The message to philanthropists is unappealing: give your money through existing aid channels, desist from running your own programmes, and help drum up support for more taxpayers' money for official donors to spend. The resulting sense that official …

Fashionable Philanthropy. U-M alum and former NFL star Dhani Jones knows how to 'rock a bow tie'. By Paige Pfleger. Not just anyone can pull off a bow tie. Orville Redenbacher, Pee-Wee Herman, Robert De Niro as "Leonard" from Awakenings — all these …

Success Academy Charter Schools, a New York charter school management organization, received $5 million from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to expand the number of schools serving mostly low-income students and students of color.

A prospective Westfield State University donor is withdrawing a $100,000 pledge to the Massachusetts campus to protest what he called “lavish spending” by the institution's president, reports The Boston Globe. John P. Walsh, a Westfield State alumnus …

John Shooshan John G. Shooshan has been named “Outstanding Philanthropist” by the Washington, D.C. Metro Area Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. He was nominated by Volunteers of America Chesapeake and the Arlington …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Charlie Annenberg adopted an abandoned golden retriever named Lucky, a new breed of philanthropy was born. Lucky was 4 in 2001 when he teamed up with Annenberg, scion to a wealthy family known for giving money away.

August 20, 2013; The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Strategic Philanthropy seems to be dominating not only the rarified air of the world of foundations, but now the Internet as well. A short while ago, NPQ posted a copy of a lecture William Schambra of the …

Email this to a friend. *** The Knoxville Opera Guild's membership party is Sept. 12. Other events include the Opera Ball on Nov. 2, a Valentine's martini party and an annual croquet tournament. Throughout the season, members receive invitations to …

PORT TOWNSEND — Norm Rice, CEO of the Seattle Foundation and two-term mayor of Seattle from 1989-1997, recently spoke about “Trends in Philanthropy” to more than 80 supporters of the Jefferson County Community Foundation at RainCoast Farm in …