How a tide of tech money is transforming charity
The new philanthropists are young, impatient and in a hurry
When Andrew White first sold a chunk of his business in 2021, he knew he wanted to give some of the proceeds away. Indeed, if all goes according to plan, he hopes eventually to give over $20m to charity. But Mr White was still busy running FundApps, a compliance-monitoring service for investors. That left little time to read up on development economics or scour charity rankings.
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Giving 3.0”
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