The Latest Breaking News from Philanthropy

Just before the novel coronavirus pandemic, artist Boaz Zippor launched his Creative Philanthropy project, using his artwork to raise funds for charity.

The Ford Foundation will commit $80 million over the next five years to work that strengthens nonprofits fighting against authoritarian regimes

The public’s trust in nonprofits declined from 59% in 2020 to 56% in 2022, according to Independent Sector, a coalition of nonprofits, foundations and corporate giving programs that tracks trends in philanthropy.

Two biopharmaceutical companies will give $5 million and $500,000, respectively, to nonprofit organizations in the United States and abroad that are responding to the growing monkeypox outbreak

The health of the world’s oceans looms large in Wendy Schmidt’s thinking about the planet’s future and in her giving

As the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to expand its governance, it announced Thursday that it has added two trustees to its board

The philanthropist on what people can do to build a strong civil society, and make politicians, the rich and themselves accountable

Country superstar Dolly Parton is among the 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recipients

Editor's note: This story has been edited to reflect an update by Forbes to Tesla CEO Elon Musk's philanthropy ranking that removed him from the list of the least generous billionaires. Original publication: 2018. For the first time, the Forbes 400 list includes a generosity ranking.