Following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, one of the most enduring images was that of 8-year-old Martin Richard holding a sign that read “No more hurting people. Peace.” Martin was killed when the second bomb went off, and the fact that he had, at a young age, identified one of the significant problems we face […]
Millions of people have been displaced by the Syrian civil war, and while governments around the world decide if or how many refugees they’ll let into their borders, private citizens are trying to help out however they can. In the United Kingdom, journalists Caitlin Moran and Pete Pephides have decided to try and do something. […]
The Syrian civil war has been going for some time now, and while the Syrian refugee situation has gotten a lot of press lately, it’s been something that groups like Save the Children and UNICEF have been working on for a while. But, following the death of three year old Aylan Kurdi, a Syrian child […]
Malaria continues to be a huge problem in Africa, as well as other places across the world where access to medical help and information are not always readily available. Though some progress has been made in treating and cutting down the number of cases, malaria has yet to be eradicated. However, many organizations around the […]
Recent reporting in the Chicago Tribune has brought to light, once again, how for-profit telemarketing firms that cold-call people on behalf of charities are preventing those charities from accomplishing their goals. In two particular cases, VietNow and Illinois Vietnam Veterans Inc., those telemarketers raise almost all of the charities’ funds, and leave little left over […]
The HALO Trust, a charity which works to remove land mines around the world, and was once patronized by Princess Diana and had Angelina Jolie on its board, is facing controversy for the second time in two years. This time, it’s about how much they paid two of their trustees to perform an internal review […]
Things are weird for Feed the Children at the moment. In June, the Oklahoma based charity’s founder, Larry Jones, was ousted, and sold the rights to videos, papers, and other property belonging to the charity for $1. Those rights were bought by former Texas lawyer Edward Roush, Jr. who has since referred to the charity […]
Mobile phone giant AT&T has announced that it intends to donate $20 million to support different education initiatives through the AT&T Aspire Program. The grant will support schools in 26 states around the country with the intent of providing mobile learning opportunities, mentoring, and career skills. The grant will support students in a number of […]
Pennsylvania has some pretty strict liquor laws, requiring almost all alcohol to be sold by beer distributors or in state-owned liquor stores with very strict guidelines, none of which sell rare vintages of wine. Which probably explains why Philadelphia lawyer Arthur Goldman built himself an extensive wine collection at home. It also helps to illustrate […]
Image via: Tupungato / Shutterstock.com Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University announced a $35 million donation from India-based IT company Tata Consulting Services. It is the largest gift the university has received as well as the largest gift donated to an American university from another country. The donation, according to Philanthropy News Digest, will go towards the construction […]