Philanthropy

Marketplace tech looks at the digital form of something called “sock puppeting,” and how one Silicon Valley success story thinks start ups should be more involved in philanthropy.

Mt. Sinai Medical School in New York renames itself after business magnate/corporate raider Carl Icahn after his $200 million donation.

The New York mayor's new super PAC isn't the first time he's tried to change things nationally and around the world.

The philanthropist and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation discusses why her latest effort is to provide contraceptive options for women around the globe.

From laptops to tablets

Nonprofits need money, deals websites e-mail people who want to spend money -- it's a natural combination.

Micro grants turn a tiny amount of donated money into something big. Commentator Jennifer 8 Lee describe how it works.

Taxpayers spend about $600 billion a year on K through 12 education. Philanthropists only spend around four billion. But they get a lot for their money.

Philanthropists are funneling big money into public education. Are they too powerful?

One organization is using small grants to create projects throughout the world. It's an example of microphilanthropy.