UNICEF recruits gamers to mine cryptocurrency for Syrian kids

UNICEF has launched a new fund-raising project in the same vein as SETI@Home and Einstein@home, but with a cryptocurrency spin. In an effort to raise money for the children in war-torn Syria, the organization is asking gamers, eSports fans and anybod...

Child’s Play is gifting joy and gaming carts to more children’s hospitals

If you're at a children's hospital next year, the chances of seeing one of the Gamers Outreach Foundation's (GOF) signature Go Karts are pretty high. The all-in-one rolling gaming rigs have proven quite popular in the 25 facilities that currently hav...

Who You Gonna Call? Dan Aykroyd


Entertainment Weekly's Jeff Labrecque exclusively reports in "'Ghostbusters' gets the call for theatrical re-release" that August will see "Ghostbusters" on the big screen for the first time since...

Mark Zuckerberg is biggest Giver in 2013


SEATTLE (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, were the most generous American philanthropists in 2013, with a donation of 18 million shares of Facebook stock, valued at more than $970...

Lessons from Zuckerberg and Bloomberg: As Giving Goes Up, Philanthropy Under Fire


The report by The Chronicle of Philanthropy that the top ten philanthropic gifts in the year past totaled $3.4 billion, and that there were more gifts of $100 million or more in 2013 (15), than in...
    






Billionaires, Led By Zuckerberg, Dig Deep With 10 Biggest Charitable Gifts Of 2013


As the very richest Americans get even richer, they are giving away more money. A new release from The Chronicle of Philanthropy shows that the 10 largest new charitable gifts from individuals...