GLENN GAMBOA

Philanthropy news editor

Gamboa edits philanthropy coverage for The Associated Press and writes about nonprofits, giving and volunteerism. He is based in Cleveland.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer and creator of the award-winning Broadway musical, Hamilton, offers a message of gratitude after receiving a standing ovation at the end of the play's premiere held at the Santurce Fine Arts Center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, file)

Lin-Manuel Miranda will turn ‘Hamilton’ 10th anniversary into a fundraiser for immigration services

Lin-Manuel Miranda is using the 10th anniversary Broadway performance of *Hamilton* to support nonprofits providing immigration services.

This photo provided by ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital shows Ike Anand, the new president and CEO of ALSAC, in Memphis, Tenn., on June 11, 2025. (Courtesy of ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital via AP)

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s fundraiser selects new CEO in midst of global expansion

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s fundraising organization, ALSAC, promoted Ike Anand Tuesday to become its new president and chief executive officer.

Composer and conductor Tania León arrives to attend the Kennedy Center honorees reception at the White House in Washington, Dec. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Carnegie honors 20 ‘Great Immigrants,’ including composer Tania León, for 20th anniversary

Carnegie Corp. of New York’s 2025 class of Great Immigrants, Great Americans include composer and conductor Tania León, last year’s Nobel Prize winner in economics Simon Johnson, and Voto Latino CEO Maria Teresa Kumar.

Singer Barbra Streisand performs in New York, Oct. 11, 2012. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Barbra Streisand finds ‘The Secret of Life’ on her new duets album with Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney

For her new duets album “The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2,” Barbra Streisand works with legends Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and James Taylor, current hitmakers Hozier and Sam Smith and relative newcomers like Laufey.

Harrison Ford arrives at an FYC screening of "1923" on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Linwood Dunn Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Harrison Ford wants the Operation Smile award honoring his friend to inspire others to give more

Harrison Ford will receive an award for his philanthropy from the global surgery and training nonprofit Operation Smile.

Chef Jose Andres attends City Harvest Presents The 2025 Gala: Carnaval at Cipriani 42nd Street on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

‘Money does no good in a bank': World Central Kitchen’s Jose Andres urges donors to give more

José Andrés says his work with his nonprofit World Central Kitchen flows with his 40 restaurants, his NBC cooking competition show with Martha Stewart “Yes, Chef,” and his new book “Change the Recipe: Because You Can’t Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs” that hit stores last month.

Sal Perez, executive producer and VP of Sesame Street at Sesame Workshop, talks to Bert and Ernie after winning the Elevate Prize Foundation's Catalyst Award, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)

Sesame Workshop receives Elevate Prize Catalyst Award as it charts a new path for ‘Sesame Street’

Elmo, Abby Cadabby and the rest of the “Sesame Street” gang will get some high-profile help as they travel down a new road.

Abigail Disney, second right, speaks during The Elevate Prize Foundation's Make Good Famous Summit, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Abigail Disney urges donors to be braver about their giving and shouldering more risk

Activist and philanthropist Abigail Disney urged donors and the leaders of major foundations and nonprofits to be braver with their giving, especially at a time when more are fearful about speaking their minds.

A first printing of the United States Constitution is displayed at Sotheby's auction house during a press preview on Nov. 5, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Ken Griffin will loan his copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights so the public can see them

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin believes American prosperity is a testament to the power of the Constitution.

In this photo provided by Jazz Foundation of America, jazz pianist Bertha Hope, who is a member of The Mellon Foundation and Jazz Foundation of America's inaugural class of Jazz Legacies Fellows, poses for a photo in January 2025, in New York. (Steven Baboun/NativRoots courtesy of Jazz Foundation of America via AP)

New jazz fellowship honors the genre’s elders and gives them each an unrestricted $100,000 grant

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Jazz Foundation of America on Tuesday announced the Jazz Legacies Fellowship -- a new $15 million program that will give 50 artists who are 62 years or older a lifetime achievement award that includes a $100,000 unrestricted grant, professional support and per

Signage for the "12-12-12" concert is displayed on the Madison Square Garden jumbotron, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

FireAid, with Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga, is the latest in a long line of massive benefit concerts

FireAid, featuring Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Sting, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others in a fundraiser for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts, is the latest event to combine music and philanthropy.

