Philanthropy

NEW YORK, NY - The Taproot Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that works to engage the country's millions of business professionals in pro bono service to strengthen the nonprofit sector, today announced that it is accepting nominations for the 2006 Pro Bon...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DefenseWeb Technologies,
Inc., a premier custom software developer and systems integrator
serving Department of Defense (DoD) organizations, announced today
that it is donating 1% of its profit to four organizations that s...

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 27, 2005--RPM Ventures, LLC, dba Reynolds Family Homes announced today that it will be attending the 2006 International Builders Show January 11-14 in Orlando, Florida. General Colin Powell (Ret.) is the keynote speaker.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 27, 2005--Marking the switch from traditional lighting to advanced, environmentally responsible solid-state lighting (SSL), Royal Philips Electronic (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI), will usher in 2006 by sponsoring a charity auction of the light ...

New York, NY/London, UK - On the 1st-year anniversary of the tsunami in Southeast Asia, LUCITÀ Inc. and economie have announced a partnership to ensure that the upcoming economie 06 conference in Zurich, Switzerland delivers material results in the SRI and CSR fields...

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that it is kicking off Cyber Giving Week on December 25, 2005, in recognition of the significant growth in online charitable donations as well as the trend of year-end spikes in giving. In partner...

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 2005--The Principal Financial Group Foundation Inc., in support of community needs in the Wilmington area, provided grants totaling $1,000 during the third quarter to local art and culture organizations.

"By supp...

PHOENIX - Phelps Dodge Foundation has awarded 118 grants totaling $56,000 to teachers and K-12 schools located in or near communities in which Phelps Dodge or one of its subsidiaries has a presence. Funding came from the foundation's "Mini-Grants for Education" progra...

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...