Philanthropy

Visible Hand, Inc. (VH), a San Francisco-based firm specializing in the design and implementation of corporate-backed partnerships for international development, has been awarded a two-year contract to create a broad-based information exchange linking multinational co...

SAN ANTONIO - SBC Communications Inc. is answering the call of the national AMBER Alert Plan with a $1 million grant in technology funding to support law enforcement officers in protecting families throughout the SBC 13-state region. The national SBC Excelerator AMBER...

NEW YORK - CEO James H. Quigley of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP outlined the business benefits of creating a culture of community service to an audience of corporate grant makers attending The Conference Board's Thirteenth Annual Corporate Community Involvement Confe...

Los Angeles, CA - Buoyed by the fact that more than 75 million eligible citizens failed to vote in the 2000 Presidential election - a contest decided by 537 votes - a nationwide coalition of socially conscious businesses and organizations today announced the launch of...

WASHINGTON D.C. - The National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) today announced 79 regional grant recipients selected to tap $4.5 million in education funding from the SBC Foundation to promote college readiness for low-incom...

BRONX, NY - Canon promotional game night at Yankee Stadium on July 21st (Yankees vs. Toronto) will highlight the company's collaboration with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the importance of keeping an updated digital photo of a c...

SAN ANTONIO - According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, technology-focused careers in the areas of computer programming and information technology (IT) administration will grow more than 30 percent through 2010. To help...

The annual measurement of the impact of Cause Related Marketing on society by Business in the Community has found for the third year running that more money is being raised and given to charities and good causes by businesses through Cause Related Marketing programmes...

PITTSBURGH - Alcoa Foundation today announced it has invested $200,000 in a two-year program implemented by Population Services International (PSI) to fight malaria in Boke prefecture in Guinea. The Alcoa Foundation grant will be used to launch a campaign to train hea...

CLEVELAND - KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) officials today presented a $250,000 Key Foundation check to Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), fulfilling a four-year, $1 million grant supporting development and operation of comprehensive career information and job search resource, ...