Philanthropy

New York, NY - James Patterson and Time Warner Book Group announce the debut of the James Patterson PageTurner Award, an annual cash prize intended to single out and support the people, companies, schools and other institutions who find original and effective ways to ...

Washington, DC, - Business Roundtable member companies have contributed more than $135 million in funding, services, supplies and equipment to support the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Members of the Roundtable, an association of 160 CEOs of leading U.S. companies...

NEWARK, NJ - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) today announced that the company and its employees would contribute more than $5 million to help Gulf Coast victims. The company said the contribution reflected the belief that the massive relief effort needed to resp...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2005--UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it had begun working directly with the governors of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

In Louisiana, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco ha...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2005--

CLEVELAND - Hurricane Katrina survivors arriving at evacuee sites currently located in Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Utah and Washington will benefit from $100,000 in Key Foundation donations dispersed within KeyBank communities from Maine to Alaska. In...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2005--Best Buy Co., Inc.
(NYSE:BBY):

Employee recovery-relief

-- Best Buy has accounted for the majority of its 1,273 displaced
employee...

Warrenville, IL - In response to the escalating need for aid and assistance for victims of Hurricane Katrina, BP Foundation has increased its contribution to relief efforts to a total of $10 million. This builds on the $5 million commitment to hurricane relief announ...

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan -- Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) today began distribution of its newly published Sustainability Report - Beyond the Boardroom - which documents the company's economic, social and environmental performance in 2004.

Delray Beach, Fla. - Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, today announced that its cash and in-kind donations to support Hurricane Katrina relief have topped $18 million.

In out...