Philanthropy

VALLEY FORGE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2006--The Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program today announced significant reductions in administrative and investment fees for qualifying donor-advised fund accounts, as well as a lower threshold that will allow more partici...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2006--The Board of Directors of FHLBank Pittsburgh has approved $6.58 million in grants under its Affordable Housing Program (AHP). The grants will help finance 28 housing projects across Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virgi...

ALAMEDA, Calif.- To help children and their families learn to better manage diabetes, Abbott Diabetes Care, a division of Abbott, is sending 135 children who are newly diagnosed with diabetes to camp this summer as part of its "Send a Kid to Camp" program. This year marks t...

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Sovereign Bank has donated $100,000 to Meeting Street toward its Capital Campaign. The Power of Inclusion is the $15 million capital campaign to support the creation of Meeting Street's new campus and National Center of Excellence in Providence.

New York - A campaign to help overburdened K-12 teachers while burnishing the image and motivating the employees and customers of the Jones Apparel Group won an unprecedented three awards in the fourth annual Cause Marketing Halo Awards competition.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 2006--The Premier Inc.
healthcare alliance announced today that the participation of approximately 900 of its member hospitals helped save an estimated 35,484 lives in 18 months as a part of the 100,000 Lives Campaign. In ...

NEW YORK- American Express today announced a $10 million, five-year commitment to historic preservation and the launch of the American Express® Partners in Preservation program, expanding the Company's focus on securing the use of cultural assets for the future. The America...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2006--Scott Sullivan, co-founder of Corps of Compassion, a 501(C)(3) non-profit grass roots organization dedicated to connecting survivors of disasters such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as children in need, to available resourc...

EMMAUS, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2006--Can something as simple as the gift of a bicycle change someone's life?

Very often, the answer is yes, as more than 1,300 people in 26 cities around the country have already found out through ...