Philanthropy

New data from the U.S. government shows more than 49 million Americans struggled to get enough to eat at some point in 2008, the highest total in 14 years. This means one in six Americans struggled with hunger. To wake up Americans to the hunger issue, General Mills CEO Ken ...

Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced today that it has partnered with charity: water to build 12 wells in Africa in 2010 -- one for each month of the year. The partnership aims to address one of the fundamental problems facing de...

Today, two schools in communities with approximately 2,000 people managed to garner more than 167,000 votes in an online competition to win a $10,000 playground grant from national play non-profit KaBOOM! and NFL PLAY 60. Schools in Ontonagon, Michigan and Brusly, Louisiana ...

GlobalGiving, the marketplace for finding and funding grassroots projects around the world, is giving developers the opportunity to show off their creativity and talent in a way that could have big social impact and major visibility through the GlobalGiving and eBay platform...

Abbott and its philanthropic foundation the Abbott Fund were honored with the 2009 Corporate Citizenship Award for International Community Service at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC)'s 10th annual awards dinner. Abbott was recognized for ...

Kohl's Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) is partnering with Penfield Children's Center and donating $1 million over three years to create Kohl's Building Blocks Program. This program will help victims of child abuse, young children with behavioral problems or children with signi...

Little Kids Rock, a leading nonprofit provider of free musical instruments and teacher trainings, today announced that it will launch its program in 19 sites in the San Diego Unified School District, bringing free ...

MetLife Foundation today announced the grant winners of its 2009 Museum and Community Connections program. The grants, ranging from $45,000 to $100,000 and totaling $1,000,000, were awarded to 15 museums for exhibitions, artist residencies, and other programs that extend the...

Today Nicor Gas announced its holiday fundraising drive for Sharing; a program that helps people in need pay their heating bills. As we enter the holiday season and throughout the month of December, Nicor Gas is sending a bill insert to customers in the hopes of continuing t...

Rabat - HRH Princess Lalla Salma, President of the Lalla Salma Association to Fight against Cancer (ALSC) took part Saturday at the Palace of Hosts in Rabat, the work of the General Assembly's regular year-end 2008 association.

After the presentation to members,...