Philanthropy

Phuket - The Asia Foundation's longest running program, Books for Asia, has donated over 80,000 English-language volumes to hundreds of Thai schools in communities affected by the tsunami. This collection of mostly primary and secondary level books and education mater...

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(SAN FRANCISCO) - VolunteerMatch and MATHCOUNTS have teamed up to recruit volunteers to help support the educational efforts of the more than 500,000 students exposed to MATHCOUNTS materials and activities in their schools each year. Annually, more than 40,000 student...

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to inspire others to contribute, an anonymous Mississippi donor has pledged $500,000 to support Operation Playground: Rebuilding Playgrounds, Restoring Childhoods, a new two-year initiative of the nonprofit organization KaBOOM! to...

Washington, DC - Four top American CEOs have launched the Central America and Mexico Hurricane Relief Fund (www.HurricaneAction.org), a nationwide private sector led, White House supported partnership to encourage private donations for reconstruction in Central Americ...

GRAPEVINE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2006--Reichmann Petroleum Corp, a privately held independent Oil and Gas Operator based in Grapevine, TX, recognizes that their success would not be possible without one key constituent -- the landowners in the communities...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2006--Pro Mujer, a leading microfinance network in Latin America, and a pioneer at combining financial services with healthcare for the poorest women entrepreneurs, is pleased to announce it has received a $3.1 million grant from t...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2006--Eas...

GENEVA & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2006--On the 20th Anniversary of the world's largest nuclear power plant disaster, President Gorbachev, Founder and Chairman of Green Cross International, called for the leaders of the G8 -- the world's largest indus...

WESTERLY, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2006--Wa...