Philanthropy

CHICAGO, IL - April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- As the nation focuses on the emerging challenges of people living with autism during April's Autism Awareness Month, Easter Seals today announced it has received $350,000 in grants this month from the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, brin...

WASHINGTON, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, April 9 at the National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Awards Ceremony in Washington, DC, the Freddie Mac Foundation announced an $800,000 grant to the Alliance. The investment enables the Alliance to help nonprofit org...

CHERRY HILL, N.J., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Commerce Bank, "America's Most Convenient Bank," is celebrating National Library Week, April 13-19, with a $200,000 donation to libraries in low- to moderate-income areas throughout Commerce's footprint.

WILTON, CT - April 9, 2008 - A team of accounting students from Brigham Young University captured first place honors this week as winners of the 13th Annual Deloitte National Student Case Study Competition sponsored by the Deloitte Foundation, the not-for-profit arm of Deloi...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Jewelry Television(R) announced that the network has created a Tanzanian Relief Fund to support people affected by the flooding disasters in the Arusha and Manyara regions of Tanzania, Africa. Between April 1 and April 12, the...

LONDON - April 9, 2008 - BT today announced it will provide $1 million to support and train Brazilian adolescents on how to use a range of communication tools to influence decisions and to improve the quality of their schools and communities through its global development pa...

VANCOUVER, BC "“ April 8, 2008 "“ For the month of April, Esso customers can show their support for BC's kids by purchasing a BC Children's Hospital Sunshine icon at British Columbia Esso locations. Esso hopes to raise $100,000 for the 21st annual BC Children's Hospital Mira...

PITTSBURGH - April 4, 2008 "“ The Bayer USA Foundation announced today it has awarded a $135,000 grant to ASSET Inc. (Achieving Student Success through Excellence in Teaching), the exemplary science education reform program Bayer helped to create here in Southwest Pennsylvan...

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG), one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services companies, today announced it invested more than $6.5 million in community programs and nonprofit organizations in 2007. More than half of the company's giving...

CHICAGO, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recognizing the escalating number of Alzheimer's cases in the U.S., MetLife Foundation has awarded two grants to the Alzheimer's Association, totaling $815,000, to support educational outreach to the Hispanic community and tr...