Philanthropy

JACKSON, MS December 6, 2006 - The Foundation for the Mid South (FMS) announced today the recipients of grants totaling $833,813 on behalf of The Baxter International Foundation Health Recovery Fund. The fund was established in February to support the recovery and re...

Enhancing and Improving Your Strategic Philanthropy Program
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January 17-19, 2007 • San Antonio, Texas

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The Institute on Business and Society
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January 17-19, 2007 • San Antonio

CHESTNUT HILL, MA (December 6, 2006) - As ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2006--Accenture(a) (NYSE: ACN) today announced a $600,000 donation to the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO) to support the launch of its New Orleans Nonprofit Central resource cooperative. The resource cooperative ...

Colorado Springs, CO, December 6, 2006. - Young people are feeling strong pressure to succeed in school, no matter the cost, a new survey has found. More than two out of five teens (44 percent) say they feel either a lot or overwhelming pressure to succeed in school, ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - December 5, 2006 - RSF is pleased to announce its support for the Bay Area's newest "green" bank. The New Resource Bank is a community bank that started when a group of visionary individuals and organizations, including RSF, recognized a need for a...

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2006--Displaying their trademark competitive spirit as well as their holiday spirit, executives from six prominent Silicon Valley companies, including SanDisk(R) CEO Eli Harari, raced through the aisles of a local Target stor...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2006--MetLife Foundation today announced the grant winners of its Partnership for Intergenerational Learning program. Fifteen science museums from around the United States were awarded grants totaling $1,000,000, directly benefiting over 3....

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2006--Employers Direct Insurance Company, California's only specialty direct writer of workers' compensation insurance, believes that being a good corporate citizen should be a year-long commitment, not simply during the hol...

LA FARGE, WI. Dec. 4, 2006 -- Organic Valley, the nation's oldest and largest organic farmers' cooperative, congratulates farmer-members Ron and Maria Vakulskas Rosmann and their sons, David, Daniel and Mark, on receiving the prestigious 2006 Spencer Award for Sustai...