philanthropy

The longtime executive director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University will become president of the IU Foundation on September 1, 2008, succeeding Curtis R.

Simic, who is retiring after twenty years....

When the estate of its founder is settled, the Harold Alfond Foundation will have at least $500 million in assets, which will be used to provide support for education, health care, and athletics....

The Bridge Fund Sichuan Earthquake Compassion Fund will work with a number of China-based organizations, including the Sichuan Red Cross, to assist approximately one hundred thousand people affected by the earthquake....

The report from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University found that members of the Millennial generation are more likely than any other generation to say that they want "to make the world a better place to live...."

According to a new report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, foundation staffs have grown increasingly diverse over the last twenty-five years....

A modest proportion of the world's wealthiest people have taken on the fight against climate change, but the degree to which they are helping depends largely on what they do with their money....

The survey, conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy, found that Kresge ranks at or below the twenty-fifth percentile in five of eleven key indicators, including impact on the community and grantees' overall satisfaction with the foundation....

The Causes Giving Challenge and America's Giving Challenge raised a total of $1.7 million from almost 82,000 donors for some 3,000 charities while highlighting the potential of online philanthropy....