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In October 2015, Sanmay Ved found a bargain. He saw that the domain “Google.com” was available for $12 and snagged the multi-billion dollar company’s URL. His quick thinking wound up benefitting a local nonprofit group. In less than a minute Google realized the mistake and cancelled the sale. Ved agreed…

Berkeley California may be the first city to require a business to give a portion of its product to the poor. While two percent is not a biblical tithe, it is a portion of the company’s wealth. The law says that medical marijuana dispensaries must give away at least 2 percent of their pot free to very…

A New Jersey man discovered that he may be losing his government benefits after he found $850 on a sidewalk and turned it in to police. James Brady was homeless when he found the money on the sidewalk. He gave the cash to authorities, but was allowed to keep it when no one claimed it after six months.…

By Kate Rogers Published January 23, 2013 |FOXBusiness The Panera Bread Foundation has opened a new community café in Boston, which has no cash register or prices, just suggested donations. Panera Bread Company, which has 1,600 restaurants across the country, opened the café to provide community members…

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi has traveled the world and eaten in the world’s finest restaurants. Now, he is opening a restaurant of his own, The Soul Kitchen, established in a former auto body shop near his hometown in central New Jersey. Several years ago, Bon Jovi started a foundation to help those in need…

A Chinese woman has become somewhat of a local hero because of her efforts to find and care for babies she finds on the streets of her city. 88-year-old Lou Xiaoying, suffers from kidney failure, but takes time to rescue children, some of whom she finds in the trash. Since her husband passed away 17…

Rankin Paynter of Winchester, Kentucky made a business decision to purchase the entire inventory of a closing Kmart store. It looked like a promising business proposition. After thinking about it a little and observing the poor around his town, he donated the entire $200,000 worth of goods to a community…

Jesus walked where the people could see him; even the needy ones. Luke tells of ten lepers who could see him and called to him while he was passing by. Jesus stopped and healed them. (See Luke 17) If the city of Santa Barbara, California has its way, it will become more difficult for the needy and the…

A homeless man in New York City recently got more than he asked for, when an advertising executive handed him an American Express Platinum Card when he asked for spare change. 32 year-old Jay Valentine said he has been homeless for a few years, after he lost his job at a real-estate company that had…

For years, Bill Gates, chairman and CEO of Microsoft has been the world’s richest man. He has ceded his ranking. He has given away more than $28 billion through his charitable foundation. --The Week, March 18, 2011 p. 8 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell Perhaps Gates has learned the truth…

Love In his book, The Power of Loving Your Church, David Hansen shows his readers Christ's love in action in the church. One story especially touched me. While ministering in Rural Montana, David met a feisty 94-year old blind woman whose fierce independence buffeted his early attempts to minister to…

"Least of These" When life jack-hammers our souls into pulp, it is easy to lose perspective and sneak into a self-absorbed cocoon, isolated from other's pain, joy, happiness, and suffering. Perhaps we think our emotional cocoon is a safe place-where no one can hurt us. Or, we believe it is a healing…

CHARITY Are you wealthy? Before you answer that question, perhaps you should reflect upon the plight of the people in Mozambique. "Last year Mozambique had one of the highest economic growth rates in the world." according to Brady Anderson, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.…

Giving Continues During Economic Downturn The results of a new study show that, while most Americans plan to spend less on Christmas presents this year, almost half are now more likely to give to charitable organizations. A World Vision survey, which was conducted by Harris Interactive, reveals that…

Someone you meet is facing a harder battle than you. Two golfers stepped up to the first tee on the St. Andrews course at Ardsley, New York, one of America's oldest courses. The elder one was a kindly man who played a thoughtful, deliberate game. The younger man was full of pride and impatience. On the…

As the fast food commercials tell us, this is a super-sized world. In 2006, that was especially evident in the philanthropic world, where the biggest charitable donations started with "b," as in "billion." First, Bill Gates announced he would retire from Microsoft to focus full-time on his $30 billion…

The 60 richest Americans have fortunes totaling an estimated $630 billion, of which only a little over $7 billion has been pledged to charity. Source: Philanthropy Today 3/1/07

3. Super-Sized Philanthropy As the fast food commercials tell us, this is a super-sized world. In 2006, that was especially evident in the philanthropic world, where the biggest charitable donations started with "b," as in "billion." First, Bill Gates announced he would retire from Microsoft to focus…