Donating to Charity

Gold Coin Worth $1,000 Dropped In Salvation Army Kettle

Posted 11.30.2009 | Impact


A Salvation Army kettle outside of a Kmart in York, Pennsylvania, earned an unexpected bounty last week as the donation bin was found to contain a Sou...

Students Eat 600 Doughnuts For Charity, Internet Commenters Express Disgust

Posted 11.26.2009 | Impact


In an era in American history when much attention is paid to the plight of the unemployed, impoverished and hungry, one Illinois high school is a caus...

Help Change A Young Girl's Life in Mozambique

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 11.26.2009 | Impact


Esther Wojcicki

Ten years ago my student, went off to Princeton with a goal of working on Wall Street. It took only one summer of Wall Street work for him to realize that was not where he wanted to spend his life.

Want to Help Others This Thanksgiving? Go Online

Rachel Sterne | Posted 11.26.2009 | Impact


Rachel Sterne

A fascinating experiment in digital philanthropy is brewing at Robin Hood Foundation, a New York City charity that has raised more than $1 billion for poverty-focused nonprofits.

Robin Hood Foundation Embraces the Web to Feed NYC's Hungry

GroundReport | Posted 11.25.2009 | Impact


GroundReport

Over the past two months, a skunkworks team of young internet influencers has met, brainstormed, emailed and twittered -- all in the pursuit of feeding more than 100,000 of the city's hungry.

Facebook, JP Morgan Chase To Give $5 Million Dollars To Charity Through Internet Promotion

Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact


Facebook's user base now totals over 300 million people. The social media network thus has the potential to reach more people in a single month than l...

The Case Foundation: Why Don't People Want To Give?

Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact


From The Case Foundation: Well, the easy answer is that it's hard to make people give because people don't really want to. The logic is simple and co...

Tea Leoni: How UNICEF Became A Halloween Treat

Posted 10.30.2009 | Impact


I grew up under the impression that I was the best trick-or-treater in the whole wide world, because my grandmother invented it!...

The Problem of Charity

K'naan | Posted 10.19.2009 | Impact


K'naan

In our crooked humanity and its glory, I do think that certain selfishness is good selfishness. In fact, we can say it is necessary to be selfish in order to give.

Hey, Who Doesn't Want to Be a Millionaire?

Joel Epstein | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business


Joel Epstein

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.

Try a Little Tenderness: Americans Give During Tough Times

Nick Mwaluko | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Nick Mwaluko

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?

Brace Yourself for Pink Overload

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living


Halle Tecco

We're seeing "pinkwashing," when corporations try to boost sales by turning their products pink in the fight against breast cancer. But will your pretty pink purchase really have an impact?

Kathleen Colson: Making a Difference in Africa through Entrepreneurship [VIDEO]

Judith Ellis | Posted 11.27.2009 | Impact


Judith Ellis

The BOMA Fund works to alleviate poverty by building self-sustaining communities amid a rugged and beautiful landscape.

Navigating the Non-Profitsphere

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living


Halle Tecco

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.

Coldplay Donates One Million Pounds To Charity

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...

Giving Back While Looking Gorgeous: How One Designer is Revolutionizing the Way We Buy and Wear Jewelry

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Style


Marissa Bronfman

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.

Dinner With Sarah Palin On eBay, Proceeds Go To Charity

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 ...

Get Out Your Dancin' Shoes

Lisa Honig Buksbaum | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Lisa Honig Buksbaum

My latest experiment in empathy has truly given me more appreciation of the little things, such as the person who gives me a seat in the subway, or holds a door open for me.

Why Call It Charity Care?

David Jones | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


David Jones

A 5 percent threshold of free medical care to qualify a nonprofit hospital for tax exemptions and public funding is not unreasonable. Or else, why call it charity care?

Charities Face Greater Threat From Ponzi Schemes Than Lost Investments

David Donell | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business


David Donell

With courts unwilling to interpret the law as affording some defense for charities, there have been efforts to persuade legislators to amend existing laws to provide such a defense. But little has come of these efforts.

A Blue Night to Support Riverkeeper

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 07.14.2009 | New York


Marissa Bronfman

The skies were grey and the event was Blue but guests at the annual Riverkeeper fundraiser were feeling neither as they mingled on the pool deck of the Empire Hotel to support the charity.

John Legend and Jeffrey Sachs: Philanthropy's New BFFs

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment


Kristi York Wooten

A philanthropist is a philanthropist, no matter the level of his fame or whether his contribution is monetary, artistic, or simply a PowerPoint grid of ideas about how to save the world.

What Would You Do If You Knew You Couldn't Fail?

Gail Lynne Goodwin | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living


Gail Lynne Goodwin

When you look at life with such big purpose, monumental things happen; as a group, we can change the world.

Be Good for Goodness Sake

Valerie Tarico | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living


Valerie Tarico

Nonbelievers are coalescing into moral communities which, when freed from the constraints of dogma or proselytism, invest themselves in doing good for goodness sake.

Tax Day, Conor Oberst Style - Give to Charity, Give Away a Film

Marissa Moss | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment


Marissa Moss

Conor and I had a conversation back before the election about his activism, politics, and, of course, the music.