The Bethesda, Md.-based firm made the decision following a review of its philanthropy guidelines, company spokesman Gordon Johndroe said. “We believe engaging with and funding an organization that openly discriminates is in conflict with our policies,” …

Private Wealth magazine's recent roundtable on philanthropy, detailed in "The Legacy Factor", gave four industry leaders the opportunity to share their experience and perspectives on charitable giving with the ultra-affluent. Those same professionals …

Not only donors practice what Charles Dickens satirized as “telescopic philanthropy.” Professors wise in their own eyes fall into it as well. Dickens wrote of Mrs. Jellyby, a Londoner devoted day and night to the fictional “Borrioboola-Gha Venture,” a …

Bryan Clontz Leon L. Levy fellow The American College, the nation's largest nonprofit educational institution devoted to financial services, recently announced that Bryan Clontz has been named as the first Leon L. Levy Fellow in Philanthropy for 2014 …

As we come to the end of this series on the state of philanthropy, we want to turn away from the analysis and move to the proactive question: "Where do we go from here?" As with most things, it's far easier to diagnose a problem than to correct it. But …

SAN ANTONIO — The University of Texas System's 15 academic and health institutions raised more than $1.2 billion in philanthropy during fiscal year 2013, the UT System announced Tuesday. The year's worth of fundraising is the second-highest in the …

Legacy Health's Office of Philanthropy has added Judy Rooks as senior director of philanthropy operations. She will provide leadership and vision for developing a comprehensive donor relations marketing plan, as well as oversee events, communications, …

There is an emerging style of philanthropy that will not accept anything except solutions and cures. Gradually it will constitute a significant element in the way society allocates charitable resources. This new philanthropy is characterized by …

Do recipients of help become dependents? How can sustainable models of giving be created? Matt Damon and Gary White, founders of water.org, suggest that more market-oriented approaches to philanthropy will produce better results for all involved.