D. M. Therrell High School student Ja'Marion Hulin, 17, who runs the school's record company, Panther Records, poses for a photograph Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Save the Music Foundation looks to expand its school education support by going independent

The VH1 Save the Music Foundation never had any problem getting attention in the late ’90s when it launched with a party featuring Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey.

La June Montgomery Tabron, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's first woman and first Black CEO poses for a photo, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

The Kellogg Foundation CEO shares her own life story to foster more racial healing

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s first woman and first Black CEO believes many Americans have a desire for racial healing. They just don’t know how to start.

FILE - Bill Clinton, Founder and Board Chair of the Clinton Foundation & 42nd President of the United States, speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

Bill Clinton explains why philanthropy fills his post-presidential life in his new book ‘Citizen’

Former President Bill Clinton talks about how philanthropy has allowed him to continue making changes in the world to help others in his new book, “Citizen: My Life After the White House,” published Tuesday by Knopf.

This photo provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies shows vendors selling produce at the Friday Market in Rourkela, India, Feb. 23, 2024. (Bloomberg Philanthropies via AP)

Bloomberg Philanthropies launches its largest Mayors Challenge ever to inspire city leaders globally

To support more innovative ideas from cities around the world, Michael R. Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies, Wednesday announced the largest Mayors Challenge ever.

FILE- In this Aug. 27, 2018 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter works with other volunteers on site during the first day of the weeklong Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, their 35th work project with Habitat for Humanity, in Mishawaka, Ind. Carter turns 95 on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP, File)

A concert and 30 new homes mark Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday and long legacy of giving

A benefit concert and the construction of 30 new homes are among the many celebrations marking President Jimmy Carter’s unprecedented 100th birthday on Oct. 1.

Global Citizen co-founder Hugh Evans, left, and Hugh Jackman speak during the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at Central Park in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Global Citizen CEO taps into Generation Z’s sense of urgency

The CEO of activism organization Global Citizen says the sense of urgency that younger generations bring to solving international challenges needs to be nurtured in the rest of the world.

Prince Harry speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Prince Harry says harms of social media have created an ‘epidemic’ for today’s youth

Prince Harry said today’s youth is in the midst of an “epidemic” of anxiety, depression and social isolation due to negative experiences online, as he brought his campaign to help children and their parents navigate cyberspace to this week’s Clinton Global Initiative.

President Joe Biden is presented with the Global Citizen Award by former President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jill Biden reveals $500 million plan that focuses on women’s health at Clinton Global Initiative

First lady Jill Biden has unveiled a new set of actions to address health inequities faced by women in the United States.

Children take part in Brilliant Detroit's "Street Read" program, where they get to select a book to read to their caregivers or friends outside the nonprofit's Osborn hub in Detroit in 2024. (Brilliant Detroit via AP)

Early childhood development nonprofit Brilliant Detroit set to expand nationally

Brilliant Detroit, the early childhood education nonprofit that supports children in underserved communities “from belly to 8,” plans to expand its unique neighborhood-based holistic model beyond The Motor City.

FILE - Britain's Prince Harry leaves after attending an Invictus Games Foundation 10th Anniversary Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in London, on May 8, 2024. Prince Harry, actor Matt Damon, and World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres are set to speak at the 2024 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York on Sept. 23 and 24, the Clinton Foundation announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Prince Harry and Matt Damon set to address this year’s Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting

Prince Harry, actor Matt Damon, and World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres are set to speak at the 2024 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York on Sept. 23 and 24, the Clinton Foundation announced Thursday.

