Young donors want to know where their money is going and what their gifts will accomplish. Those are two of the key lessons from young donors interviewed in videos produced by Achieve, a fundraising consulting firm that in July released its annual …

Many Asian Americans know Scott Oki as the ex-Microsoft multi-millionaire and owner of 11 Washington state golf courses, including the Newcastle Golf Course. But few know Oki as an ineffable philanthropist because he doesn't follow the path of a …

After donating a large part of their wealth to philanthropy, US billionaires Warren Buffett, who pledged 99 per cent of his wealth in 2006 and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, are campaigning to have hundreds of fellow billionaire Americans to give at …

A new organization called BigLeap is marrying “crowdfunding” Web sites like Kickstarter and GoFundMe to competitions to attract dollars for innovative projects serving social goals, according to Forbes. Described in the article as “the world's first …

Expanding Israel's NIS 100K philanthropy club. Almost half of Israeli nonprofits' funding comes from the government, while relatively few Israelis donate more than NIS 100,000 to NGOs here. A new initiative is seeking to change that. By Tali Heruti …

“The college and the county work together to provide access to a quality education for our residents,” said Freeholder Director Joe Donnelly, who will be making opening remarks at the foundation's Fifth Annual Celebration of Philanthropy event in October.

As it campaigns to raise $60-million to complete its prospective Manhattan home, the Museum for African Art is broadening its mission to include an institute dedicated to African policy, business, and culture, writes The Wall Street Journal. Phil Conte …

Internet.org, the Facebook-led effort to bring online access to billions of low-income people in the developing world, is “business dressed up as charity,” according to an opinion article in technology and culture news site The Verge. Verge co-editor …

Anthony D. Marshall, the 89-year-old son of philanthropist and society grande dame Brooke Astor, was granted medical parole Thursday after serving two months of a one- to three-year prison term for plotting to steal tens of millions of dollars his …