Philanthropy

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2007--Qwest employees and the Qwest Foundation have joined forces and shown their Spirit of Service in Utah by pledging nearly $200,000 to seven different Utah United Way organizations, the company announced today.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2007--The Initiative for a competitive Inner City (ICIC), a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote economic prosperity in America's inner cities, today announced that Staples Foundation for Learning (SFFL), a private founda...

WASHINGTON DC - April 27, 2007- Thomas J. Billitteri, a veteran journalist and former news editor for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, has been named to the new position of director of communications for the Aspen Institute's Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program.

BISMARCK, N.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2007--The Qwest Foundation today announced an award of $10,000 to the North Dakota Association of Nonprofit Organizations' (NDANO) annual leadership conference to be held June 3-5, 2007, in Fargo. The conference will provide North D...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2007--The Humana Foundation announced today that it is the recipient of two national awards honoring philanthropic work for the Humana Romanian Assistance Project and the company's three decades of support of the American theatre t...

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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2007--Tasty Baking Company (Nasdaq...

CLEVELAND, OH - April 25, 2007 "“ KeyBank today announced that it has provided more than $1 billion in capital to qualified women-owned businesses through its Key4Women program, surpassing its 2005 pledge to lend $1 billion to women-owned firms by February of 2008. Having ex...

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2007--In commemoration of Africa Malaria Day 2007 (April 25th), the ExxonMobil Foundation announced today the award of a series of grants, totaling more than $4 million, that will support efforts in Angola, Chad, Equatorial Guinea an...

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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2007--PathConnect teams with film actress...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 25, 2007) -- Dining In™ and Dancing Deer Baking Company are joining forces with the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance to raise money and awareness about a disease that few know is the fifth largest killer of U.S. women. For the next four weeks, people...