Philanthropy

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...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2005--Allina Hospitals & Clinics is creating a new board-level Committee on Philanthropy and an Office of Philanthropy, substantially strengthening its commitment to providing exceptional health care to its patients and commu...

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2005--Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) announced today that it has raised $5.6 million during the company's fall breast cancer fundraising and awareness campaign. The annual campaign benefits a variety of breast cancer treatment and...

Newark, NJ - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced Friday a partnership with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Inc. (NOJO) that will allow the talented group of musicians to embark on its first national tour a...

PHOENIX - Phelps Dodge Corp. (NYSE:PD) today announced that its board of directors has approved establishing and funding the following trusts:

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2005--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has awarded Shigenori Maeda, a design student from the College for Creative Studies of Detroit, a special design prize for Excellence in Design for Aluminum, for his model "612 Lafayet...

It is estimated that 15 million formerly incarcerated persons live in the US today; nearly 7 percent of the adult population. An estimated 640,000 inmates will be released from state prisons in 2005. Within three years, 67 percent of these individuals will be rearrest...

LAS VEGAS - Focus Property Group, a company that specializes in land investment and creating master plan communities in the southwest United States, wanted to incorporate its philanthropic philosophy into the very fabric of its corporate culture, while empowering its ...

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...