The Amazon founder pledged $2 billion to support struggling families and develop a preschool network–but he still hasn't presented concrete plans.
New research finds higher levels of philanthropy in ideologically homogeneous areas.
Randomized controlled trials are the popular centerpiece of an emerging data-driven approach to figuring out precisely the best way to end poverty. Can a return to the scientific method fix the global aid industry?
Gamers have found a way to get a younger generation excited about raising millions for charity. And they don’t even need to put down their controllers.
When tech workers are considered the true “creative class,” artists don’t appear to win.
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation responds to a story from Pacific Standard partner site Capital & Main.
This new wave of high-profile donations from tech moguls may be generous, but it is not a win for populism. It's the modern Carnegie.
Research shows that philanthropy is a valuable strategy when big companies like HSBC get into trouble.
Noah Davis talks to CK Swett, a rising star in the auctioneering world, about the secret to raising millions of dollars, how he lands his gigs, and why auctioneering is a young man's game.
For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.
Donors gave $312 million after the storm, but it’s not clear where exactly the money went.
The Global Soap Project aims to tidy those slivers’ trip to the landfill by sending reclaimed soap to poor countries.
Studies of international aid back up the old expression that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Declared dead just two years ago, the plan to provide every child in the developing world with a computer shows signs of life.
New Harvard University research suggests childhood memories stimulate selflessness.
There are international development programs that actually do help the world's poorest people. Dean Karlan can show you the proof.
Despite the hype surrounding microfinance as an answer to solving world poverty, new research shows it isn't the savior economists envisioned.
Researchers report the shame evoked by miserly behavior may have negative long-term health consequences.
Continental and United’s proposed merger entails a relocation of Continental’s headquarters to Chicago. Houstonians (rightfully) fear that this means a relocation of charitable contributions, too.
Researchers investigate whether that dollar of foreign aid just frees up money for the recipient to spend elsewhere.
There appear to be cheaper, more effective ways to improve education in developing nations than the glitzy One Laptop per Child program.
Among financial services firms, those who ranked near the bottom on ethics scoreboards are near the top in the tsunami of financial crisis headlines.
Charities wonder if giving donors control over their donations makes for wise policy.