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Ken Griffin Kicks in $3 Million for Soccer: Philanthropy Tracker
- $250 million to Columbia University tops December gifts list
- 32-year-old entrepreneur donates $50 million to alma mater
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Some of the big gifts made in December make the smaller ones requested by nonprofits in the final days of the year seem so reasonable. And then there’s also the closing window on charitable deductions.
Whatever your motivation, there are plenty of causes vying for attention right now, and the entries in the latest installment of the Bloomberg News Philanthropy Tracker just might inspire you. Ken Griffin got behind after-school soccer programs. An iconic movie house in the Hamptons will be saved. Howard G. Buffett gave a boost to a new academy focused on agribusiness careers.