Philanthropy

VIENNA, VA "“ July 11, 2007- The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) today announced that it has joined with two leading international development organizations to help improve cocoa farmer incomes in Cameroon, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Liberia and Nigeria.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2007--Staples Foundation for Learning, Inc., a private foundation created by Staples, Inc., (NASDAQ: SPLS) announced today it has awarded 32 grants totaling more than $295,000 to non-profit organizations throughout the country. Th...

PITTSBURG- July 11, 2007 - Bayer Corporation has published and is making widely available the second report resulting from the Best Practice K-12 STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Education Diversity Forum the company hosted last fall in Washington, D.C., as ...

PALO ALTO, CA- July 10, 2007 "“ Do you relish the musky flavor of a Cherokee Purple tomato? Does the sweet, golden flesh of an Elberta peach take you back to the sunniest moment of a long-ago summer? Bon Appétit Management Co. is safeguarding our rich variety of luscious hei...

LORETO BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO- July 10, 2007 "“ While Loreto Bay Company is already a pioneer in sustainable real estate through their development practices, the Company’s charitable arm, Loreto Bay Foundation has added new meaning to this initiative by aiding not ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2007--Who's next up to change the world? With enterprising ideas such as micro-lending and sustainable technology receiving so much attention, NOW, the award-winning newsmagazine from PBS, and Ashoka, the global association of the world's l...

NEW YORK, NY. - July 9, 2007 - A Financial Times report that assesses the value of business partnerships with NGOs and the United Nations ranks the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC) sixth in a survey of nearly 500 such organizations.

Inclusive playgrounds to be built in Boston, Dallas and Los Angeles with funding from the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust; grants for additional projects nationwide and scholarships will help communities across the country build universally accessible playgrounds...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2007--The Qwest Foundation today announced a $2,500 grant to the New Mexico Coalition for Literacy (NMCL), to train and certify literacy volunteers through its tutor-training program.

The NMCL enco...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2007--The Qwest
Foundation has announced a $1,500 grant to the Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families, to provide educational information about domestic and dating violence to youth in local middle and high schools, the foun...