Philanthropy

St Petersburg, Russia - The Red Cross, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Microsoft today announced the opening of a community technology learning center in St. Petersburg, Russia, to provide IT access, skills training and education for refugees...

Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, ran the largest-ever United Way electronic workplace giving campaign, it was announced by the United Way of America. The people of Deloitte pledged $13.7 million to charitable caus...

PHOENIX, AZ--Phelps Dodge Corp. (NYSE: PD) and its 13,000 employees in 27 countries are focusing on community safety during the company's Global Volunteer Month in April.

In Monterrey, Mexico, employees w...

Cincinnati – The Trust for the Americas has selected Chiquita Brands International, Inc.(NYSE: CQB) as the winner of the 2004 Corporate Citizen of the Americas Award for Chiquita’s Nuevo San Juan Home-Ownership Project in Honduras. Dr. César Gaviria, secretary general...

OAKLAND, CA - TRANSFAIR USA, the nation's only third-party certifier of Fair Trade Certified ™ products, today announced the appointment of Andi C. Trindle Walker as Retail Accounts Manager.

Trindle Walker will be responsible fo...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Groundspring.org, the nonprofit technology organization that helps small and mid-size nonprofits use the Internet, has released an online advocacy service to complement its email and Internet fundraising services.

Priced at $49.95 pe...

CHESTNUT HILL, MA - The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College is bringing two of its most popular courses to the Drake Hotel in Chicago:

ATLANTA – When a flooded creek left elderly residents of Beards Fork, W.Va., in need of a quick evacuation several years ago, Tony Newkirk stepped in immediately. A 20-year Beards Fork resident and UPS feeder driver known for his ongoing service to the community, New...

WASHINGTON- K-12 Education is the number one social issue supported by U.S. companies, and the business community is deeply concerned about contributing effectively to support the future development of education in the United States.

PHOENIX - Twenty-one domestic violence shelters will share a $250,000 grant announced today by the Phelps Dodge Foundation.

"Last year alone, 86 percent of the women and children we served did not return to their abusive environment, which is a tremendous ...