Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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11-19-08
KPMG LLP Wins Corporate Citizenship Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 19, 2008 - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) announced today that KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, received a Corporate Citizenship Award at BCLC's 9th annual dinner and celebration last night at ...
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11-19-08
Walmart Stores to Provide 70 Million Meals per Year to Families in Need
BENTONVILLE, Ark.- November 19, 2008 - With the Thanksgiving season upon us, Walmart today announced that its Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets will partner with Feeding America, the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization, to provide an estimated 90 milli...
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11-19-08
Five New Cities Added to National Hispanic Family Literacy Program
LOUISVILLE, KY. - November 19, 2008 - The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) - the organization that pioneered the concept of raising the literacy level of parents and children simultaneously - today announced five new cities in the Toyota Family Literacy Program (TF...
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11-19-08
Elevate Destinations Matches Donor Giving to Global Charities
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - November 18, 2008 - For one week before Thanksgiving, Elevate Destinations, a leading philanthropic travel company, will match all donations submitted to its online giving program: Travel Matters.
Founded in 2005...
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11-19-08
Wainwright Bank Receives $25 Million In New Markets Tax Credits Program
BOSTON, MA - November 13, 2008 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury has awarded Wainwright Bank & Trust Company (NASDAQ: "WAIN") and Affirmative Investments, Inc. a $25 million allocation in the sixth round of the federal New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) program. Of the 2...
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11-18-08
Wal-Mart Foundation Gives $1.6 Million to Support 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games
BOISE,ID. - November 18, 2008 - The Wal-Mart Foundation today announced a $1.1 million grant to the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Idaho. The grant will be used to help launch a "Greening the Games" initiative to reduce the overall carbon footprint of the...
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11-18-08
Voilà, a Subsidiary of Trilogy International Partners, is Finalist for the Corporate Citizen of the Americas Award
PORT-AU-PRINCE,HAITI. - November 18, 2008 - Voilà, a telecommunications company in Haiti, the leading company in Haiti for social investment and a subsidiary of Trilogy International Partners, is a top ten finalist for a prestigious corporate social responsibil...
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11-17-08
Rolex Announces Winners of International Awards for Enterprise
DUBAI. - November 17, 2008 "“ Rolex today announced the ten winners of the 2008 Rolex Awards for Enterprise, which for more than 30 years have supported pioneering work in science and medicine, technology and innovation, exploration and discovery, the environment and ...
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11-17-08
MetLife Foundation Announces $1,000,000 in Grants for Museum and Community Connections Program
NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MetLife Foundation today announced the grant winners of its 2008 Museum and Community Connections program. The grants, totaling $1,000,000, were awarded to 16 museums for exhibitions, artist residencies, and other programs that ex...
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11-17-08
Studentawards Inc. partners with 3M National Teaching Fellowship and The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
TORONTO,CANADA. - November 17, 2008 - Studentawards Inc. is delighted to announce its partnership with the 3M National Teaching Fellowship and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE). This alliance links three groups committed to supporting s...
