In an era of increasingly tense relations between the U.S. and Mexico, two community foundations on opposite sides of the border are working together to address poverty, violence and other pressing …

South Africa celebrated a milestone in health care last month with the completion of the long-awaited Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in Johannesburg.

Former NBA star Vlade Divac’s foundation is leading efforts to increase local giving and philanthropy in Central and Eastern Europe.

Countries all over the world are grappling with humanitarian crises born of people being displaced from their homelands. Fear and mistrust of foreigners has given rise to violent attacks in many places. In South Africa, several Mott grantees are working to stem the tide of aggression and help communities to heal.

Mott Foundation Chairman and CEO William S. White responds to a recommendation by the upper house of the Russian parliament to put the Foundation on a list of “undesirable” organizations. The matter is now under review by the country’s prosecutor general and other officials.

The LIN Center for Community Development teaches people how to give strategically to meet local needs. As Vietnam’s only community foundation, LIN helps people “do good by giving well.”

The Monteverde Community Fund is located in Costa Rica’s cloud forests, where it works to bridge the sometimes competing interests of economic growth, social development, and environmental conservation.

Since 1991, YouthBuild USA has worked to revitalize communities while giving young people a second chance to learn skills and complete their education. Now YouthBuild is taking those goals global.

Teenagers in Flint, Michigan, created the city’s first all-youth block club, which has sponsored clean-up days, given away school supplies and distributed food to neighbors in need.