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If philanthropy is all about giving — to good causes and to one’s community — then Kevin Thesing is more than deserving of the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation’s 2012 Award in Philanthropy. The co-owner of Lakes Area Printing has ...
May 26, 2012 at 03:24 | Source: Brainerd Dispatch
In advance of the 2012 Social Innovation Summit taking place next week at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, and as the second installment of an exclusive interview series, I spoke with Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Founder and ...
May 24, 2012 at 20:58 | Source: Forbes
Lessons from health reform philanthropy, influencing grantmaking practices and more This issue of "Responsive Philanthropy" also features the work of the National Council of La Raza (http://www.ncrp.org/files/rp-articles/ResponsivePhilanthropy_Spring2012 ...
May 16, 2012 at 13:51 | Source: PR Newswire
A group of billionaires met to talk about money -- not earning it, but how to best give it away. A total of 81 people gave joined the pledge, with the youngest being 27-year-old Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. "Mark Zuckerberg will be a hero ...
May 22, 2012 at 04:54 | Source: Huffington Post
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the No. 1 news source, in print and online, for nonprofit leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise. For more than 20 years, The Chronicle has been connecting the ...
May 25, 2012 at 02:56 | Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy
Northern Ireland has benefited from over £175m in philanthropic grants given in aid of peace-making and social justice. That’s according to findings from the Association of Charitable Foundations ahead of a major conference taking place in Belfast next ...
May 22, 2012 at 03:50 | Source: Belfast Telegraph
Described as a tireless community activist and friend of the lakes area, Lakes Printing owner Kevin Thesing is the recipient of the 2012 Award in Philanthropy. The award, now in its eighth year, is sponsored by the Brainerd Lakes Area Community ...
May 21, 2012 at 23:54 | Source: Brainerd Dispatch
PHILADELPHIA — Given the growth of China's robust economy, the Chinese clearly know how to make money. They aren't quite as good at giving it away. In 2010, America's 308.7 million people contributed nearly $291 billion to charity. In China ...
May 20, 2012 at 02:48 | Source: Seattle Times
Philanthropy Northwest, a Seattle-based agency that assists grantmakers in six Northwest states, is out this week with its biennial report of corporate and foundation giving. Where foundations and corporations gave Northwest nonprofits $1.3 ...
May 16, 2012 at 07:17 | Source: Tacoma News Tribune
Attempting to prove that philanthropists are more than just rich people who can donate enough money that their names end up on buildings or parks, board member Candace Young conducted the an exercise at a Community Foundation for Southwest ...
May 26, 2012 at 17:00 | Source: Oregonian