… which he managed shortly after. At number two was the acceleration of philanthropy and CSR activities in the organisation —ahead of reorganising the company and transforming it from a professional to an entrepreneurial entity. Fourteen years later …

The topic of corporate philanthropy raises an abundance of questions. How do I align my corporate vision with a worthy cause? How do I motivate my staff to get involved? How much should I give? Is it a matter of time, money or both? Haskell & White has …

Two recent articles make the case for strategic corporate philanthropy. And while the authors come at the topic from different angles, they agree that when corporate foundation or corporate social responsibility leaders align programs with causes that …

Peyton Blaylock of Appleton celebrated her eighth birthday by asking her friends to bring nonperishable food items to donate to the Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley in lieu of birthday gifts. / Contributed photo …

We have spent the past year talking to rich donors about their philanthropy, and they have told us that they are still people and want to be engaged with as a person first and foremost. Here are five other things they wish those approaching them knew: 1.

A group of young heirs in the Philadelphia chapter of Resource Generation has released a statement that decries any reliance on philanthropy for the funding of public schools; instead, they say, rich people should pay more in taxes. The letter, signed …

Much of my professional work and writing focuses on organizing and development, and usually at either the enterprise (nonprofits, foundation, social ventures) or network (ad hoc and citizens movements) level. I think that's where so much of the action …

If problems that charities tackled were easy, business and government could step in and solve them, Bill Gates said at this week's Clinton Global Initiative. But that isn't the case. So "philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks than business …

With our severely underfunded public schools now open, it is important to examine the causes of this crisis. We are a group of people in our 20s and 30s with inherited wealth and class privilege who believe that philanthropy has played a role in …