The Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College released a new study, “A Golden Age of Philanthropy Still Beckons: National Wealth Transfer and Potential for Philanthropy Technical Report,” in late May based on data collected in the summer and …

Reversing more than a decade of stagnant spending on the arts, California legislators have approved a budget that allocates $5-million for the state's cultural grant-making body, reports the Los Angeles Times. If signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the 2014-15 …

Keeping your philanthropic edge takes work. No sooner do you get everything figured out then here comes a curve ball. Your budget gets cut (but not the expectations for what your team will accomplish.) Your primary competitor steals your limelight with …

Bill Gates and Chinese billionaire Jack Ma met in Beijing to talk about charity, according to a post by the world's richest man on Twitter today. Ma, who set up a charity trust potentially worth more than $3 billion in April, threw a dinner for Gates …

WASHINGTON (RNS) Americans are slowly pulling themselves out of a charitable slump—except when it comes to religious groups. That takeaway from the new Giving USA report, perhaps the most-read annual study on philanthropy, shows a slight …

Dalio has said that he hates media attention, a feeling that seems to spill over into his philanthropy. Being that Ray Dalio seems to be one of the more modest billionaires around, it isn't surprising that he quietly funded the Dalio Foundation years …

Four freshly-minted Trinity International University graduates are combining the desire for an end-of-college adventure with the more serious mission of raising money and awareness of the scourge of human trafficking as they bicycle from Deerfield to …

Peter Buffett, the youngest son of legendary investor Warren Buffett, has rather strong views on philanthropy. In July 2013, Buffett, who is a musician, author and philanthropist all rolled into one, stirred a hornet's nest by publishing an Op-Ed …

This weekend was one of fine dining, high fashion and philanthropy in Edgartown. The Taste of the Vineyard, an event many say marks the beginning of the social season on the Vineyard, celebrated its 29th successful year. By long tradition, the Taste …