Philanthropy

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2005--Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) has awarded a total of $2 million in te@ch Emergency Response grants to 955 K-12 schools across the U.S. The grants are designed to help schools with increased enrollment of students displaced b...

Oakland, CA and New York, NY, - For the second year in a row, TransFair USA, the nation's only independent, third-party certifier of Fair Trade products, was named a Social Capitalist Award winner by Fast Company magazine and the Monitor Group. TransFair USA is one of...

Capital One® Financial Corporation and America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth are pleased to announce that Capital One® will grant one million dollars over the next two years in support of the Alliance's 100 Best Communities for Young People competition.

Montreal, Canada - Alcan Inc. (NYSE, TSX: AL) and the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) are pleased to announce that the US$1 million 2005 Alcan Prize for Sustainability is awarded to the Aga Khan Planning and Building Services Pakistan (AKPB...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill, - The Abbott Fund announced today that it is providing $1.5 million in funding and product donations to programs aimed at improving the health of women and children in Afghanistan. Working in partnership with Direct Relief International (DRI) and th...

VALHALLA, N.Y.It's the hottest ticket in the nation and for a dozen lucky families it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

This weekend 12 families from across the country were treated to an exclusive behind-the-scenes vis...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2005--With thousands of hurricane evacuees still in a housing crisis, HomeAid, the country's leading non-profit builder of transitional housing, is working in Houston to develop housing for evacuee women in crisis, including women who...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2005--

Four medical research projects making impressive advances into the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of life-threatening diseases have been awarded in total over £470,000 by GlaxoSmithKline in their annual medical research awards programme.

KENSINGTON, MARYLAND - Just in time for Hanukkah, hundreds of Hurricane Katrina victims will be receiving one-of-a-kind gifts next month as part of a special holiday celebration. The Gary Rosenthal Collection and nearly a dozen Jewish communities across the country wi...