On Monday 21 October 2013, The Genesis Prize Foundation announced New York City Mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg as the first recipient of the USD1m Genesis Prize, an award popularly dubbed...
On 22 September 2013 the Carnegie UK Trust, on behalf of the international family of Carnegie institutions, announced the recipients of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. This award, often described...
Over 4,000 people have signed up for a new online course offering advice from philanthropists including Warren Buffett and ice-cream entrepreneurs Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.
A Philanthropy Hall of Fame has been developed by a US network of charitable donors, the Philanthropy Roundtable. It celebrates (post-humously) 54 Americans who “changed the nation and the world...
Zillah Howard, a legal adviser, specialising in philanthropy, trust law and estate planning, has won ‘Best in Offshore’ at the Europe Women in Business Law Awards, for...
The Philanthropy Insights Report looks at philanthropy in South Africa. It covers research, the influences which foster giving, the role of advisors, the history of philanthropy and the future...
Over 30 colleges in the United States have been given $10,000 by The Learning by Giving Foundation to allow students to learn about philanthropy and distribute the money to not...
A report in the Arab News says that Saudi Arabia lags behind other rich nations in its charitable and philanthropic work and lacks expertise. It calls for...
Over 55% of more than £4m so far given directly to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) by the public for the Syria Crisis Appeal has come via digital sources, the...
European parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill enabling the creation of a new label identifying social entrepreneurship investment funds (EuSEF) this month, as well as introducing Europe-wide regulation...