FILE - People raise their hands as police, trying to get them to disperse, move toward them during protests on Aug. 11, 2014 over the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

With their massive resources, corporations could be champions of racial equity but often waver

A Missouri nonprofit founded in 2015 to help address the issues that contributed to the police shooting death of Michael Brown Jr. and the riots that followed has faced the same lament many philanthropies face.

Lisa (Lalisa Manoban), left, and Rose (Roseanne Park) from the K-Pop band Blackpink pose with their Honorary MBEs, Members of the Order of the British Empire, awarded to them in recognition of the band's role as COP26 advocates for the COP26 Summit in Glasgow 2021, in London, on Nov. 22, 2023. (Victoria Jones/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Blackpink rapper Lisa joins Global Citizen Festival lineup in New York’s Central Park

Blackpink rapper Lisa will join the Global Citizen Festival lineup in New York’s Central Park for her first solo performance at a festival, the anti-poverty nonprofit announced Tuesday.

FILE - Post Malone performs a medley during the 59th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas. Post Malone and Doja Cat, two of pop music’s biggest stars, will headline this year’s Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on Sept. 28, 2024, as organizers focus on mobilizing young people to help address the world’s pressing problems. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Post Malone and Doja Cat to headline Global Citizen Festival to mobilize young people

Post Malone and Doja Cat, two of pop music’s biggest stars, will headline this year’s Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on Sept. 28, as organizers focus on mobilizing young people to help address the world’s pressing problems.

NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade, center, poses with Carolina Garcia Jayaram, left, CEO of the Elevate Prize Foundation, and Joseph Deitch, right, founder of the foundation, after having received the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the Make Good Famous Summit in Miami Beach, Fla. Wade has launched Translatable, a nonprofit online community dedicated to supporting transgender youth. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

NBA great Dwyane Wade launches Translatable, an online community supporting transgender youth

NBA great Dwyane Wade has launched Translatable, a nonprofit online community dedicated to supporting transgender youth.

Candid CEO Ann Mei Chang poses for a photo at the nonprofit's headquarters on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in New York. Chang, CEO since 2021, believes her organization can help the philanthropic sector work more efficiently by making more data from donors and grantees available to the public.(AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)

The larger the nonprofit, the more likely it is run by a white man, says new Candid diversity report

White men are most likely to lead the largest, best-funded nonprofits, while women of color tend to lead the organizations with the fewest financial resources, according to a study from the nonprofit data research organization Candid released Thursday.

This image provided by Michael Weintrob shows the TN11, a group of citizens brought together by Citizen Solutions to discuss potential gun rights changes, stands outside the state capital in Nashville on Jan. 9, 2024. (Michael Weintrob via AP)

New Builders initiative looks to fight polarization by encouraging collaboration and alliances

A coalition that includes entrepreneur and philanthropist Daniel Lubetzky, actor Liev Schreiber, journalist Katie Couric, and director of the Muhammad Ali Center Lonnie Ali announced Tuesday that it would launch Builders, a nonprofit global initiative aimed at reducing polarization while encouraging

FILE - Rita Moreno arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Moreno will be honored for her career and philanthropic accomplishments at the WNET Group 2024 Gala at the Edison Ballroom in New York City on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

How Rita Moreno uses honors like an upcoming public television award to further her philanthropy

Rita Moreno says it was always in her nature to be generous – to hold doors for people and help lighten a mother’s load if she was struggling with shopping bags and children.

Teyana Taylor attends The King's Trust Global Gala at Casa Cipriani on Thursday, May 2, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

King Charles’ longtime charity celebrates new name and US expansion at New York gala

The King’s Trust has celebrated its new name, an update of King Charles III’s long-running charity The Prince’s Trust.

Aid organizations suspend operations in Gaza after World Central Kitchen workers’ deaths

Several humanitarian aid organizations have suspended operations in Gaza after an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen workers.