This is all for the sake of philanthropy — a field that took on newfound importance for him when his father announced in 2006 that he was giving the bulk of his fortune to charity ($31 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the other $6 …

You've got to admire the balance struck by Donna Dubinsky and Len Shustek, the couple honored as the Philanthropists of the Year on Friday by the Silicon Valley chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Dubinsky — a driving force behind …

For their generous giving and dedicated service, Lutheran Services Carolinas recently named the Salisbury couple Philanthropists of the Year for central North Carolina. John and Barbara served as campaign chairs for LSC's Keeping the Promise capital …

MARIETTA — A local millionaire businessman convinced the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University to teach graduate students this fall about the importance of philanthropy. With literally millions of ways to give, Tom Hughes asked the …

New Canaan Girl Scout and 2013 Gold Award Recipient Janelle K. Gerardi was named the 2013 Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy as a part of National Philanthropy Day in Connecticut on Nov. 15, 2013. Photo: Contributed Photo. New Canaan Girl Scout …

Will Radner is giving $1 million over three years to the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin to expand its behavioral health services. Radner developed the Knock Out rose variety.. He continues to develop new rose varieties at his home in Greenfield.

Twitter: @andrewrsorkin. A version of this article appears in print on 11/12/2013, on page F1 of the NewYork edition with the headline: Plan to Finance Philanthropy Shows the Power of a Simple Question. Tags. Banking and Financial Institutions …

When the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 devastated parts of Indonesia, and again when a massive earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, a sizable percentage of Americans followed those natural disasters closely – and opened their wallets to relief efforts …

When its new building opens to the public in 2016, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will be granting free admission to visitors 18 years old and under. The move is an expansion of its program that allows kids 12 and under in free. SFMOMA said the …