Winners of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy 2013, are pictured in the Debating Chamber of the Scottish Parliament Edinburgh where the awards were presented. (L-R Back Row: Dame Janet Wolfson de Botton on behalf of the Wolfson Family, Dr. James .

Amanda Kretter (center), 15, stands between her parents Robert and Lisa, while showing off an image of the first time she met Jane Goodall. Amanda has been raising money for Goodall's research since she was 9. ( KELSEY ANNE DUBINSKY / Staff …

In this episode of Social Good, Bradford K. Smith, president of the Foundation Center, highlights foundations that are doing more to share information and data—and how that openness is helping foundations and their grantees better achieve their missions.

National Philanthropy Day, celebrated each November by the San Antonio Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, attempts to thank and recognize all people in our community who selflessly give their time, talent and financial support to …

Anyone involved with philanthropy has seen innumerable examples of unintended consequences. My friend, the late Congressman Peter Rodino, Jr. of New Jersey, told me that the proudest moment of his career was when the first low-income public housing …

The trust is one of a dozen different foundations set up by the Scottish/American philanthropist, who died in 1919 after endowing 2,509 libraries and 7,689 church organs round the English-speaking world. The seminar he would have been most interested …

A $500,000 gift to the University of Iowa Foundation from Kevin (1980 Bachelor of Business Administration) and Donna Gruneich will strengthen the University of Iowa's Certificate in Fundraising and Philanthropy Communication program. The Gruneich …

Summers called the Fellowship, which grants $100,000 to 17 to 20-year-olds who leave college to start a company, “the single most misdirected bit of philanthropy in this decade,” according to technology news website TechCrunch. With the tagline “Some …

Alisa Bartel was at a national conference on Alzheimer's disease when she noticed some folks wearing T-shirts saying “Blondes vs. Brunettes.” Fortunately, it wasn't a competition about who was more likely to get Alzheimer's; it was a fundraiser that …