To help small-scale coffee growers in Latin America, consumer products maker Procter & Gamble Co. is contributing $1.5 million to TechnoServe, a nonprofit that works with rural families in developing nations to create sustainable businesses....

A significant portion of the American public believes the families of those killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks will benefit economically, but some victims say the notion that they will become rich is a misperception....

The Nellie Mae Education Foundation in Braintree, Massachusetts has committed up to $4.6 million over the next five years to develop after-school programs for middle school students in disadvantaged New Hampshire communities....

NPower, the Seattle-based organization that helps nonprofits acquire and use technology, has announced the creation of a nationwide network with the support of Microsoft Corp....

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey has launched a new program aimed at helping mid-life and older adults incorporate physical activity into everyday routines in order to improve and sustain their health....

The International Association of Fire Fighters has quietly passed out more than $100 million to the families of New York City firefighters, while other charities have been mired in criticism for the way they have handled 9-11 donations....

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed several changes to the Telemarketing Sales Rule, including expanding the rule's coverage to calls made in solicitation of charitable contributions....

A new study from the Commonfund Institute finds that college and university endowments lost an average of three percent during the fiscal year ended June 30....

The Philadelphia-based Pew Charitable Trusts have announced a $4 million grant in support of activities marking the countdown to the tricentennial celebration of Benjamin Franklin's birth....

The California Wellness Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation have announced new appointments in January....

Cause-related marketing, whereby companies connect themselves to a good cause by contributing a portion of product sales to charity, has steadily gained in popularity in the last fifteen years and especially since the September 11 attacks....

Philanthropist and renowned art collector Eli Broad has pledged a significant donation to help fund the construction of new buildings for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, though an exact figure hasn't been released....

The Pew Charitable Trusts have announced a new grantmaking program designed to improve the chances for all American families to obtain high-quality early childhood education for their children....

A group of civil libertarians, lawyers, and religious leaders has released a set of recommendations for President Bush's faith-based initiative, which aims to expand government support of religious-based social services....

Each year, the Noyes Foundation awards $100,000 to nonprofit organizations committed to protecting and restoring the Earth's natural systems and promoting a sustainable society by strengthening organizations committed to those goals....

The five-year grants will support scientists who hold full-time appointments at nonprofit scientific institutions and have made significant contributions to biomedical research....

The Fund is encouraging donors to make their charitable contributions to nonprofits working in local communities, across the country, and internationally....

Save the Children, the London-based charity, has issued a report asserting that the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations, an organization heavily-funded by the Gates Foundation, is doing more to market vaccines than to combat disease....

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has announced a two-year, $5 million initiative to upgrade 169 playgrounds in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey counties in California....

The donation of common stock will fund the foundation's mission of expanding affordable housing opportunities and strengthening neighborhoods in communities across America....

The Marhoffs kept up frugal practices such as driving slowly to save gas, shopping at church rummage sales, and taking food home from buffet restaurants to make another meal....

The September 11th Fund has announced that, as of December 31, it had made grants totaling $154.3 million to help the victims, families, and communities affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks....

Joe R. Long and Teresa Lozano Long have pledged $10 million to establish an endowment at the Long Foundation to help Hispanic youth in Texas through America's Promise, the national program started by General Colin Powell to help disadvantaged youth....

Ellen Alberding will take over the presidency of the Joyce Foundation in February, succeeding Paula DiPerna, who resigned last November....

A federal court judge in Wisconsin has ordered the state to stop funding a drug and alcohol addiction program that relies on Christian spirituality in its approach to treatment....

The Shell Marine Habitat Program has announced more than $1.2 million in matching grants to conservation and research programs operating in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Gulf Coast....

The family foundation of Eddie C. Brown, president of Brown Capital Management Inc., has donated $5 million to provide educational and personal support to African-American children in Baltimore's middle schools....

The San Diego Symphony has announced that it will receive a $100 million gift -- the largest individual donation ever made to a U.S. orchestra -- from Irwin Jacobs, the CEO of wireless technology company Qualcomm, and his wife Joan....