The Latest Breaking News from Philanthropy

Andrew Carnegie was the richest man in the world. But he didn't want to claim the title for long.

Charitable giving in the United States reached a record $485 billion in 2021, though the increase did not keep pace with inflation

The art pieces will celebrate philanthropy, whiskey distilling and the Ulster Fry

MacKenzie Scott gave $122.6 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the national youth-mentoring charity announced on Tuesday

Practically every minute of every hour, someone sends a tweet to Bill Pulte, a 33-year-old private-equity investor and heir to the mammoth PulteGroup homebuilding company

Sara Lomelin offered the final TED Talk of this year’s conference, on a particularly star-studded day in Vancouver where she followed actress Bryce Dallas Howard, TV producer Michael Schur, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk talking about the future of his company and his plans for Twitter

Dr Elsie Inglis will finally have a statue created in her honour to commemorate the amazing philanthropy work that she carried out throughout her life.

With most foundations, the board of directors and top executives set all funding priorities. Nonprofits seeking money from those funders, in turn, must demonstrate an intention to do work that conforms to those priorities. The same system prevails with many individual wealthy donors.

The LA84 Foundation’s CEO and president is making a lasting impact with her work in access, equity and opportunity for the greater Los Angeles community.