The director of the One Fund Boston –- the world’s “foremost expert on victim compensation” –- said donations have been pouring in at a pace that far surpasses any other tragic event he’s ever witnessed in his 35-year-career.

The fund, which was established by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick...

To make it to the top five most giving countries in the world, the United States had to get a little help from some pretty generous cities.

But which metropolises are the most benevolent?

A recent Charity Navigator study analyzed the 30 largest...

A Georgia dad who became paralyzed after saving a little girl from drowning is now fighting for his life -- and for a way to pay his mounting medical bills.

Michael Patterson, 43, dove headfirst into a creek on Saturday when he noticed 4-year-old Javaeh Jones struggling to...

After raking in a sweet amount of change from their lemonade stand, three budding philanthropists decided to give it all away.

The generous tykes –- Aidan, 8, Sofia, 8, and Zach, 6 -- handed over a check for $36.50 to the Utah Food Bank, along with...

David Norton doesn’t have a home, but he has plenty of gifts to hand out to make people happy.

The Navy veteran, who lives in West Virginia, strolls through his neighborhood with a shopping cart filled with his belongings and the crafts he needs to make necklaces and...

Across the globe, 215 million children spend their days toiling in dingy factories, scrubbing homes and sitting perched on street corners selling crafts to passersby.

While the statistics are grim, on World Day Against Child Labor, activists are working to reveal the grisly conditions to which kids...

Robert Lorentz has just a few months to live, so friends and family have banded by his bedside to make the most of the Iraq War veteran’s waning days. It’s a show of support that may cost the dying former Marine his home.

Emanuel Dobos, Lorentz's...

Breast cancer advocates are up in arms because the CEO of the Susan G. Komen Foundation is still taking home a hefty salary even after the nonprofit recently canceled a number of charity walks and fundraising has dropped.

Nancy Brinker, founder of Komen –- the...

A group of protesters wearing XXL T-shirts stormed an Abercrombie & Fitch store in New York on Thursday to urge the company to carry sizes for all body types.

Though Abercrombie issued an apology since it came under fire for a resurrected inflammatory interview, body image advocates...

Human rights activists across the globe are praising President Barack Obama’s nomination of Samantha Power to serve as US Ambassador to the UN.

Activists agree that Power earned her human rights street cred early on in her career and are looking forward to her bringing her wide range...

Every Sunday morning, about 40 volunteers serve up heaping plates of scrambled eggs and fruit to the hungry at a church in Rhode Island. This particular group of helpers knows what the recipients really need -- a warm meal, a kind smile, some encouragement -- because these particular volunteers recognize...

Zach Galifianakis hasn’t even been married a year, but he has another leading lady in his life.

When the bearded funnyman was just getting his start in show business in the 90s, he struck up a friendship with Elizabeth “Mimi” Haist, a woman who volunteered...

Double amputees and families of victims killed during the Boston Marathon attacks will get the most money from the One Fund Boston.

Kenneth Feinberg, the attorney overseeing the fund for the victims most affected by the attacks, released a statement Wednesday explaining how and when...

David Ortiz has found a way to use his famed expletive-laden phrase to raise funds for the Boston Marathon victims.

After the spirited Red Sox player riled up the crowd when he declared at Fenway Park on live television that “This is our f*cking city" on April...

A charity that provides wigs to underprivileged children is being pressed by a nonprofit watchdog to account for $6 million in "lost locks."

Locks of Love, a nonprofit that makes hairpieces for needy kids with medical issues that lead to hair loss, only produced 317 hairpieces in 2011, but...

A month before my wedding, what will probably be the most self-indulgent event of my life, I decided to live in extreme poverty.

This wasn't a gimmicky weight loss scheme (though, brides, I did lose two pounds). Rather, it was a chance to try and see -- really see --...

Donations are pouring in for the spirited Ohio man who helped rescue three women on Monday who had been held in captivity.

Charles Ramsey became an overnight sensation once the world learned of how he unhesitatingly broke through a door to help Amanda Berry, her daughter, Gina Dejesus...

As Jodi Arias awaits the verdict in her capital murder trial, she’s trying to raise funds for victims of domestic abuse.

While the Phoenix, Ariz., jury entered its third day of deliberations on Tuesday to decide if Arias, 32, killed Travis Alexander in self-defense or...

Thousands of Arizona college kids gave away the clothes off their backs -- then ran around in their unmentionables -- to help people in need.

For the sixth year running, Arizona State University signed on thousands of students to partake in the school’s largest charity event on Tuesday,...

A homeless man with a hair-raising talent got some big bucks recently from his newfound fans.

While filming a prank in March, the team from YouTube’s “Whatever” channel met Clydesdale, a homeless California man who can make his moustache dance. The crew posted a short clip of