Philanthropy

PORTLAND, ME "“ January 30, 2007 - Today the Fund for Workplace Philanthropy, a charitable investment fund established by the National Alliance for Choice in Giving, announced a $40,000 grant to

Fresh Express, the No. 1 producer of value-added salads in North America and an industry leader in food safety, today announced that it will provide up to $2 million to fund rigorous and multidisciplinary research to help the fresh-cut produce industry prevent contamination ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA.- January 30, 2007 "“ Students at six New Orleans elementary schools will soon have new places to swing, slide and play, courtesy of Fannie Mae and the nonprofit organization KaBOOM!. On February 13, more than 1,500 volunteers will construct playgrounds at s...

CLEVELAND- January 30, 2007 "“ This year many individuals and families earning low-incomes in Cleveland will miss out on thousands of dollars in tax credits because they don’t know they qualify for them.

KeyBank and the Cleveland Housing Network...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2007--Build-A-Bear Workshop(R) turns ten years old in 2007 and plans to celebrate with a year-long series of charitable activities and events across the nation that will bring playgrounds, books and the friendship of a teddy bear to child...

NEW YORK, NY - January 29, 2007 - A national poll of youth taken recently by USA Today and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) found 60 percent feel they are facing tougher financial pressures than young people did in previous generations. The 2007 Hip-Hop ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 29, 2007 - A project designed to provide support for victims of the 2005 hurricanes received a major boost today, as Northrop Grumman contributed $275,000 to support the effort.

The project is a collaboration of the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 29, 2007 "“ Grameen Foundation today announced the appointment of Diane M. Smith as director of its Capital Markets Group.

Grameen Foundation’s Capital Markets Group sources new financing opportunities for poverty-fo...

London and Washington D.C. --January 29, 2007-- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., a leading roaster and distributor of specialty coffees, has signed a Letter of Intent with the Government of Ethiopia that signifies a commitment to work with Ethiopian fine coffee stakehol...

CHESTNUT HILL, MA - January 29, 2007 "“ A new magazine, The Corporate Citizen, has been published by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, a research center at the Carroll School of Management, to provide business leaders, policymakers, academics and ot...