Jeff Skoll is one of the most creative, generous, and effective philanthropists of his time. And at age 47, he’s just getting started. (Photographs by Timothy Archibald) One of Jeff Skoll’s passions is storytelling. It stems from his youth, when he hoped

Simon’s career has taken him from hands-on antipoverty work in Sri Lanka to the halls of power and influence. As Oxfam’s director for global policy analysis, he served as liaison to committees of the US Congress on issues of land reform, poverty and food

Our TED Prize Beginnings InSTEDD was created from a TED prize with a single vision. In his acceptance speech, Larry Brilliant said: “My TED wish is for you to help build a global system,an early-warning system,to protect us against humanity’s worst night

Gary Barth is a Santa Rosa eye surgeon with restless feet and a serving heart. Later this month he will travel to a forest in Nepal to see a fellow doctor who does almost unbelievable things for poor people hampered by serious vision problems and who wan

Google.org, the search giant’s philanthropic arm, has struggled, but Google continues to give away money. In 2011, it gave $115 million, the company announced Wednesday. Of that, $40 million came in charitable grants to four causes: science, technology,