Corporate giving
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, Ana Paula de Santos poses for a photo inside a room that she occupies with her husband in a building that used to house a factory, amid the new coronavirus pandemic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. De Santos, who worked as a maid, has been unable to work because of COVID-19 and says that she can't afford the cost of living after the Brazilian government cut off financial aid to poor families affected by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
Brazil scrambles to help the poor, while they barely hang on

By Marcelo Silva De Sousa Jun. 24, 2021 11:22 AM EDT

Andrew Grant-Thomas reads to his daughter, Lena Grant-Giraud, on the back porch at their home in Amherst, Mass., on Monday, May 24, 2021. Grant-Thomas and his wife, Melissa Giraud, started the nonprofit EmbraceRace in 2016 when they found few resources to help them talk with their young daughters about race. The nonprofit’s approach, Grant-Thomas says, can be summed up in a simple mantra: “Start young, and keep going.” (M. Scott Brauer/Chronicle of Philanthropy via AP)
Nonprofit EmbraceRace helps parents explain race to children

By Alex Daniels Of The Chronicle Of Philanthropy Jun. 03, 2021 11:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 24, 2020, file photo, a protester calls out to police standing guard behind security fencing at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington amid continuing anti-racism demonstrations following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. A year later, racial justice retains its high profile across the country and discussion about increasing diversity in all aspects of American life continues, but advocates so far see little systemic progress. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
A year later, racial reckoning yields uncertainty in giving

By Glenn Gamboa Jun. 02, 2021 10:58 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 1, 2021, file photo, people take part in "Cycle to Save Lives" a 48 hour, non-stop static relay cycle challenge at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, also know as the Neasden Temple, the largest Hindu temple in the UK, in north London, to raise money to help coronavirus relief efforts in India. India's large diaspora — long a boon to India's economy — is tapping its wealth, political clout and expertise to help its home country combat the catastrophic coronavirus surge that has left people to die outside overwhelmed hospitals. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
On the ground and afar, diaspora boosts India's virus fight

By Sudhin Thanawala May. 06, 2021 01:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 1, 2020, file photo, medical workers test a local resident at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Waterloo, Iowa. Newly released records show the State of Iowa deployed "strike teams" to conduct rapid on-site coronavirus testing at 17 businesses in 2020, including some of the state's most powerful pork and beef companies. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Powerful Iowa companies got state testing help, records show

By Ryan J. Foley Apr. 27, 2021 12:43 PM EDT

A Conmebol worker, wearing protective gear due to COVID-19, stands guard on the pitch inside "Defensores del Chaco" Stadium before the start of a Copa Libertadores soccer match between Brazil's Gremio and Ecuador's Independiente del Valle in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, April 9, 2021. (Natalia Aguilar/Pool via AP)
South American soccer to receive 50,000 doses of vaccine

By Mauricio Savarese Apr. 13, 2021 02:55 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, March 22, 2021 file photo, Demonstrators holds signs during a press conference calling to a halt on violence against Asian Americans in Los Angeles. Donations and contribution pledges to Asian American and Pacific Islander groups have spiked since the March 16 shooting in Atlanta that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Donations for Asian American groups surge after killings

By Haleluya Hadero Mar. 30, 2021 09:35 AM EDT

A group of protesters march in the snow around the Hennepin County Government Center, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Minneapolis where the second week of jury selection continues in the trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd during an arrest last may in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity

By Haleluya Hadero Mar. 17, 2021 10:05 AM EDT

In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, third from left, poses with Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian, second from left, as they stand in front of a Chinese military plane carrying Sinovac vaccines from China at the Villamor Air Base in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Feb. 28, 2021. The Philippines received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine Sunday, among the last in Southeast Asia to secure the critical doses despite having the second-highest number of coronavirus infections and deaths in the hard-hit region. (Toto Lozano/ Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)
Philippines launches virus vaccinations amid supply problems

