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Ben Berman, 27, began baking pizzas and delivering them from his second story apartment to connect with friends at the start of the pandemic. Months later, his hobby evolved into a booming nonprofit that has raised $30,000 to help fight food insecurity and homelessness in Philadelphia. Berman’s passion for cooking for others was inspired by his mother Kerri. Raised in Portland,...

MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, says she has given away $4.1 billion in the past four months to hundreds of organizations as part of a giving pledge she announced last year

Justin Bieber has teamed up with a choir of London medical staff to record a charity Christmas single.

Find out how to donate to Christmas Wish CT’s Virtual Toy Drive, and learn some of Taylor and Mike’s favorite toys they received for Christmas when they were kids!

Giving Tuesday takes place the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving and is a day to give back to the community following the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. NBCLX’s Clark Fouraker explains how you can get involved.

Celebrity chef David Chang, host of the Netflix series “Ugly Delicious” and founder of the Momofuku restaurant group, just became the first celebrity to take home the $1 million prize for charity on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.”

Thousands of people have jammed roads for miles in Atlanta to try to get boxes of food and gift cards donated by entertainer Tyler Perry

The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to a national coin shortage and is expected to put a major dent in the charity’s main fundraiser.

Comedian John Oliver has upped the stakes in a tongue-in-cheek spat with a Connecticut city, offering to donate $55,000 to charity if officials follow through on a joke to rename its sewage treatment plant after him.

Four California high school students worked together to create the Be the Change Coloring Co., a small business that makes coronavirus coloring books to help children understand the virus. The students have already raised over $12,000 for Black Lives Matter, the CDC and other organizations.

You can hear buzzing from a backyard in Farmington most days of the week: It’s the sound of creativity born in a time of crisis. When Senan Gorman, the graphic designer by trade, found his work slowing to a halt amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided to use his newfound free time to take up a new skill — chainsaw…

Tiki Task Force carves Tiki statues to sell locally and use the money to buy lunches for Healthcare Workers, Nursing Home Staff and group home staff.
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One Farmington family decided to do their part during the coronavirus pandemic by carving and selling tiki art to raise money to help feed healthcare workers.

We are spotlighting Connecticut kids who are making a difference! Meet Chelsea from Danbury, who created Chelsea’s Charity!

The decision to play the Travelers Championship without fans will impact the small businesses in the area around the tournament that depend on the crowds.

An East Hampton restaurant is offering a special deal to residents over 65-years-old. Po’s Rice & Spice restaurant in East Hampton say they are offering free dinner combos with free delivery to East Hampton residents within 8 miles. “During hard times we must think of others, those most effected by this current situation, and help where we can,” said restaurant…

How do you really know your donations are going to make a difference? Here are some ways to make sure your money is going toward a good cause. 

Certified Financial Planner and Author Liz Frazier shared tips.

The head of a Chicago charity that has been awarded $200,000 by the NFL’s new social activism initiative is apologizing for her social media posts from 2016 that show her cutting the dreadlocks of two teen boys.

A New Jersey couple bought 247 pairs of shoes at a closing Payless store and donated them to women and children in need.