Philanthropy

SEATTLE, WA - Washington Mutual, a retailer of consumer financial services, announced that it has named first vice president Peter R. Villegas national manager of Emerging Markets for the Community & External Affairs Division at Washington Mutual.

WHAT: More than 300 members of the tourism industry will gather at Ellis Island to rake, shovel, paint and clean one of America's most visible landmarks as part of the first annual national project of the Travelers Conservation Foundation's Tourism - Caring for Am...

NORWALK, CT - TechnoServe President and CEO Peter A. Reiling announced today that Simon Winter has been appointed as TechnoServe's new Regional Director for Africa, based for the balance of 2003 in Johannesburg and starting June 9. Mr. Winter will oversee TechnoServe'...

PORTLAND, OR – Nike USA Operations President Gary DeStefano and Multnomah County Commissioner Serena Cruz participated in a celebration today at the Portland Factory Store on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to reflect on the Nike Factory Store’s nearly two-decade hi...

NEW YORK, NY -- U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) joined Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) today to announce Freddie Mac's $1.5 million grant to the newly created Lower Manhattan Affordable Housing ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Ten leading banks from seven countries will announce the adoption of the "Equator Principles," a new comprehensive set of mandatory environmental and social guidelines for the financing of projects. The Equator Principles are based on the policies and...

LONDON - Social Capital is a start up company whose mission is to help people move out of poverty. Social Capital has developed a software tool that quantifies social impact created by socially responsible investments. This software is named SOCIOMIC and has been deve...

HONG KONG -- The PMI Foundation presented the Hong Kong Red Cross with a donation of US $10,000 for Red Cross's "Campaign for Helping the Vulnerable and Needy to Prevent Atypical Pneumonia" initiative.

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NEW YORK, NY - The New York Times Company announced today that its New York Times Neediest Cases Fund launched an emergency program to establish 1,000 summer jobs for low-income teenagers in New York City. The Neediest Summer Jobs Program, which responds to severe cut...