Inside Philanthropy

Billionaires purchase sports franchises to diversify their holdings. If and when they decide to sell, they often channel a portion of the profits toward philanthropy.

Financial sector wealth has flowed into climate and environment work from some of Wall Street’s richest. Here are some top names to know.

Heintz led the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for a quarter-century, notching up an impressive list of accomplishments, but also, he says, falling short in other areas.

As a swing state, Pennsylvania attracts a lot of national attention. But there are also a number of important state-based philanthropies supporting democracy work there.