High-school friends and I have made it a tradition, established by pact upon gaining seniorhood, that birthday girls of the month would cohost potluck lunches and, more recently, that in lieu of gifts we'd do some philanthropy on our own modestly …

A Bill Giese creation, well-tended sunflowers in a recycled wine bottle were sold over the summer at the Downtown Saturday Market and the money donated to Southwest Elementary. Giese said he and his son, Gage, may very well continue the efforts next …

The Greater New Orleans Foundation unveiled plans for its new Center for Philanthropy at 919 St. Charles Ave. on Lee Circle in New Orleans on Oct. 8. The center will house offices for GNOF as well as spaces for their community of donors, nonprofits and …

The plaintiff, Dr. Norman Block, holds a chair at the university's medical school that was endowed by the 1981 donation from the late Miami philanthropist L. Austin Weeks. His suit, filed last week in a Miami-Dade County court, alleges the school …

Federal agencies scrambled Thursday to restart their annual work-place charity fundraiser and make up for time lost to the 16-day government shutdown, reports the Federal Times. The Department of Defense, the biggest government agency, froze all …

The Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recognizes those who, following in Andrew Carnegie's footsteps, aim to "do real and permanent good in this world." Carnegie's philosophy of giving was shaped by his life experiences. A poor immigrant who became a …

The power of giving is a message Hastings residents Larry and Earlene Baum carried statewide while being presented with the 2013 Russell G. Mawby Award for Philanthropy during the 41st annual conference of the Council of Michigan Foundations in …

Whether you are creating a new estate plan or revising an existing one, there are certain topics to consider to successfully achieve your philanthropic goals. Including philanthropy in your estate plan takes a lot of thought, planning and creativity …

On Thursday, at a ceremony in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, the couple received the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, the so-called Nobel Prize for philanthropy. The award is given biannually by the international family of Carnegie institutions …