College Track

In 2018, Kevin Durant pledged $10 million over 10 years to create a college-access center in his Maryland hometown; today it serves 200+ students a year and reports a 96% four-year college acceptance rate | World News

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Kevin Durant/Image: Getty Images NBA star Kevin Durant’s $10 million commitment to college access in his Maryland hometown is now supporting more than 200 students annually, with the education centre established through the initiative reporting a four-year college acceptance rate above 96%.Durant announced the 10-year pledge in 2018 through the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation, partnering…

Laurene Powell Jobs left Wall Street and moved to Florence for eight months, then built a multibillion-dollar empire funding education, climate and social change | World News

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Laurene Powell Jobs took an unconventional route from Wall Street to becoming one of the most influential philanthropists and investors in the United States. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, she spent a year at Merrill Lynch and two years at Goldman Sachs before leaving finance and moving to Florence, Italy, where…