Last month I was in Michigan for the fourth annual Detroit Homecoming, an event that brings together people who grew up in the Detroit area, as I did, to re-engage with the city and learn how they can help it continue to bounce back from its 2013...
Philanthropists turn to Blue Meridian Partners, a philanthropic fund created by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, to channel their donations into fighting childhood poverty.
A new report out from JPMorgan Chase as part of its global workforce training efforts can help provide a roadmap for businesses and other organizations interested in doing more to equip young people with the skills they need to put them on a pathway...
Since Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston's Alley Theatre in August, fundraisers have brought in $150,000 for a fund to aid its employees, $175,000 for cleanup and repairs, and $150,000 in unrestricted money.
It’s a familiar conversation. When asked how they know their model works, a nonprofit or foundation will tell you a story. They’ll say that seventeen-year-old Darren turned his life around after going through their program, and eighteen-year-old...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will release free and open source software to address the lack of interoperability between financial service providers and payments platforms.
Eli Broad, a billionaire who has been a dominant figure in this city’s cultural, philanthropic, business and political world for almost 50 years, announced on Thursday that he is stepping down from public life, saying that it was “time to move on.”