Philanthropy
Philanthropy
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Pharrell Williams to Open New Network of Private Schools for Low-Income Families in Virginia
The entertainer and entrepreneur hopes to improve education with an experimental model.
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Beyoncé's BeyGOOD Foundation Teams Up With Adidas and Bread of Life to Provide Texas Winter Storm Relief
Unless youâre a U.S. Senator representing the very state you abandoned for a warmer climate and blamed that recklessly cruel decision on your children, chances are youâve been wondering how you can help (if youâre able to) assist the victims of the recent winter storm that has ravaged Texas and left approximately 3 million residents…
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Tyler Perry to Receive the Academyâs Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Tyler Perry has been on quite the âhonorary awardâ streak lately and it looks like the biggest film organization will be giving him a statuette as well. On Thursday, The Academy announced that its Board of Governors will be presenting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award to Perry, as well as the Motion Picture & Television…
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Where The Money Reside: Beyoncé to Offer $5k Grants to Folks Affected By the Housing Crisis
As if I needed any more reasons to stan BeyoncĂ©, this latest effort by the âBlack Paradeâ singer and her charity foundation BeyGOOD definitely just gave me one. According to Harperâs Bazaar, the foundation has announced plans to offer $5,000 in grant money to 100 people facing turmoil due to the eviction crisis. With the…
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Tyler Perry Donates $100,000 to the Legal Defense Fund of Breonna Taylorâs Boyfriend, Kenneth Walker
Deadline reports that writer-director-producer and Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry donated $100,000 last weekend to the legal defense fund of Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, a young ER technician tragically shot and killed in her own home by Louisville Metro Police officers issuing a no-knock warrant in March of this year. Her death sparked…