The family behind greeting-card giant Hallmark announced plans Wednesday to donate $75-million for a new building at Kansas City's Children's Mercy Hospital but made the gift contingent on local voters approving a sales-tax hike to support medical …

In a Bloomberg column, former White House budget chief Peter Orszag looks at the recession-bucking income and job gains in the nonprofit sector and whether the services it provides are worth the forgone tax revenue. Mr. Orszag, now a Citigroup …

In 2010, $72.6 in global philanthropy reached the doorsteps of LGBT people, figuratively speaking. That's out of a total $1.2 billion of worldwide philanthropy, as reported by a new study from the Foundation Center. The Foundation Center was …

Of five Rural Philanthropy Days grants recently awarded, four went to nonprofits in the 7th Judicial District, including Haven House Transitional Living Center in Olathe. The Colorado Trust awarded grants of $5,000 each following the Rural Philanthropy …

Benjamin Jealous is credited with giving the civil-rights group energy and increasing its influence. By Michael Anft. Baltimore. After five years leading the NAACP, Benjamin Todd Jealous announced today that he is stepping down as president of the …

National antihunger charity Feeding America launched a new public-service campaign Thursday aimed at encouraging giving and volunteerism to tackle childhood hunger, writes The New York Times. New television, radio, print, digital, and outdoor …

St. Joseph's Hospital in Chippewa Falls is looking for a Director of Philanthropy to join its dynamic team of professionals. The Director will be responsible to oversee all aspects of the hospital's fund development activities including capital …

WALLINGFORD — School started in many districts across the state this week, which meant families all over Connecticut had survived a back-to-class ritual that likely involved significant expenditures on everything from new backpacks, notebooks and …

“Vin and Omi are always looking for innovative ways to support charity and BYDFAULT seemed a perfect way to combine fashion and philanthropy,” he said. The shirts Vin and Omi designed for BYDFAULT support Sightsavers, an international organization …