Exclusive: Bill Gates warns White House he can't fill shortfalls in US global health funding | Reuters

Bill Gates is personally lobbying Trump administration officials to keep funding health programs worldwide, from childhood vaccination to HIV treatment, and warning that his foundation cannot step in to fill gaps, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters…

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/gates-warns-white-house-he-cant-fill-shortfalls-us-global-health-funding-2025-03-18/ 

 

New Report from the Institute for Policy Studies Reveals the True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy

At their current pace, most funds will end up in perpetual family foundations, not in the hands of active charities…

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/new-report-from-the-institute-for-policy-studies-reveals-the-true-cost-of-billionaire-philanthropy

Christians Did Not Invent Charity and Philanthropy • Richard Carrier

"I often hear the claim that Aristotle never included charity among his virtues. Which is astonishing because it is in fact one of his fundamental virtues, extensively discussed in an entire chapter of his book on moral theory. I often hear the claim that no one cared for or about the poor before the Christians came along, that philanthropy didn't exist, that social welfare wasn't a concern. Which is astonishing because in fact the Greeks and Romans were famous for inventing these things, and implementing them quite extensively compared to previous empires. In fact our very word "philanthropy" comes from them! Many Roman and Greek philosophers wrote extensively on generosity and charity and concern for the poor, as being fundamental to the good person, definitive of the moral life."
https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/12453

America's billionaires are giving to charity – but much of it is self-serving rubbish

Well-publicized philanthropy shows how afraid the super-rich are of a larger social safety net – and higher taxes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/12/americas-billionaire-class-donations

The 3 Men Under 30 Behind Washington DC's New Philanthropy | Rewire

The guys behind GOODProjects are redefining the philanthropy space.....
https://www.rewire.org/our-future/goodprojects-new-philanthropy/

The lesson from the ruins of Notre Dame: don’t rely on billionaires

The French super-rich promised to dig deep, but such philanthropy comes at a steep price https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/18/ruins-notre-dame-billionaires-french-philanthropy

Religious "charity" NIGHTMARE!

Why you should NEVER give to religious charities - why tithing to religious organizations is bad: the churches and temples that don't con their flock, but actually spend philanthropic religious donations on charities are still usually the least efficient and also use the money on religious material.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUvJq2d9Qjw&feature=youtu.be