WEST SPRINGFIELD — Jewish teens, in grades 9 through 12, are invited to apply to join the B'nai Tzedek Youth Foundation, a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, where teens learn about, and participate in, philanthropy. Teens begin the program …

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 …

A Kentwood, Mich., man was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for his role in a plot to defraud the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of $800,000 intended to aid children in Africa, The Grand Rapids Press reports. Prosecutors said Nehemiah Muzamhindo, …

The powers that be, it appears, have decided that the states' policies with regards to national security should be dictated by 'philanthropists', ex-intelligence chiefs and firebrand preachers. Especially, if they can successfully rally thousands of …

Perpetual's philanthropy division just sent out the cheques in its latest funding round, but non-profit organisations had to do more than present a great cause to get a share of the $41.2 million on offer. In all Perpetual's private clients contributed …

To say that our sons loved every minute of Philanthropy Camp would be an understatement. Talk about a memorable and life affirming week of summer camp. No wonder this "word of mouth" camp sells out so fast. To learn at a young age that we all have the …

What if all investments could be both profitable and solve a pressing social or environmental need? That was the topic of discussion among innovators, investors and social entrepreneurs from around the world who gathered in San Francisco this week as …

Jim Bisenius, the hedge fund manager whose arrest for soliciting prostitution made national headlines Wednesday, is a prominent philanthropist. Bisenius and his wife, Jan, gave $1 million in 2010 to the Master's Plan Foundation, a private foundation …

Giving by affluent parents to foundations serving their children's schools has “unintended, pernicious effects” that widen inequalities in education funding, says the co-director of Stanford University's Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society argues …