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Philanthropists and state governments: Michael and Susan Dell have led the way with their $6.25 billion grant.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Philanthropists, charitable organizations, and state or local governments can also add funds to these accounts, which don’t account toward the $5,000 cap, according to according to an Invest America fact sheet.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Philanthropists are often moved to fix big problems with their riches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Philanthropists have increasingly focused on H.B.C.U.s and other Black nonprofit organizations after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, which ignited a national reckoning on race.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Philanthropists or statesmen may environ him with more genial circumstances, and so enable his propensities to work more directly for the good of society; but to punish him—to punish nature for daring to be nature!—Never!

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas