Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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08-18-09
MetLife Foundation and National Guild Award $215,000 in Grants to 14 Arts Education Partnerships
NEW YORK, Aug. 18 /CSRwire-PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - MetLife Foundation and the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts announced the winners of the MetLife Foundation Partners in Arts Education Program. The program grants, totaling $215,000, were awarded to 14 commun...
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08-18-09
Stimulus Dollars at Work
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Aug. 18 /CSRwire/ - Flowers springing from toilet seats. An outdoor amphitheater out of a junkyard. Inner city kids surrounded by violence building new lives, jobs and businesses.
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08-13-09
Operation HOPE Receives $75K Commitment from the UPS Foundation
LOS ANGELES, August 13 /CSRwire/ "“ Financial literacy nonprofit, Operation HOPE received a $75,000 grant from The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of the UPS (NYSE:UPS). The grant will be used to educate and empower South African youth and women in financial literacy, dig...
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08-13-09
Kraft Foods Foundation Invests $1.6 Million in Chicago Organizations
NORTHFIELD, Ill., Aug. 13 /CSRwire - PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Chicago kids have a lot to look forward to this school year. That's because the Kraft Foods Foundation is bringing fun and educational projects to more than 200,000 local children through its Kraft Great Kids progr...
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08-12-09
Fresh & Easy Brings Back Popular Shop for Schools Fundraising Program
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 12 /CSRwire - PRNewswire/ -- Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market today announced it will bring back its popular Shop for Schools fundraising program, based on positive feedback from customers and local schools. Registered schools will be eligible t...
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08-12-09
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Partners for Literacy Program Provides Deep Discounts for Organizations Looking to Donate Children's Books
BOSTON, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/12/09 -- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt today announced that for-profit and nonprofit organizations will continue to have the opportunity to purchase high-quality children's literature at reduced prices through its Partners for Literacy program....
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08-12-09
Video: United Nations International Youth Day Serves as Kick-Off Site for Year Two of the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge
Student Team from Iowa to Present Winning Sustainability Project to UN Representatives, Peers and Media
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /CSRwire - PRNewswire/ -- The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education and the National Science Teachers Association ...
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08-06-09
Minority Youth Develop Culinary Skills Through Sodexo Program
GAITHERSBURG, Md., August 6 /CSRwire/ - As a growing 12-year-old, Victor Angeles already was developing a passion for cooking and enthusiastically helped his mother prepare breakfasts that included boiled eggs and plantains and other dishes from his native Dominican Republic...
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08-06-09
AT&T to Invest More Than $865 Million in Communities to Address Critical National Challenges
DALLAS, Aug. 6 /CSRwire - PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today announced that it has increased its social and environmental investments despite the recent economic downturn. In its 2008 Citizenship a...
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08-05-09
Poverty Alleviation Leaders to Attend Local Economic and Environmental Development Excursion in Juluchuca, Mexico
Davis, Calif., Aug 4 /CSRwire/ - On Oct. 19, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, social financiers, grant-makers and agents of change Participating in the Opportunity Collaboration event being held in Ixtapa, Mexico will join the founder of
