Cleve E. Carney championed a range of nonprofit groups and causes, including the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, the B.R. Ryall YMCA in Glen Ellyn and the DuPage Community Foundation, which named him "Philanthropist of the Year" in 2007. A longtime …

The 2013 Central Minnesota Community Foundation has selected winners of its Philanthropy Awards. They will be presented Sept. 12 at the Holiday Inn & Suites, St. Cloud. The Alex Didier Award in Philanthropy honors a person or couple who have given …

Lately, however, the concept of private philanthropy has come under fire. Some have suggested it's a world rife with organizations whose agendas are narrow and self-serving. Making grants is dismissed as more about cleansing one's conscience than acts …

In late 2012, Forbes Magazine named Katherine “Ones to Watch” as an up-and-coming face in philanthropy, a select group who are using their money for good in distinctive and innovative ways. Katherine serves on the board of directors of the …

It's not often that a news organization finds itself at the center of the week's biggest business news story. But last Monday, the Graham family announced it would sell The Washington Post and its affiliated publications after 80 years of ownership …

Women Take an Activist Path to Philanthropy. They want a depth of knowledge before donating but recoil at pressure tactics. Women Take an Activist Path to Philanthropy 1. Buck Ennis/Crain's New York Business. Sheena Wright is reviving the United Way of …

When Peter Buffett took to the pages of The New York Times to lament what he calls a “crisis of imagination” in philanthropy—a failure to envisage a way for our society to function that puts an end to what he calls a “perpetual poverty machine,” he …

Henningsgaard, a highly regarded philanthropist, was flying a small plane to Seattle in 2009 with his mother when the engine quit. He crash-landed on Washington's Columbia River. “I forced myself to confront that fact that the situation any pilot fears …

Philanthropic endeavors are of particular interest to Mraz, who feels strongly that — although he terms it a "double-edged" sword — his career success requires him to take action and make a change in this world that he's traveled so extensively. "I …