President Barack Obama will donate the approximately $1.4 million award from the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to charity, says White House Deputy Press Secr...
Joel Epstein | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business
According to a recent report the number of millionaire households around the world fell from around 11 million in 2007 to 9 million last year. The only region going the other way -- Latin America.
The Denver Post | Howard Pankratz | Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver
Two men who conned hundreds of Coloradans into donating money to non-existent charities have each been sentenced to 16 years in prison....
AP | ED WHITE | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home
DETROIT — A Michigan bank manager who insists she gave the $340,000 she stole over eight years to needy customers was sentenced Tuesday to a yea...
Posted 10.06.2009 | Impact
After a hiatus in 2009, "Idol Gives Back," American Idol's annual special benefit show, is returning for a third year. The charity special features p...
Posted 10.06.2009 | Impact
Stacks of bras in brown cardboard boxes fill Oz du Soleil's home in Chicago's Kilbourn Park neighborhood. Red bras. Polka-dotted pink and brown ones, ...
AP | MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books
DETROIT — Mitch Albom is many things. He's an award-winning newspaper columnist, a popular radio show host, an author of best-selling novels an...
Nick Mwaluko | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics
An ear, a meal, a conversation, a strategy, a small but much needed service at the right time--isn't that what we all can give?
MSNBC Giving | Posted 11.28.2009 | Impact
NEW YORK - The Clinton Global Initiative gathered more than $8 billion in pledges at this year's summit, surprising its organizers who had worried tha...
Kari Henley | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living
In the last 30 years, women's median income has increased over 60%, and more women are becoming educated, and dedicated to giving back. Their studies report that women are less likely to seek recognition, and more likely to want to be involved directly in the causes they support.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green
It's officially Climate Week. In case you feel discouraged that you can't do enough, remember Gandhi's words: "Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
Perry Garfinkel | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living
The new generation of proud Indians has been inspired by the great Mahatma Gandhi's mantra, "Be the change you want to see in the world."
Halle Tecco | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living
So where does your gift have the most impact? How do you find that group of people working to fix that issue you most care about? Here are some great tools for navigating the non-profitsphere.
GOOD | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
Microlending, as you may know, is the practice of giving very small loans to poor people in developing countries so they can, in theory, start busines...
Posted 11.23.2009 | Impact
Chris Martin is sending a message to Bono: We can make an impact too! This week Martin's band Coldplay donated one million pounds to British organiza...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business
After a breast cancer diagnosis, Virginia Pivik of Denver underwent a mastectomy in October 2007 and began chemotherapy and a year-long Herceptin regi...
msn.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living
DePaul University has responded to the needs of chronically ill students with a specially tailored learning program--the only one of its kind, accordi...
Zorianna Kit | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment
Gifting suites leading up to the Emmy Awards began as early as six days prior to the event and continued throughout the week. Although there were far too many to account for, below are some highlights.
Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact
One of the nation's most respected biomedical research and treatment centers, City Of Hope's mission is to save as many lives worldwide as possible th...
Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact
Games That Give has a simple motto: "You Play. We Donate. No Catch." That really is how it works. They sell advertising on their site, you play games...
cnn.com | Mark Tutton for CNN | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
In the developing world millions of people struggle to operate machinery, read from a blackboard, or just see the world around them, because they don'...
Joel Epstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
The job market for corporate giving professionals says a great deal about the state of the L.A. economy. When businesses lose their commitment to the community, we all lose out.
Marissa Bronfman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Style
I had the opportunity to talk with this philanthropic jewelry designer about what inspired her to start Joan Hornig Jewelry and the lessons she learned along the way.
Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact
It's like Sarah Palin's eBay page read my mind! For the next week, you can bid on a private dinner for five with Sarah Palin. As of this writing, the ...
Lynda Resnick | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business
In an era when so many of the companies we trusted have come to let us down, it's comforting to find entrepreneurs who believe that doing well in business involves some degree of doing good.
Posted 10.09.2009 | Impact