Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have mobilised support for the victims of Hurricane Gustav.
McCain volunteers joined with Target, FedEx, and the Red Cross to send 80,000 ‘comfort packages’ to...
Ethnic Supplies, the social enterprise founded by Ugandan philanthropist Ida Horner, is proving a success only one year after she founded the organisation.
Founded in October...
Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest plans to give away almost all of his fortune before he dies, according to a report in The Australian newspaper.
Speaking at the Diggers and Dealers conference in...
Former US President Bill Clinton has announced new philanthropy projects in Africa and Latin America.
Clinton made his annual trip to Africa, to meet with staff, volunteers and beneficiaries of the...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will donate $375m (£187.5m) to a global effort to stop smoking.
Bloomberg founded the Bloomberg Initiative...
Retired Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer plans to use the proceeds of a testimonial match to build ten schools in southern Africa.
The schools will each cost between £20,000 and...
A report on the US donor advisory field by the Human Interaction Research Institute describes it as a “fast growing cottage industry which has...
Prince Harry is helping to refurbish the only school for mentally handicapped children in Lesotho.
The prince’s charity, Sentebale, is supporting the project at the Thuso E...
Heightened interest in the environment is driving an increase in green investment by the wealthy, according to a recent report.
The World Wealth Report,...
Americans donated $306.4 bn to charity in 2007, up 1% from last year and exceeding $300 bn for the first time, Giving USA reported in...