United Way and Penn State were at the top of their games when egos got in the way. It has taken United Way a couple of decades to overcome one person's greed and lust. Let's see how long it takes Penn State.
McLEAN, Va. — Over 22 years, William Aramony built the United Way of America from a tangled web of charities into a philanthropic powerhouse, br...
One way to raise money is to figure out who your best donors are and look for other people like them. But some Philanthropy 400 charities have succeed...
Prosperity Centers are dedicated to assisting people in their community succeed financially. That doesn't just mean helping workers find jobs; it means giving them all the tools they need to build financial security.
Nonprofit leaders at a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday spoke out against the proposal to limit tax deductions for charitable contributions. ...
Foodies enjoyed their last tastes of summer Saturday night at United Way and Vanity Fair's "What's on the Table?" Party to Combat Hunger, held at a sp...
This article is part of a series in which HuffPost is taking a close look at the charitable giving of Republican presidential candidates. How much and...
United Way Worldwide officially launched a three-year initiative to recruit 1 million volunteers to promote literacy among children on Tuesday, as par...
If we are truly going to do something to help children and families rise above the circumstance of poverty, it is critical that we help kids succeed in the classroom.
The number of families living in poverty will not decrease if we don't prepare youth to be productive members of our community. Improving our schools is a moral and economic imperative.
Two years before Sarah Palin conjured “death panels" from her active imagination, Utah’s business elite devised its own far less infamous version....
Commuters walking near State and Madison streets in downtown Chicago had a striking new image in their sights Tuesday morning: a giant, bright-yellow,...
HANCOCK, N.H. –- To hear Jon Huntsman and his advisers tell it, he is a bedrock conservative on health care who took a free market approach as gover...
Cutting funding to the ESFP and other safety net initiatives that may be the difference between life and death closes the door on those who suffer from the plagues of unemployment, homelessness and hunger.
After decades of this country's struggle to end American homelessness, a business approach could very well be the tipping point to resolution.
If ever there was an issue on which Americans can mobilize for change -- on which they yearn to engage -- it is education.
This week is National Volunteer Week, and one of Chicago’s largest charitable organizations is mobilizing a small army of locals to hit the streets ...
As the Detroit Public Schools system continues its attempt to erase a $327 million budget deficit, financial assistance couldn't come at a better time...
American schools need help. Unfortunately, that's no April Fools' joke. On April 1, United Way launched a campaign to rally 1 million volunteers to g...
When high school graduates cross the stage and collect their diplomas, there are many people who helped to make that happen.
Macro-economic and developmental problems cannot be solved by any one person alone. However, Thanksgiving is a good time to think about what each one of us can do as members of organizations.
If we're going to see school reform, real school reform, we're going to need to start asking tough questions and demanding serious answers. Kudos to Mr. Canada for leading the charge.
WASHINGTON — A new ranking of the nation's 400 biggest charities shows donations dropped by 11 percent overall last year as the Great Recession ...
Students need programs that bridge the gap between pre-school and elementary school and provide them with the support they need for greater academic success.
By imposing new taxes on nonprofits, I fear that policy-makers have forgotten why the tax exemption was put in place: nonprofits provide a service that relieves the burden on others.
