Philanthropy

DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2005--The Principal Financial Group Foundation Inc., in support of community needs in the central Iowa area, provided grants totaling $594,000 during the third quarter to local art and culture organizations.

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2005--The Principal Financial Group Foundation Inc., in support of community needs in the Indianapolis area, provided grants totaling $9,500 during the third quarter to local art and culture organizations.

SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2005--The Principal Financial Group Foundation Inc., in support of community needs in the Spokane area, provided a grant totaling $2,000 during the third quarter to Whitworth College. This grant will support the Whitworth Coll...

MASON CITY, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2005--The Principal Financial Group Foundation Inc., in support of community needs in the Mason City area, provided grants totaling $5,500 during the third quarter to local art and culture organizations.

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PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2005--The Principal Financial Group Foundation Inc., in support of community needs in the Phoenix area, provided a grant totaling $1,450 during the third quarter to the Phoenix Symphony. This grant will support the Symphony Connectio...

OTTUMWA, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2005--The Principal Financial Group Foundation Inc., in support of community needs in the Ottumwa area, provided a grant totaling $350 during the third quarter to the Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra. This grant will underwrite the M...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2005--Eight doctoral students--from Canada to Chile, and from Florida to Ohio, Illinois and Georgia--are receiving significant multi-year scholarships this year to conduct cutting-edge research critical to conserving and managing ...

BOISE, Idaho - Boise Cascade announced today that it has donated five containers of plywood to Timber for Aceh to help build homes for displaced victims of the tsunami that hit southeast Asia on December 26, 2004. The five containers will provide enough plywood to hel...

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2005--BAE Systems is working to make the holidays a bit easier for families in the greater Washington, D.C. area this holiday season. The company today announced donations totaling $20,000 to four organizations in the region: ...

NEW YORK - Do you know a hero -- someone in your community seeking to improve the safety, quality of life and/or environment of others? If you do, you have one month left to nominate that person for the Volvo for life Awards -- the nation's largest annual search for a...