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The third wave of American philanthropy - by Nan Ransohoff

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AI is about to generate hundreds of billions in new philanthropic funding. We have real work to do to make the most of it.

The third wave of American philanthropy AI is about to generate hundreds of billions in new philanthropic funding. We have a huge amount of work to do to make the most of it. Nan Ransohoff May 19, 2026 707 99 135 Share Hundreds of billions of dollars in new philanthropic capital will soon become liquid. The OpenAI Foundation holds 26% of OpenAI, worth about $220B at today’s valuation. Anthropic’s seven co-founders have pledged to give away 80% of their wealth and have instituted the most aggressive donor matching program for employees in tech history. How much does this all add up to? And how

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