Philanthropy

Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there’s new hope

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering…

7 days ago

As Trump targets nonprofits, wealthy donors wary of stepping up giving

A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the…

1 week ago

A Detroit nonprofit’s former finance chief gets 19 years for $40 million theft

DETROIT -- A former executive at a major Detroit nonprofit was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in prison for stealing…

1 week ago

Law firms, universities and now civil society groups are in Trump’s sights for punitive action

WASHINGTON -- First the nation’s top law firms. Then its premier universities. Now, President Donald Trump is leaning on the…

2 weeks ago

San Francisco’s new mayor is starting to unite the fractured city

SAN FRANCISCO -- Democrats nationally may be in turmoil, but liberals in San Francisco are hopeful the new mayor's collaborative…

2 weeks ago

AmeriCorps members who respond to disasters and help nonprofits let go in DOGE cuts

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Young volunteers who respond to natural disasters and help with community projects across the U.S. have…

2 weeks ago

The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans

WASHINGTON -- There's the executive in a U.S. supply-chain company whose voice breaks while facing the next round of calls…

2 months ago

Federal funding freeze disrupts rural organizations supporting foster youth, job growth

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After surviving teen homelessness and domestic violence in West Virginia, 23-year-old Ireland Daugherty was finally feeling stable:…

3 months ago

Trump’s aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close

SARMADA, Syria -- In the town of Sarmada in northern Syria, Dr. Mohammad Fares unlocked a clinic that once bustled…

3 months ago

Who are the Americans still in Russian custody?

Russia has released an American teacher imprisoned over what his family said was prescribed medical marijuana, but several other Americans…

3 months ago