Philanthropy

PORTLAND, OR. – Grants totaling $50,000 will be awarded to community organizations in North and Northeast Portland as part of the Nike Factory Store Grant Program it was announced today. The deadline for applications is April 18, 2003. A committee will review grant ap...

NEW YORK, NY - FTSE Group, the global index provider, reports today on the findings of its’ FTSE4Good Advisory Committee, which met this week for the regular six-month review of index constituents. Globally, forty-eight new companies have joined the FTSE4Good Series f...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - As a testament to the increasing popularity and demand for "socially responsible investments," Belvidere Bank, Alpine Bank and LNB Bank have made shares of the CRA Qualified Investment Fund available to clients of the banks' trust departments. T...

Groundspring.org (formerly eGrants.org) and TechRocks, Inc. have agreed to transfer the ebase contact management system from TechRocks, Inc. to Groundspring.org. The two organizations are in the process of finalizing the agreement and implementing the transfer, which...

NEW YORK, NY - Twenty U.S. cities have been selected to pilot the Junior Achievement "Excellence Through Ethics" business ethics curriculum this spring, in advance of a national curriculum rollout in the fall of 2003. The program, underwritten by Deloitte & Touc...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - VolunteerMatch, the nonprofit Internet service that helps volunteers find places to get involved, has partnered with Edison International to make it easier for employees to volunteer. Edison International employees may now access a customized versi...

ALEXANDRIA, VA - Gifts In Kind International, the world leader in product philanthropy, in a partnership with iReady World, is now delivering a utility computing solution for nonprofits that reduces IT expenses and guarantees up-to-date software packages for productiv...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Salesforce.com(R), the market leader in online customer relationship management (CRM), today announced that it has received the Award for Excellence in Corporate Community Service by the Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Center National Netw...

More than 600 leaders from nonprofit organizations, corporations and foundations gathered together at the Oakland Marriott City Center on Sunday, March 9 and Monday, March 10 for “From a Connected World to an Engaged World” an unprecedented convergence of four major c...

Washington Park, Portland, OR - The magical experience of exploring CM2, the Children's Museum 2nd Generation, now begins before each visitor walks in the door, thanks to a generous donation of creativity by a group of eight Nike designers.