Slate Magazine:  This week, Slate is co-hosting the Slate 60 Conference on Innovative Philanthropy with the William J. Clinton Foundation and the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas. The idea is to gather 150 donors and thinkers in hopes of spurring more and better giving. 

Yahoo News: Bank of America released the initial results of the most comprehensive survey to-date of the philanthropic behavior of wealthy Americans. The Bank of America High Net-Worth Philanthropy Study was conducted by The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University for Bank of America. The study reflects the opinions of nearly 1,000 respondents throughout the United States with household income greater than $200,000 and/or net-worth of at least $1,000,000, a result of randomly surveying over 30,000 households in high net-worth neighborhoods across the country.