Philanthropy

STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AmeriCares is doubling its supply of water purification treatments to Zimbabwe in an effort to stem a deadly cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 3,000 innocent lives. The outbreak is one of Africa's deadliest in 15 ...

WASHINGTON D.C. - January 29, 2009 - Thousands of children across the country will receive great new places to play thanks to a partnership announced today between Mutual of Omaha Foundation and KaBOOM!, a national non-profit organization dedicated to bringing play back into...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 28, 2009 - Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies, today unveiled a newly revamped Web site to assist the private sector's disaster planning efforts. Business Roundtable's The Partnership for Disas...

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/27/09 -- WeCanBuildanOrphanage.com (www.WeCanBuildanOrphanage.com), a non-profit start-up building a home, clinic and school for 100 AIDS orphans in Haiti, today announce...

AMSTERDAM. - January 26, 2009 - The Elsevier Foundation has announced today that it has committed a total of $555,000 in grants to ten institutions from around the world in support of initiatives that promote the work of libraries and scholars in science, technology and medi...

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A visually arresting look at the plight of the Polar Bears, and a fact-filled journey through the deterioration of our water supply, earned Grand Prize awards in the 2008 Mobile Learning Institute Earth Day Challenge, sponsored by The P...

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National athletic specialty retailer The Finish Line, Inc. (Finish Line) announced today that it has reached a new record by raising $1,164,329 for the Finish Line Youth Foundation (FLYF) during its holiday campaign held in sto...

SPRINGFIELD, MA "“ January 21, 2009 - CSRwire recently donated $1,250 worth of GlobalGiving Gift Certificates (50 certificates of $25 each) to middle and high school students at The Springfield Renaissance School, an Expeditionary Learning School in Springfield, MA.

AMMAN. - January 21,2009 - Seeking to address the highest youth joblessness rates in the world, the International Youth Foundation convened a meeting of experts from across the Middle East and North Africa to identify long-term solutions to the region's youth unemployment cr...

TORONTO, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced a contribution of $10,000 to the Toronto Public Library's Leading to Reading program. The donation will allow for the literacy program to continue during the summer months at the St. James To...