Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Vice Chairman Charlie Munger has donated stock worth nearly $2.4 million.
Evangelical pastor Rick Warren's plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday.
Evangelical pastor Rick Warren appealed to parishioners at his Orange County megachurch Wednesday to help fill a $900,000 deficit by the first of the year.
Fiesta Bowl officials say an inquiry they commissioned found "no credible evidence" that the bowl's management engaged in illegal or unethical conduct.
The Miami Herald began Tuesday asking readers of its Web site to voluntarily pay for the privilege, a new wrinkle in newspapers' ongoing battle to increase revenue from their online operations.
The Indiana State Poultry Association has donated more than 145,000 pounds of eggs, chicken, turkey and duck to food pantries across the state.
Close to $300,000 in financial donations have been received in American Samoa in the month following a tsunami that claimed 34 lives in the U.S. territory.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted rules Wednesday allowing judges to hear cases involving their biggest campaign contributors, siding with business interests and rejecting calls for reform.
Three NFL players announced Monday they will donate their brains and spinal cord tissue to a Boston University medical school program that studies sports brain injuries.
The Federal Election Commission said Thursday a conservative political group can use Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter's campaign donor list to inform givers that the senator has promised to return money to those upset by his switch.
The British government said Friday that it plans to ban private organ transplants from dead donors to allay fears that prospective recipients can buy their way to the front of the line.
Picabo Street believes that in tough times for Americans, they can still feel patriotic about their Olympic teams.
A week after asking readers for donations to keep afloat, music magazine Paste has raised more than half the needed cash.
A California lawmaker has repaid $6,100 in improper campaign donations made by two Buddhist temples and a research organization associated with one of them.
A California lawmaker's top aide says he won't be returning illegal donations from three Buddhist organizations until he pays off his campaign debt.
Three Democratic lawmakers said Wednesday they will return campaign contributions from donors tied to a Washington lobbying firm under investigation for funneling campaign contributions through sham donors.
It's time to get ready for the holiday season! The TODAY show is kicking off its 15th Annual Holiday Toy and Gift Drive for needy families all over the United States.
Former NFL linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski quickly agreed when his ex-teammate at Harvard asked if he would donate his brain after death for research into concussions.
Spurred by an historic telethon Friday night, viewers stood up to cancer and pushed total donations for research to battle the disease past the $100 million mark.
About $275,000 has been donated to a nonprofit organization since the May 21 death of the 5-year-old daughter of contemporary Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman.
Campaign committees controlled by Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have donated at least $890,000 to the campaigns of superdelegates, according to a report by a group that tracks money in politics.
Charities say the best donation for Southern California fire victims is money.
Evangelical pastor Rick Warren's "urgent" plea for donations to sustain his megachurch has been met with amusement and mockery from gay rights advocates.
YUKON — Country music star Garth Brooks is suing his hometown hospital in a legal battle that sources say has broken his heart.
The spirit of giving—not receiving — keeps growing for Madison Scott, and she is only 8. Tuesday marked the end of the second annual toy drive she created for The News Neediest Fund.
It appears that donations of venison have already tripled last years amount! Way to go Ohio hunters!
As a sign of the times, people are placing ads on Ebay in the hopes of eliciting donations from ebayers.
Robert Scheer is tired of those endless emails from the Barack Obama organization asking for money to support the fight for health care. Especially when the fight seems to be over considering Obama's capitulation to the health insurance industry.
Toronto council has banned corporations and unions from giving money to candidates in next year's municipal elections. The vote, after a debate which lasted most of the day, was 29 to 12 – not as close as some had predicted.
Barack Obama is coming under fire for handing dozens of coveted ambassadorships to donors who raised millions for his presidential campaign.
An upstate NY man spends part of his Thanksgiving day collecting donations for the animals at his local animal shelter. This is his seventh year doing this. (Video included.)
When things really started to get hard for DC area food banks last year, they really felt that they had reached bottom and that it couldn't be any harder to do their jobs. Now they have at least a 34% increase of people in need, with donations dropping steadily.
Excerpt from article:"This is a project that Mr. Craft feels is important and wanted to fund," he said. "The reality is that if this building is not constructed, this pledge will not be fulfilled."
This article provides a transparent picture of how Wall Street and politicians honeymoon while WE THE PEOPLE foot the bill and have gotten nothing for our investment in them from the newly printed trillions that sooner or later will hyper-inflat the economy in my opinion.
Edward G. Udell, Sr., community consultant with the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston, Texas has been selected for the second year in a row as a Diversity Scholar with the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
In late 2007 and early 2008, there was community rejoicing. A community eyesore, an old historic armory, had been purchased by the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum. Some funds had been allocated by foundations; corporate leaders pledged to give support.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- The homeless population in Santa Cruz will now be charged 50 cents for meals that used to be free at the Homeless Service Center.
Democratic political committees have seen a decline in their fundraising fortunes this year, a result of complacency among their rank-and-file donors and a de facto boycott by many of their wealthiest givers, who have been put off by the party's harsh rhetoric about big business.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A New Hampshire man attending college in Florida is going online for help paying his tuition.
People have opened their hearts and their pocketbooks following a 6News report last week about the theft of a collection jar intended to pay for the funeral of a terminally ill child.
An Indianapolis mother is pleading for help from the public to track down a woman who stole money that was intended for her terminally ill baby's funeral.
Sarah Palin's political action committee is handing out cash to some of the most conservative members of Congress, a new report filed with the Federal Elections Commission reveals.
Another award for 11 year-old Monica Plumb.
Why can people get doctors care in a life or death crises and animals would be put to DEATH?. Less than a week under doctors care and I will be fine!
A classmate in my nonprofit management course posted a link to this article:David Sears had high hopes for his first year leading the fundraising office at Loyola College.