The luncheon, with the theme of “National Philanthropy Day 2013: Celebrating Washington Philanthropists for 25 years,” will be held Nov. 14, 2013, at The Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle. More than 1,000 donors, volunteers, leaders and other supporters …

Matthew Smith shares his story as a wounded Iraqi War Veteran on behalf of the Bethlehem Therapeutic Riding Stables Thursday October 3, 2013 during the annual Grant Award Event for Women in Philanthropy. WiP President Susan Williams and …

The Duke Endowment awarded a $3.4 million grant to Davidson College and Duke, Johnson C. Smith and Furman universities to study increasing student resilience, or the ability to thrive in adversity and difficult circumstances. The Stewards Fund issued a …

JPMorgan Chase has announced that Bruce McNamer will join the firm as the new Head of Global Philanthropy and Chief Executive Officer of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and Dalila Wilson-Scott has been appointed President of the Foundation.

As an estate-planning practitioner, you may have clients who donate significant sums to charity, but have little experience beyond writing checks. Fortunately, individuals have been practicing modern philanthropy for 100 years, and American …

Osmo Vanska, music director of the Minnesota Orchestra, followed through Tuesday on his pledge to step down if a labor dispute with the orchestra scuttled its planned November performances at Carnegie Hall, writes the Star Tribune of Minneapolis.

She formerly served as director of philanthropy for WWAMI Spokane, part of the University of Washington's five-state medical education program that serves Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. In that role, she raised funds for medical …

Wild Fire Tees, the collaboration of graphic artists and companies that created the iconic T-shirts of the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest fires, Hurricane Sandy and the recent Colorado floods, was named Outstanding Fundraising Campaign Volunteer by …

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has hired the head of a nonprofit that promotes business in developing countries to lead its charitable programs. Bruce McNamer will become JPMorgan's head of global philanthropy and chief executive of the JPMorgan Chase …