Google is committed to devoting 1% of the company's equity, annual profits and employee time to philanthropic endeavours, the US firm said last week, when Google Inc.’s philanthropic arm...
The resignation of Peter Hain MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has led to several moves in the cabinet reshuffle that may impact on the philanthropy sector.
Bridges Ventures, the venture capital firm that invests in deprived areas whilst making substantial returns, this week announced a new advisory board that features some of the UK’s leading business figures.
In a move that recognises philanthropists in the most egalitarian way, five of Australia’s most generous individuals will be honoured on postage stamps.
The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) reports that the...
Around 20 university-based researchers from the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and Belgium met at Vrije University in Amsterdam on 17th January. The purpose of the gathering was to exchange...
The stereotype of a philanthropist being a suited middle-aged man of means is being challenged by the increasing involvement of and growing profile of women philanthropists, who are the subject...
Breaking from traditional practice, major charitable foundations in the US are beginning to connect the social and environmental effect of their endowment investments with their philanthropic goals, as has been...