Philanthropy

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" ...

Andrews University is offering a new educational event. "Andrews in May," a graduate level intensive session, will teach practical methods for increasing corporate responsibility toward the community. The three-week annual event takes place on the beautiful and histo...

SAN FRANCISCO - In January, more people than ever before went online to find a volunteer opportunity. VolunteerMatch reports that it generated more than 55,000+ volunteer referrals nationwide last month, much of which is attributed to the fact that many people felt in...

LONDON - Ethical Corporation will host a sell-out two-day conference from 22-23 February 2005 in London focusing on crucial issues in Business/NGO partnerships and accountability.

For the first time in Europe, Ethical Corporation ...

PITTSBURGH - Three weeks after Bayer Corporation announced it established a tsunami relief effort and would match employee donations across the United States dollar for dollar from its Foundation, $260,000 was contributed to Save the Children(R).

"Bayer em...

"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...

SAN FRANCISCO - Tides Center has been awarded grants totaling $4.5 million to significantly expand its services to social innovators and nonprofit organizations. W.K. Kellogg Foundation led the funding with a three-year grant of $4.07 million. Additional funders of th...