One of India’s leading technology moguls made headlines recently after planning to donate billions to help fund a brand-new education initiative. The Associated Press reports that Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, will donate 213 million shares of stock, estimated to be worth 88.4 billion rupees, or $1.95 billion, to the Azim Premji Foundation by December [...]

The founder of the Lodestar Foundation was recently named one of the most effective philanthropists in the world by Barron’s magazine. Jerry Hirsch was recognized by the magazine as one of the top 25 most effective philanthropists of 2010. The second annual list, which was created with the help of the Global Philanthropy Group, sought [...]