By Jim Gomez Mar. 01, 2021 12:15 AM EST

In this photo provided by the Presidential Communications Operations Office-Office of the Global Media Public Affairs, a Chinese military plane carrying the first batch of Sinovac vaccine from China arrives at the Villamor Air Base in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Feb. 28, 2021. The Philippines is due to receive its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine Sunday, among the last in Southeast Asia to secure the critical doses despite having the second-highest number of coronavirus infections and deaths in the hard-hit region. (PCOO-OGMPA via AP)
Philippines receives COVID-19 vaccine after delays

By Jim Gomez Feb. 28, 2021 03:20 AM EST

This photograph released by UNICEF Wednesday Feb. 24, 2021 shows the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the COVAX Facility arriving at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana. As the coronavirus pandemic exploded worldwide last April, global organizations banded together to help ensure vaccines would be distributed fairly. But the COVAX initiative has been dogged by shortages of cash and supplies as well as logistical hurdles, and only on Wednesday did the first vaccines bought by program arrive in Ghana. (Francis Kokoroko/UNICEF via AP)
EXPLAINER: UN vaccine plan is underway, but problems remain

By Maria Cheng Feb. 24, 2021 01:05 PM EST

Feds to give community health organizations a boost in Maine

Feb. 08, 2021 01:30 AM EST
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Organizations that provide community healthcare in southern and coastal Maine will receive a boost from the federal government. ...

Iowa arranged COVID-19 tests at office of governor's donors

By David Pitt And Ryan J. Foley Jan. 27, 2021 02:58 PM EST
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds’ administration arranged coronavirus testing for employees at the suburban office of a large pork company whose owners...

This photo shows the security gate at MorseLife Health System on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Florida launched an investigation Wednesday into MorseLife Health System, a nonprofit that operates a nursing home and assisted living facility, amid reports that it administered coronavirus vaccines to wealthy donors and members of a country club along with its residents and employees. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)
Florida company accused of steering vaccines to rich donors

By Terry Spencer Jan. 06, 2021 01:29 PM EST

FILE - This March 12, 2020 file photo shows people by the fountain at Josie Robertson Plaza in front of The Metropolitan Opera house at Lincoln Center in New York. The shuttered Metropolitan Opera said it will lock out its stagehands in Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees at midnight on Monday because it has been unable to negotiate wage cuts during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Met General Manager Peter Gelb said the company proposed 30% cuts, of which half would be restored when box office and core donations reach pre-pandemic benchmarks, as part of a five-year contract to replace the deal that expired July 31. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Shuttered Met Opera to lock out stagehands

By Ronald Blum Dec. 07, 2020 12:50 PM EST

Janet Yellen, who has been is nominated by President-Elect Joe Biden to serve as Secretary of the Treasury, arrives for an event with Biden at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
The Latest: Biden inaugural committee limits donors to $500K

Dec. 01, 2020 01:22 PM EST

The pre-kindergarten group from the Boys and Girls Club visit through the window with members of the supportive daycare program at the Froio Senior Center in Pittsfield, Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
MBTA launches free mask program to Boston-area commuters

Nov. 24, 2020 11:12 AM EST

Wreaths to be placed at Arlington cemetery despite pandemic

Nov. 17, 2020 03:04 PM EST
COLUMBIA, Maine (AP) — The holiday tradition of laying wreaths on graves at the Arlington National Cemetery will continue this year, despite the pandemic. ...

The Notre Dame cathedral is reflected in a window of the closed English and American literature Shakespeare and Co. bookstore, in Paris, France, Thursday, Nov. 05, 2020. Iconic Parisian bookshop Shakespeare and Co. has launched a support appeal to its readers after its owners say that coronavirus-linked losses, and a crippling months-long lockdown, have left the future of the veritable institution in doubt. "We've been minus 80 percent since the first confinement in March, so at this point we've used all our savings," Sylvia Whitman, daughter of the shop's co-founder George Whitman, told the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Virus-hit Paris bookshop Shakespeare & Co appeals for help

By Thomas Adamson Nov. 06, 2020 03:07 AM EST

Border wall case defendant asks to move trial to Colorado

By Larry Neumeister Nov. 05, 2020 03:39 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — A businessman charged with cheating investors in a southern border wall fundraising scam along with a former chief strategist for President...