tanks" with a $1 million gas giveaway campaign.

As part of its From Maine to Ukraine relief program, the association is imploring retailers around the state to donate new clothing such as jackets, fleece, hats and gloves as well as household items.

BRINC Drones CEO Blake Resnick discusses training Ukrainian troops on how to use drones for military defense and disaster response against Russia's invasion.

Several non-profit organizations and Swedish business community come together to provide "faster assistance to people fleeing from Ukraine to Sweden," Airbnb announced.

MacKenzie Scott donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity to help fund affordable housing supply and the organization;s global ministry.