Despite rainy weather that forced the third annual Puppies on the Porch event indoors, spirits were high at the Sigma Chi fraternity house on Friday afternoon. In partnership with the Pi Beta Phi women's fraternity, the philanthropy event was an "aww …

The chief executive of nonprofit technology company Mozilla resigned under pressure Thursday amid an outcry over his support six years ago for a California ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage, reports The New York Times. Brendan Eich, who …

As a result, I have concluded that philanthropy doesn't suck, snark does. Since the beginning of time, snark has been used as a rudimentary tactic to justify saying a lot while doing nothing. Why? Snark sells. A negative headline will always garner …

According to a news release, the campaign specifically benefits the Victory Junction Camp in Randleman, N.C. The 45-day philanthropic effort runs April 5 through May 19 at participating Krispy Kreme U.S. locations. Victory Junction is a nonprofit …

The Wegman Family Charitable Foundation is the main philanthropy of the family, with company CEO Danny Wegman also at the head of the foundation. The funder has limited public presence, but has shown an interest in giving toward health organizations …

PALESTINE — A new entity, The Action Fund is “the only giving circle in Palestine” and represents a new concept in philanthropy for this town, Ahnise Summers, chairwoman, said. “We are really excited about it and it has been well received,” she said.

Big medicine, funded by the wealthiest and most generous philanthropists, is achieving astonishing breakthroughs. I was lucky enough to see some of them on a tour of the Joseph E. Robert Jr. Center for Surgical Care and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for …

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. will be the featured guest at the Cleveland Foundation's third biennial African-American Philanthropy Summit in April. The half-day summit and luncheon takes place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m …

When I took the job as the president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2005, philanthropy was facing a kind of identity crisis, and had been for a while. The rules had changed since our founder, John D. Rockefeller, opened the doors of the Rockefeller …