BTS, UNICEF and fan-powered giving: what the LOVE MYSELF campaign shows
The campaign has paired a global music audience with a child-protection message. Its strongest lesson may be how artists, companies and fans share the work.
What a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador does—and what the title does not mean
From athletes to artists, public figures can help bring attention to children’s rights. UNICEF’s own description makes clear that advocacy works alongside specialist programmes and local teams.
Ariana Grande’s foundation named ALMA Chicago among beneficiaries of concert proceeds
ALMA Chicago said a portion of proceeds from Grande’s Chicago shows would support Latina and LGBTQ+ communities. The organization did not publish a finalized contribution amount.
Inside Beast Philanthropy: How MrBeast's 100-Well Project Put Clean Water on the Map
YouTube's biggest creator turned view counts into boreholes across five African countries, and the project reopened an old debate about what celebrity-scale giving can and cannot fix.
Shakira's Barefoot Foundation Opens a New School in Her Hometown
In Barranquilla's Nuevo Bosque neighborhood, the singer's Pies Descalzos Foundation inaugurated a school built to serve around a thousand students a year, the latest in a model it has refined since 1997.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Test That Changed Parkinson's Research
A spinal-fluid assay developed through the actor's foundation can detect the disease's signature protein, including in people not yet diagnosed, a shift researchers called the biggest in the field in years.
Matthew McConaughey's Quiet Fix for School Safety: Free Help With the Paperwork
The Greenlights Grant Initiative does not hand out money of its own. It helps school districts win the federal safety funding they are often unaware of or too stretched to chase.
Colin Farrell Starts a Foundation for the Moment the Support Runs Out
Named for the challenge facing his son James, who has Angelman syndrome, the actor's new foundation targets what happens when people with intellectual disabilities become adults and age out of childhood services.
Lewis Hamilton's Mission 44 Is Funding the Engineers Formula 1 Rarely Sees
Fully funded master's scholarships in motorsport engineering are one piece of the foundation the seven-time champion built to widen who gets into the sport, and the classrooms that feed it.
Selena Gomez's Rare Impact Fund Turns a Beauty Brand Into a Youth Mental-Health Bet
At the fund's second annual benefit in Los Angeles, Gomez kept the spotlight on a long-term goal: mobilizing 100 million dollars for young people's mental health around the world.
Why The Trevor Project Named Megan Thee Stallion Its Mental-Health Champion
On World Mental Health Day 2025, the crisis-intervention nonprofit honored the rapper for advocacy rooted in her own grief, from a foundation named for her late parents to a free wellness hub for fans.