Philanthropy

DEERFIELD, IL - The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), today announced its first-quarter grant awards, totaling more than $1.3 million. In April, the foundation awarded grants to 20 organizations in six cou...

TORRANCE, CA - Best Western International and Cartoon Network are celebrating the success of Best Western's "Kids Help Out Matching Program" today, recognizing the heroic achievements of American children who have raised $9 million for UNICEF's tsunami relief and reco...

ROCKVILLE, MD, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM and LONDON - Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the world's leading provider of proxy voting and corporate governance solutions, today announced that Deminor International, the well-known minority shareholder advocacy firm based...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A new breed of business professional will enter the workforce after Presidio World College graduates its first class from the MBA program in Sustainable Management. Following two years of intensive, collaborative studies at the San Francisco-based ...

MINNEAPOLIS - The General Mills Foundation and the American Dietetic Association Foundation, in partnership with the President's Challenge, have awarded 50 community groups and schools across the country with $10,000 grants that support innovative programs to help ch...

PITTSBURGH - Despite the fact that women, African-Americans, Native Americans and Hispanic Americans have long been under-represented in science and engineering (S&E) in the United States, a new survey shows parents of these students are overwhelmingly confident t...

FAIRFAX, VA - United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the SBC Foundation - the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications Inc. - today jointly announced a $125,000 contribution from the SBC Foundation to support the SBC/UNCF scholarship program. Building on more than $1.5 m...

PHOENIX, AZ - PBS Station KOCE presented Robert Kiyosaki, author of the international best seller Rich Dad Poor Dad, and The Rich Dad Company with its 2005 "Excellence in Education" Award.

The presentation took place as Kiyosaki t...

ATLANTA, GA - The Southeast regional office of the NAACP and Personnel Strategies Inc. (PSI), the nation's leading diversity career fair producer, returned to Atlanta for the NAACP Executive Diversity Job Fair -

ATLANTA - Canvas Systems, a leading global provider of pre-owned Information Technology (IT) equipment and systems, announces the donation of computer systems to Atlanta Union Mission to help in their care of the homeless. The computers will be used in the addiction r...