Actor/musician will be on campus April 18 to pick a winner for his 'Do Good' challenge How many degrees of separation are there between actor Kevin Bacon and the University of Maryland?

Philanthropist Chang Yung-fa, the founder and chairman of the Evergreen Group, pledged yesterday to give away all his wealth, approximately NT$50 billion (over US$1.69 billion), primarily via the Chan .....

Greenpeace looks down on the tech giants of the world. But it looks down on Google the least. On Tuesday, the big-name environmental-rights outfit unveiled its annual ranking of the tech giants working hardest to combat climate change and shift their operations to renewable energy sources.

NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Asset International (AI) has appointed John Lee to the newly created position of Managing Director of Asset International's European business. Based in the firm's ...

Blackbaud, Inc. today announced the availability of a report featuring the company’s commitment to corporate citizenship and a review of 2011 activities.

Miriam Kreinin Souccar - New York's “one-percenters� are keeping their riches to themselves these days. Only three New Yorkers made the list of 2011's top 50 donors, released Monday by the Chronicle of Philanthropy . That's down from 14 New Yorkers in 2010, a very steep drop. The number looks even more paltry when compared with California, which boasted 14 of the top 50 donors this year. “We're ...

Area churches and businesses will be brewing up an appetite for food and philanthropy at the second annual Battle of the Chefs soup cook-off from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 18 at the McPherson Community Building, 122 Marlin St.

Today, Give2Asia, a U.S.-based public nonprofit promoting transformative philanthropy for Asia, announces two new fiscal sponsor partnerships to improve healthcare in Asian communities. The partnerships with the Kythe Philippines Child Life Program and National Yang-Ming University are designed to help these two organizations network and fundraise with their supporters in the United States.San ...

SEATTLE -- Money donated by the nation's most chartable people is starting to catch up with pre-recession giving, thanks in part to some very large bequests from a few donors. The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports Monday in its annual report of th ...

In a lecture Monday, Julie Gehrki, senior director of Wal-Mart's nonprofit charitable arm, the Wal-Mart Foundation, spoke on the importance of companies focusing their philanthropic energies on what they do well.

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