Ky. College Loses $250 Million Gift
Sides weren't able to finalize it in face of a "significant capital market event"
Charity/Philanthropy
NC Church Group Says They Were Threatened by Cops for Feeding Homeless
There's a law against distributing food in Raleigh parks
Doctors Without Borders Closing Operations in Somalia After 22 Years
Staff have been attacked
Families of Sandy Hook Shooting Victims May Get $281,000 Each from Donations
No such luck for Chicago families
Free Clinics Say They Can't Handle 200,000 Uninsured People in Detroit
No solution coming via Obamacare
Poll: 44 Percent Turned to Family, Friends For Help After Hurricane Sandy, Only 16 Percent to the Feds, Even Less to State Governments, Didn't Find Those Helpful
19 percent of those reaching out to the federal government found it helpful
Spontaneous Order Experiments Take Hold in Detroit
The citizens fight crime on their own while the city tackles unauthorized bus benches
Non-Profit Gives Guns to Poor People Who Need Protection
Cue the salty tears of the usual suspects
Florida Probing Second Internet Gambling Charity
Did money raised really go to help children with cancer?
The Case Against Government Bans on Feeding the Homeless
The backlash against prohibitions on feeding the homeless and less fortunate is underway.
End of Anonymous SMS Donations Devastates Swedish Charitable Giving
Who knew that people like privacy?
Zuckerberg and Chan Among the Most Generous Young Couples of Last Year
Gave away $498.8 million
Donors Pledge $1bn to Syrian Refugees
An estimated 700,000 have fled Syria since fighting began
South African Billionaire Pledges to Give Away Half His Wealth
Joins Giving Pledge started by Bill Gates
Google Chairman to Visit North Korea
Could be part of humanitarian mission lead by former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson
Aid Agencies: 2013 Won't be a Good Year for Humanitarian Relief in Afghanistan
Over a decade of foreign occupation still not yielding encouraging results
Green Bay May Penalize Homeless Shelter For Helping Too Many People
Nothing is more important than abiding by red tape
Zuckerberg Gives $500 Million Worth of Stock to Charity
Given to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
If Government Aid Programs Were Charities, Would Anybody Recommend Giving Money to Them?
The government excels in spending money on overhead costs
Charities Fight to Keep Tax Deductions
Worry they'll be thrown off the fiscal cliff to keep the wolves at bay
Philadelphia: No Love for the Homeless
Charities Continue Suit Against City's Ban on Feeding Homeless Outdoors
After Sandy, Red Cross Inundated with Donations of Unneeded Crap
Staten Island does not need vases
Lucas Donating Proceeds From Disney Deal to Charity
Close to $4 billion to go to education foundation
Paraplegic's Cycling Fundraiser Thwarted by French Red Tape
Seriously, what's legal in that country?
Microsoft Employees Have Raised $1 Billion in 30 Years For Charity
Employee Giving Campaign began in 1983
Classical Musicians Take to the Barricades (Again)
Longhair labor disputes are the inevitable product of an impossible business model.
More Billionaires Join Buffett/Gates Charity Pledge
At least they're not giving the money to the government and it's totally voluntary, right Buffett?
Two American Businessmen Fund Private Effort to Feed Somalis
Paid their own way to get there, distributed nearly 200,000 meals and paid for the water to be turned back on at one camp
On Christmas, Escaping the Well-Lit Prison
Give the gift of forgiveness this holiday season.
