Philanthropy

June 18, 2007

Private Foundations Should Consider PR

Philanthropic outfits increasingly are adopting PR programs to achieve their goals. Here's why some old PR objections are no longer valid.

March 20, 2007

UNICEF: Tapping the Power of Water

The Tap Project, the agency's first new campaign in 50-plus years, kicks off Mar. 22 to raise funds for clean drinking water in developing countries.

March 20, 2007

Do-Good Brands - BusinessWeek

Want to feel good about yourself the next time you go shopping? Take home one of these labels

August 28, 2006

The Charity Sweepstakes

A battle is raging between three forms of planned giving: private foundations, community foundations, and commercial donor-advised funds.

August 24, 2006

From Ice Cream to Nuclear Freeze

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen heads a nonprofit that wants Congress to shift spending from defense to education.

June 27, 2006

Buffett's Mega-Gift

The Sage of Omaha's $31 billion gift to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help it tackle some of the world's most vexing problems.

June 19, 2006

Americans Dig Deeper for Charity

Donations were up $15 billion in 2005, with almost half earmarked for disaster relief in the U.S. and overseas, and the trend is holding for 2006.

June 16, 2006

A School Makeover in Mapleton

A school district outside Denver has galvanized students and parents with a daring experiment in public school choice.

June 16, 2006

Meet the Met, A School Success Story

With a radically different approach to education, this high school in Providence, Rhode Island is fast becoming a model across the country.

June 16, 2006

The Education of Bill and Melinda

The Gates Foundation has spent over $1 billion to fix the troubled U.S. high school system, and the Gateses have learned a lot along the way.