Philanthropy

New $3.3m Dementia Singapore-Lien Foundation initiative offers early palliative care, home support

PDS+ will help persons at the late stage of dementia transit from centre-based to home-based care for up to one year.

Gates Foundation to spend $1.27 billion to expand AI access to poor, remote communities

Chief Executive Officer of the Gates Foundation, Mark Suzman, said the foundation will look at how AI can be applied in education and agriculture to narrow inequalities.

National Gallery Singapore’s banner year in 2025: $8.4m in donations, 2.2m visitors

The National Gallery Singapore attracted 2.2million visitors for FY2025/26 through exhibitions and events such its Light To Night festival.

Kidney patient’s son carries on legacy of donating to NKF

SUTL chairman and chief executive Arthur Tay continues his father’s legacy of supporting NKF’s dialysis and sustainability efforts.

Lien Foundation’s latest biennial report is a first-aid box

Lien Foundation’s latest 2024-2025 report is literally a first-aid box of “radical remedies”.

From Bahamas resort to Cairnhill: Ex-supermodel Ethel Fong designs havens for global family

Former Singapore supermodel Ethel Fong in her Cairnhill Road Art Deco conservation terrace house.

Buffett says his children ready to distribute his fortune, calls Bill Gates’ Epstein ties ‘distasteful’

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett omitted the Gates Foundation from his annual mid-year charitable donations.

Non-profit launches $10m accelerator programme for early-career S’pore artists with $2,000 stipend

Singaporean artists Shayne Phua (left) and Rofizano Zaino will receive a stipend of up to $2,000 monthly for a year under arts non-profit Artery’s new Artist Accelerator Programme.

Billie Tisch, influential New York philanthropist, dies at 98

Billie and Laurence Tisch at the I Dreamed of Africa movie premiere at Sony Lincoln Theatre, New York on Oct 4, 2000.

Laurence Lien among Time’s 100 most influential people in philanthropy; only Singaporean on list

Laurence Lien, 55, is the only Singaporean to make the 2026 list that was released in its May 25 issue.

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