Philanthropy

WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire--USNewswire/ -- First Book, the award-winning nonprofit organization placing new books into the hands of children in need, announces the launch of a collaboration with KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm. KPMG has contributed $250,0...

SAN DIEGO - May 19, 2008 - In recognition of his longtime commitment to disadvantaged communities throughout California, The Greenlining Institute recently honored Robert A. McNeely, executive vice president and manager of corporate community development for Union Bank of Ca...

NEW YORK, NY - May 19, 2008 - The Reader's Digest Foundation (RDF) announced today that it will donate $100,000 to WaterPartners International, a U.S.- based organization committed to providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. This unrest...

MIDDLEBURY, VT - Most numbers in and of themselves are arbitrary; but there are some that hold significant consequence. While the number "350" may not be immediately recognized as a number particularly connected to our planet's future, that is changing. Top scientists concl...

LITTLE ROCK, AR., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Heifer International
(www.heifer.org) today issued an appeal to donors to contribute to a fund dedicated to rehabilitating Heifer project sites in Sichuan and Chonging pro...

BOSTON, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Purchases made through www.DoGreatStuff.com can generate financial contributions for relief agencies assisting the hundreds of thousands of people affected by recent natural disasters in...

MILLWOOD, VA.- May 16 - /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Less than a week after committing medical relief efforts to the people of Myanmar, devastated by Cyclone Nargis, Project HOPE, an international health education and humanitarian assistance organization, is again mobilizing i...

HARTFORD, CT., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today pledged $100,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) for their relief efforts to victims in earthquake-hit areas in southwest China. The...

ATLANTA,GA - May 16, 2008 - The UPS Foundation (NYSE:UPS) has pledged $10,000 to Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) to support its mission of providing a better life for thoroughbreds, both during and after their racing careers.

"Although U...

ATLANTA, GA - May 15, 2008 - UPS (NYSE:UPS) is contributing more than US$1 million (7 million RMB) in cash and in-kind support to the earthquake relief efforts in China through its charitable arm, The UPS Foundation.

UPS is making a cash donatio...