Philanthropy

NEW YORK, NY - January 15, 2008 - /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release is being issued by the RightsforAmerica.com:

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SAN DIEGO, January 15, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego nonprofits working to improve the environment are the recipients of the first and largest set of environmental grants provided by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation in California since announcing its $20 billion En...

GREEN BAY, Wis., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 21, employees from the Green Bay advertising and design firm Arketype will ask area second-graders to put on their "Respectacles" so they may see the world from others' viewpoints. The whimsical glasses are part of Arketyp...

ATLANTA -January 15, 2008 - For the eighth year in a row, UPS (NYSE:UPS) and its employees have led the nation in supporting the annual United Way campaign.

The company, through The UPS Foundation, and its employees and retirees pledged $60.8 mi...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA "“ January 15, 2008 "“ One Warm Coat, a national nonprofit organization that assists in the donation of free coats, announced today that The Glad Products Company will provide One Warm Coat with 500 coupons to purchase GLAD ForceFlex trash bags for the coll...

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Women's eNews and Mary Kay Inc. are combining resources to help combat domestic violence. Mary Kay has issued a grant that will fund journalists reporting for Women's eNews to provide in-depth coverage of the complex, often underreported, s...

BOSTON, MA - January 14, 2008 "“ ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, today announced that it has been chosen as one of 50 nonprofit organizations to receive donations raised in 2008 by CREDO Mobile, a service of Working Assets, a mobile, long distance...

ATLANTA, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Hala Moddelmog, president and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the global leader in the fight to end breast cancer forever, today was recognized for her leadership in business at the 16th annual Trumpet Awards event in Atlanta with a 'High...

PITTSBURGH - January 10, 2008 - Bayer Corporation announced today it has changed the name of its corporate philanthropic arm to Bayer USA Foundation (from Bayer Foundation) and, under the new name, refocused one of the Foundation's four strategic giving areas, while maintain...

PITTSBURGH, PA - January 10, 2008 - The H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) is working to develop solutions to reduce global malnutrition, a commitment underscored in the Company's 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report issued today. The report lays out the Company's p...