Philanthropy

STAMFORD, CT - AmeriCares, the humanitarian relief agency, announced today that it has received a $1 million cash donation to aid its tsunami relief efforts in Asia from the Abbott Fund, the philanthropic foundation of global health care company Abbott.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI -Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq:CVNS), a global consulting and technology services company, announced today that through employee donations, the company and The Vattikuti Foundation, it made a $150,000 cash donation to the American India Foundation ...

POTOMAC, MD - The winners of this year's Corporate Social Responsibility Awards (CSR) defied the odds and have overcome a year of intensive corporate scrutiny by demonstrating that goodwill, philanthropy and employee commitment to "do good" can go a long way towards m...

LAKE SUCCESS, NY - Golfer Michelle McGann, a seven-time winner with the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), is participating for the second consecutive year in Canon4Kids, the program created by Canon U.S.A. that seeks to help locate missing children across A...

REDWOOD SHORES, CA - According to a new study released today by Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) and the Economist Intelligence Unit, 85 percent of executives and investors rank corporate responsibility as a central consideration in investment decisions. The study, "...

CLEVELAND - KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) will loan vice president of Community Development Banking, Stephanie Turner, to the City of Cleveland over the next six months to help spur new investment in the city through results of "The City of Cleveland Neighborhood Market DrillDo...

NEW YORK - The Make-TIAA-CREF Ethical coalition, comprised of worldwide organizations* dedicated to social responsibility, recently met with the powerful teachers' pension fund TIAA-CREF and asked them to take the following actions:

LOS ANGELES - Karma Media, Inc. (OTC BB: KRMA) announced that it will air public service announcements on behalf of the United Nations' World Food Program on the nearly 600 television stations that carry KRMA's international hit television series "Estelle's Paradise" ...

"Microfinance has proved its value, in many countries, as a weapon against poverty and hunger. It really can change peoples' lives for the better - go especially the lives of those who need it most. "
Secretary General Kofi Annan

AUSTIN, TX - Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq:VIGN) today announced that it has donated more than $160,000 (U.S.) in products and services to the American Red Cross in the last month, in support of relief efforts following the devastating tsunami that struck Southern Asia and E...