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FILE - President of The Rockefeller Foundation Dr. Rajiv Shah speaks during a panel discussion at the Global Citizen NOW Summit, Thursday, April 27, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

MrBeast and the Rockefeller Foundation team up to spark youth philanthropy and fight child labor

Beast Philanthropy, the charitable organization started by MrBeast founder Jimmy Donaldson, and the Rockefeller Foundation are announcing a strategic partnership. The idea is to pair Donaldsonโ€™s unique ability to capture youth attention spans with the foundationโ€™s 112-year history of using its resources and technology to tackle global problems. The exact issues they plan to tackle together are still being hammered out and there is no shared grantmaking to announce yet. Dr. Rajiv Shah, the president of the Rockefeller Foundation, says MrBeast can help them engage young people, inspire hope and communicate their work more accessibly. Donaldson hopes the Rockefeller Foundation can help him be more efficient and make โ€œreal, lasting change.โ€

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