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Undoubtedly, your life has been improved by philanthropy. When you visit a hospital, attend a college or university, participate in a religious service, listen to community radio or experience the visual or performing arts, you benefit from philanthropy. From the Greek “love of mankind,” philanthropy represents the act of supporting the institutions and causes that to improve our quality of life. Can you imagine what our country would be like without the foresight of Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller? Today, Warren Buffet, Bill and Melinda Gates, Oprah and Mark Zuckerberg have all picked up the gauntlet. While we all may not be able to give to at the level of these noted philanthropists, everybody has the capacity to make a difference. Professional fundraisers help engage individuals and organizations in the philanthropic process.

The Alliance for Children and Families has announced a name change and moved its headquarters from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C.

The Milwaukee Bucks announced today that the team has added seven additional local investors to its ownership group, and for the first time acknowledged that New York hedge fund manager Jamie Dinan is a “substantial” owner of the team.

Commercial Horizons Inc., a commercial real estate development firm with offices in Green Bay and Appleton, is working on plans to develop an office building in Milwaukee.

Fond du Lac-based C.D. Smith Construction Inc. was been selected to be the general contractor for the Kimpton hotel project in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward.

Menomonee Falls-based Magnetek Inc., a supplier of digital power and motion control systems, today announced it received an order valued at more than $1 million to modernize the controls on four 300-ton power plant cranes for the Hoover Dam.

Brown Deer-based Badger Meter Inc. today reported third quarter net earnings of $10.2 million, or 71 cents per share, up 13.1 percent from $9 million, or 63 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2013.

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. reported a fiscal 2015 first quarter net loss of $15.3 million, or 34 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $19.3 million, or 41 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2014.

Kenosha-based Snap-on Inc. today reported third quarter net earnings of $106.4 million, or $1.76 per share, up from $87 million, or $1.43 per share, in the third quarter of 2013.