Philanthropy

Media Advisory

WHAT: New Ventures Brazil Investor Forum

The World Resources Institute's New Ventures Brazil program provides Brazilian businesses with a venue to showcase themselves to intern...

LANHAM, MD - Safeway Inc. was the winner of the 2004 Maryland Business Philanthropy Award, presented jointly by the Maryland Chamber of Commerce and the Baltimore Business Journal, during the annual Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) - Maryland Chap...

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - Today Abbott welcomed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson to Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam where the Secretary saw first-hand a view of the comprehensive health care management and infrastruct...

BURBANK, Calif. - DisneyHand, worldwide outreach for The Walt Disney Company, today kicked off the holiday season by supporting The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation toy drive with a donation of $110,000. Disney's support for Toys for Tots has spanned the past 56 years...

"I don't know how people can live with having to keep their emotions bottled up inside, cause I've always had this creative outlet." - Moby

This inspiring new episode of the PBS teen reality series In the Mix, co-hos...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - CVI Laser, LLC today made a donation of $5,000 to the general fund of St. Martin's Hospitality Center. The donation came from CVI corporate funds and employee donations. This week the employees of CVI hosted a series of events to raise money for St...

CLEVELAND - KeyBank ranks first among area banks in SBA 504 loan production for fiscal year 2004, financing a total of 17 loans in conjunction with certified development companies active through the SBA Cleveland District Office. These efforts are highlighted by Key's...

LONDON - AccountAbility and International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA) are delighted to announce, jointly, the launch of the world's first individual certification scheme in the field of sustainability assurance - "The Certified Sustainability Assurance Pract...

SAN ANTONIO - The SBC Foundation - the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications Inc. - today announced it has awarded $5 million in competitive SBC Excelerator technology grants to 436 national and local nonprofit organizations. SBC Excelerator is a major philanthropic...

NEW YORK, NY - As the fifth edition of L'Oreal's e-Strat Challenge begins, a record number of students - over 36,000 world-wide representing 125 countries and 2190 universities - registered for a chance to be selected to play. Here in the U.S., more than 1,700 studen...