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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will headline SGDQ 2026’s Summer Games Done Quick finale in Minneapolis (July 6–11), with new runs from Pragmata, Saros, and Mouse: P.I. for Hire alongside fan favorites and nostalgic challenges, as the charity-marathon tradition continues to support Doctors Without Borders with its playful, vaudeville-style speedrunning and crowd-pleasing moments.
ESPN analyst Mina Kimes won the Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars final on ABC, securing $1 million for SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition after correctly answering the Final Jeopardy clue about The Gilded Age. She defeated Ike Barinholtz and Steven Weber, who each won $200,000 for their chosen charities. The tournament featured 21 contestants, and Kimes’ Yale English degree was highlighted as she clinched the top prize for charity.
ESPN analyst Mina Kimes won the Celebrity Jeopardy! finale, earning $1 million for the SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition of Los Angeles after a strategic semifinal and a correct Final Jeopardy clue about The Gilded Age; she’ll also host coverage of the National Spelling Bee later this month.
During his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV urged affluent American Catholics to continue supporting charitable works, emphasizing that sustained donations fund Catholic aid and align with the church’s mission.
King Charles III attended his first King's Trust Global Gala in New York, helping raise about $3 million for the charity as a constellation of celebrities—including Lionel Richie and Martha Stewart—joined Donatella Versace, Anna Wintour and Natasha Poonawalla at Christie's for the event’s 50th anniversary.
Shannon Elizabeth reportedly earned more than $1.2 million in her first week on OnlyFans, marking a blockbuster pivot from Hollywood as she seeks direct fan connection and plans a Las Vegas charity gala to support her foundation.
An English charity called Granborghini pairs UK seniors with supercar owners for joyrides to combat loneliness. Founded by Mark Cody after his grandmother's death, it recruits volunteers like Betty Tynan to organize outings, with support from supercar owners such as McLaren. Participants report feeling like rock stars and years younger after the rides, illustrating how a bold, feel‑good approach can address social isolation among retirees.
More than 30,000 runners are expected for the 130th Boston Marathon, featuring a notable lineup that includes astronaut Suni Williams, Chelsea Clinton, hockey Hall of Famer Zdeno Chara, former champion Des Linden, first-time entrant Bryan Arenales, Dropkick Murphys’ Jeff DaRosa, Amby Burfoot, Laura Green, Kristine Lilly and Chris Herren, among others—many running to support charities.
A SantaCon charity fundraiser organizer in New Jersey was indicted on wire fraud charges for diverting roughly $2.7 million raised from 2019–2024, with more than half of annual proceeds siphoned to personal use rather than charitable donations, leading to his arrest and an expected court appearance.
The SantaCon president Stefan Pildes was indicted in New York on a wire fraud charge for allegedly diverting about $2.7 million raised from the annual charity bar crawl into a personal “slush fund,” funding a New Jersey lakefront property, luxury travel, a Costa Rica resort investment, and other expenses, while telling attendees the proceeds would support various charities and donating only a small fraction to charity.
A dozen Democratic candidates in pivotal House and Senate races say they will donate or redirect Swalwell-linked contributions from his campaign and his Remedy PAC to charities as he resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations, in an effort to distance themselves from his endorsements and avoid GOP attacks. Examples include Rebecca Cooke in Wisconsin, who donated her Swalwell funds to multiple charities, Jordan Wood in Maine, Roy Cooper in North Carolina, and Sherrod Brown in Ohio, with other candidates likewise pledging to send donations to food banks, shelters, or survivor support organizations.
Pablo Picasso’s 1941 gouache “Tête de Femme” (valued at around $1 million) is being offered in the charity campaign “1 Picasso for 100 euros,” where each ticket costs 100 euros (about $116). 120,000 tickets are available, with the winner drawn on April 14. Proceeds go to the Alzheimer’s Research Foundation across Europe. The piece was donated by Opera Gallery, and Picasso’s grandson Olivier Widmaier Picasso says the work is undervalued and that the winner can keep, display, or resell it.
Sentebale, the Botswana- and Lesotho-focused charity co-founded by Prince Harry, is suing him for defamation in a case filed March 24, with Harry and former trustee Mark Dyer listed as defendants in a libel and slander claim. The dispute follows Harry’s departure from the charity amid a clash with chair Sophie Chandauka; a Charity Commission inquiry criticized how the public dispute was handled and said it harmed the charity, and no further documents were released alongside the filing.
A Saturday Night Live sketch mocking Tourette syndrome drew swift condemnation from Tourette Action, which said joking about the condition is unacceptable and harmful to the Tourette community. The sketch has celebrities blaming past statements on Tourette’s, a controversy that followed Bafta Awards coverage over an involuntary racial slur incident. The charity urged that mocking a disability is unacceptable, while responses from public figures varied; NBC has been asked for comment as SNL’s UK edition prepares to launch.
Gary Fear, a Staffordshire-based volunteer, has completed 13 aid missions to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion and has raised over £150,000 to help more than 7,500 families. He describes Kyiv as dark and freezing this winter amid energy outages, snow and tents in apartment complexes heated by gas, illustrating the civilian hardship. He plans another delivery in May with supplies such as food, generators and power banks, as European leaders mark the war’s fourth anniversary.