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Prince Harry is in the UK to celebrate 10 years of the Invictus Games. AdvertisementThe royal family was noticeably absent from a ceremony celebrating the Invictus Games. The Invictus Games, a worldwide sporting competition for injured veterans, marked 10 years since its creation on Wednesday. AdvertisementAs part of the anniversary celebrations, The Invictus Games Foundation hosted a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in London. Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Invictus Games Foundation)Harry traveled to the UK to attend the ceremony and other events marking the anniversary.
Persons: Prince Harry, Princess Diana's, King Charles III, Prince William didn't, , London . Prince Harry, Chris Jackson, Harry, Queen Camilla, Diana's, Earl Charles Spencer, Lady Jane Fellowes, Max Mumby, Spencer, King Charles, Meghan Markle, Charles, Meghan, Duke, Sussex, Buckingham, Prince William, Sussex's, Kate Middleton's, Kate, Prince, Princess of Organizations: Invictus, Service, Invictus Games, Charity Commission, St Paul's Cathedral, Getty, Wednesday, Mail, BBC, Good Morning America, Reuters, Buckingham Palace, Sussex, Netflix Locations: England, Wales, Paul's, London, St Paul's, Buckingham
An "effective altruism" charity backed by Sam Bankman-Fried is set to close. The jailed former crypto billionaire was a major proponent of effective altruism. AdvertisementA UK-based "effective altruism" charity funded by the disgraced former cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried is set to close. Effective Ventures Foundation UK, originally incorporated in 2012, reported income of more than £140 million in 2022, which is around $177 million as of April 2024. The UK Charity Commission also opened an inquiry into Effective Ventures UK in December 2022 in order to assess any potential risks to the charity's assets.
Persons: Sam Bankman, , Luke Kemp, Michael Lewis, Fried Organizations: Service, Ventures Foundation, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge's, Harvard Law School, Alameda Research, Financial Times, UK, Commission, Ventures UK Locations: Oxford, Silicon Valley, FTX
Lawyers for FTX have said the company was "effectively run as a personal fiefdom of Sam Bankman-Fried." Hashim said that "Effective Ventures" is an umbrella for two charitable organizations, Effective Ventures Foundation in the U.K. and the Centre for Effective Altruism US. Alameda Research has donated grant money to the group since 2017, the same year the firm was launched by Bankman-Fried, according to the charity's U.K. financial records. The Centre For Effective Altruism has received approximately $14 million from the Future Fund, according to the fund's website. Bankman-Fried personally committed $16.5 billion from himself and FTX to effective altruism charities, according to a slide from conference about the philanthropies last year in London.
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