Billionaire to donate $1M every week to nonprofits

A billionaire business man in Massachusetts has vowed to donate $1 million a week, every week, for a year. Rob Hale is the CEO of Granite Telecommunications. The Hale Family has already gifted tens of millions of dollars to local hospitals and institutions. Now, they’re on their biggest mission yet, to gift $1 million a…

This Boston Billionaire Is Giving Away $1 Million A Week

Rob Hale is funding endowments for grassroots nonprofit groups, the latest twist in billionaire philanthropy. Rob Hale and his wife Karen have a reputation in New England for giving big. Hale, who is worth an estimated $5 billion from his controlling stake in Granite Telecommunications, has written checks in the tens of millions of dollars…