In California, for example, the rules would speed development of a retirement-savings plan, which was signed into law in 2012 by Gov. Jerry Brown. The plan would cover 6.3 million private-sector workers, who would have 3 percent of pay deducted from their paychecks unless they opted out. The contributions would be pooled and conservatively invested by professional money managers selected and overseen by a board of public- and private-sector leaders chosen by the governor and the Legislature.

The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundationdid not release the precise amounts any donor gave or the total raised. Rather, it posted on its website a newly updated cumulative list of contributors, most of them dating to 2001. The amounts are listed in ranges; the highest tier is $25 million and up.
The former president and the former secretary of state recently disclosed that their earnings from January 2014 through mid-May of this year had exceeded $30 million, much of that from speaking fees.

Former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a charity fundraiser for U.S. military veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and former First Lady Laura Bushcollected $50,000 to appear a year earlier, officials of the Texas-based Helping a Hero charity confirmed to ABC News.
The former President was also provided with a private jet to travel to Houston at a cost of $20,000, the officials said.

Under the banner of opposing private prisons, they saw an opportunity to raise awareness around racism in the criminal justice system, immigrant rights and the occupation of Palestine.'
On June 22, after 16 months of student pressure, the Columbia University board of trustees announced it would sell its holdings in private prison corporations. A handful of churches and companies have divested from private prisons in recent years; Columbia is the first university.

Có lẽ trong lịch sử huy động từ thiện qua thế giới mạng, đến nay chưa có chương trình nào thành công như trò đổ xô nước đá lên đầu (Ice Bucket Challenge) từng thịnh hành cách đây một năm.

Extending his idea of philanthropy beyond theEarth and even the human species, Yuri Milner, the Russian Internet entrepreneur and founder of science giveaways like the annual $3 millionFundamental Physics Prizes, announced in London on Monday that he would spend at least $100 million in the next decade to search for signals from alien civilizations.
It will allow astronomers to see the kinds of radar used for air traffic control from any of the closest 1,000 stars, and to detect a laser with the power output of a common 100-watt light bulb from the distance of the nearest stars, some four light-years away, according to Mr. Milner’s team.

MOSCOW — The MacArthur Foundation is closing its offices in Russiaafter more than 20 years of grant-making here, becoming the latest casualty of new restrictions meant to limit the influence of foreign organizations in Russia.
This month, Russian lawmakers published a preliminary list of 12 nongovernmental organizations that could be banned under a law signed in May by President Vladimir V. Putin. The MacArthur Foundation was on the list. The new law gives the Russian authorities power to shut down groups that are deemed to be “undesirable” and to pose a threat to Russia’s security.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Saudi prince pledged on Wednesday to give away his entire $32 billion fortune to charitable causes in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the world.
The prince, Alwaleed bin Talal, said the funds would go to his charity,Alwaleed Philanthropies, for causes like disease eradication, intercultural understanding, women’s empowerment, disaster relief and the electrification of isolated areas.

Montclair State University announced on Wednesday that it had received a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor, the largest in its 107-year history.
Still, Dr. Cole said the university recognized that, in general, public institutions of higher education still had to catch up to private universities in terms of fund-raising. In February, Princeton University reported a donation of $300 million worth of rare books and manuscripts, the largest gift in its history.
Last month, Harvard announced its largest gift, $400 million, given by John A. Paulson to support its School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Anonymous donors have given more than $3 million to establish a scholarship fund for people affiliated with the church in Charleston, S.C., where nine people were killed last month, city officials said on Thursday.
“We certainly have evil, and the worst kind of evil visited that church two weeks and some hours ago,” Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. said, “But the response is entirely the opposite. It’s pure goodness and generosity. It’s big hearts and loving people responding, and it’s absolutely wonderful.”
The city said that the scholarships would pay for undergraduate and advanced degrees for “members of the extended” church community, including family members of the victims. The fund carries the name of the Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney, the church’s senior pastor, who was among the nine killed on June 17.