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eBay Launches Celebrity Charity Auction Site Nov 7, 2011

Just in time for the holiday giving season, eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, today announced the launch of eBay.com/celebrity, a unique shopping destination that combines celebrity experiences, memorabilia and merchandise with philanthropic causes. More →

Warren Buffett Gets Animated For Charity Oct 27, 2011

A Squared Entertainment and By Kids For Kids Co. have teamed up with CreditReport.com to launch Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaires Club “Learn and Earn” financial literacy promotion. More →

Warren Buffett Says Tax The Rich Sep 23, 2011

Last month, in an op-ed in The New York Times, billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett addressed misconceptions about investment attitudes of some of America’s richest citizens. Buffett’s message to Congress: Stop coddling the super-rich. More →

Warren Buffett's Busy Month For Charity Jul 12, 2011

At June’s twelfth annual charity auction, an anonymous winner paid over two and a half million dollars to have lunch for eight with billionaire Warren Buffett. More →

Bill Gates And Warren Buffett Extend The Giving Pledge Through Asia Feb 8, 2011

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett made the headlines a few times last year, asking America’s wealthiest to donate the majority of their wealth to cause/s of their choice, whether during their lifetimes or laid out in their wills. To further encourage billionaires to make such a commitment, Gates and Buffett created the Giving Pledge. More →

Peter Buffett To Talk Life At Concert Event Oct 21, 2010

The Academi Of Life will present a special concert and conversation with Peter Buffett on Thursday, November 11. More →

George Lucas Pledges Millions To Education Aug 10, 2010

Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge, which asks billionaires to donate the majority of their wealth to charity, has garnered some high-profile followers. More →

Warren Buffett Signs Ice Cream Spoon For Charity Jul 22, 2010

Billionaire businessman Warren Buffett is putting his money where his mouth is – by signing a giant ice cream spoon for charity. More →

Bill Gates And Warren Buffett’s $600 Billion Charity Challenge Jul 16, 2010

Philanthropists Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have asked 400 of the richest Americans to pledge half of their fortunes to their favorite causes either during their lifetimes or in their wills. More →

Warren Buffett Makes Annual Charity Donation Jul 7, 2010

Billionaire Warren Buffett has given away $1.93 billion in company shares to charity this year, after pledging to give away 99% of his wealth to good causes in 2006. More →

Peter Buffett To Sign New Book For Charity Tonight Apr 27, 2010

Emmy Award-winning musician and philanthropist Peter Buffett will be signing copies of his new book – Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path To Fulfillment – in New York City tonight at an event to raise funds for Robin Hood, an organization that targets poverty in NYC by finding and funding the most effective programs and partnering with them to maximize results. More →

Celebrities Pose With Pets For Charity Dec 24, 2009

The annual Animal Rescue Foundation Celebrity Pet Calendar is out now, featuring some of your favorite stars and their best friends. More →

Annual Women's Conference To Attract Big Names Jul 9, 2009

Maria Shriver will once again host the annual Women’s Conference in October, and tickets go on sale on July 13. More →

Warren Buffett Donates To Bill Gates Foundation Jul 3, 2009

Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated a further $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. More →

Warren Buffett Lunch Auction Raises $1.68 Million Jun 30, 2009

In an update to last week’s story about Warren Buffett’s annual charity dinner auction, we can now reveal that one lucky bidder handed over $1.68 to share a meal with the billionaire. More →

Annual Buffett Lunch Auction Bidding Hits $75,000 Jun 23, 2009

Each year around June, former World’s Richest Man Warren Buffett auctions off the opportunity to dine with him, and the well-heeled winners’ bids go straight to charity. More →

Celebrities Sign iPods For Charity Auction Feb 13, 2009

Tonic.com has announced the launch of a new charity auction series. Leading celebrities from the worlds of music, film, television, and fashion have contributed an autographed iPod loaded with their personal playlist to be auctioned off, with all proceeds benefiting Music Rising, a campaign founded in 2005 to replace lost or destroyed instruments of musicians in the Gulf Coast Region after the hurricane disasters. More →

Peter Buffett Offers Album Download For Charity Dec 5, 2008

Food Bank For New York City is seeing first hand the effects of the economic downturn – finding funding has become more challenging while the need for emergency food is increasing rapidly. More →

Jennifer Lopez Announces New Foundation Plans At Women's Conference Oct 24, 2008

This year’s annual Women’s Conference, hosted by Maria Shriver, drew record crowds in Long Beach this week. More →

Michael Bolton To Honor Kevin Bacon For Charity Work Sep 9, 2008

Crooner Michael Bolton will show what a little time, love, and tenderness can do when he hosts the 16th annual Michael Bolton Charities Benefit Concert and Celebrity Golf Classic later this month. More →

Stars Line Up For Women's Conference Jul 18, 2008

California First Lady Maria Shriver has announced the lineup of celebrity speakers confirmed for this year’s annual Women’s Conference in Long Beach. More →

Buffett Shares With Charities Jul 9, 2008

A Chinese businessman jumped at the chance to dine with Warren Buffett for charity last week. More →

A Chance To Buffet With Buffett Jun 25, 2008

Fancy having lunch with one of the richest men on the planet? Now could be your chance, with an auction being run this week offering the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to dine with Warren Buffett. More →

Gates Talks Innovation, Philanthropy and Post-Retirement Plans Feb 27, 2008

Microsoft frontman Bill Gates spoke to students at Stanford earlier this month, praising young people for their innovation, and raising awareness for philanthropic work. More →

$650,100 Charity Bid Wins Lunch With Buffett Jul 1, 2007

Two investors have bid $650,100 to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett. The annual event benefits the San Francisco homeless charity Glide. More →

Vanity Fair Charity Issue Edited By Bono Jun 25, 2007

Bono is putting his philanthropic energy into Vanity Fair’s July 2007 special issue about Africa. The issue has 20 different cover photos of high-profile individuals, all taken by renowned photographer Annie Liebowitz. More →

Buffett Auctions Celebrity Dinner For Charity Mar 4, 2007

Businessman and philanthropist extraordinare Warren Buffett is to auction off a meal with himself and celebrity friends. More →

Buffett Goes Broke After 45mins of Charity Poker Tournament Dec 8, 2006

Bridge skills failed to help the chances of billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett in a charity poker tournament to benefit the Nebraska chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. More →

Lunch With Buffett Sells For $620k Jul 2, 2006

An opportunity to dine with investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett has sold at online auction for $620,100, which will go to the charity Glide. More →

Warren Buffett Gives 85% of Fortune To Bill Gates' Foundation Jun 26, 2006

In a stunning move the world’s second richest man Warren Buffett has announced that he will donate around $37bn of his personal fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. More →