Philanthropy

Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) today announced it will launch the Merrill Lynch Community Charitable Fund, a unique donor-advised fund service, which, for the first time, will link a major financial services firm with a nationwide network of leading community foundations....

NEW YORK, NY – Recognizing the changing needs of today’s business arena and responding to the increasingly vital role public relations plays in enhancing an organization’s reputation through promoting socially responsible practices, the Public Relations Society of Ame...

Beaverton, OR - The Asian Family Center, For Us Northwest and the Boys & Girls Club of Portland Metropolitan Area today announced they have received a donation of $139,000 from Nike, Inc. on behalf of the company's six employee diversity networks.

PROVIDENCE, RI, - Nortek Holdings, Inc., a leading international designer, manufacturer and marketer of building products, today announced it would donate $50,000 to assist the families of those who lost loved ones in Thursday night's devastating nightclub fire in We...

Newark, NJ – PSEG today announced that in honor of its 100th anniversary the PSEG Foundation was making two Century of Caring $100,000 grants and funding the building of a Habitat for Humanity house in the company’s hometown of Newark.

NEW YORK, NY – Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) has named Kathleen Walas, President of the Avon Foundation, to the additional and newly created position of Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, effective immediately. She will report to Andrea Jung, Avon’s chairman and chi...

TechnoServe President and CEO Peter A. Reiling announced today that James Carman has been appointed TechnoServe's Country Director for Kenya. Mr. Carman has more than 20 years of experience as an international business manager with proven success in agriculture, food ...

Geneva, Switzerland, - The World Economic Forum today announced the official launch of The Global Information Technology Report 2002-2003: Readiness for the Networked World (GITR), the most comprehensive, cross-country assessment of the state of information technology...

Detroit, MI - The Nonprofit Facilities Center reported on its first year of service at its Feb. 18 annual meeting. The Nonprofit Facilities Center, a partnership of United Way Community Services and the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) in New York City, helps metro Detro...

CHICAGO, IL - The McCormick Tribune Foundation, one of the nation's largest charitable foundations, today announced that its board of directors has approved grants of almost $5.7 million to 47 charitable agencies, programs and organizations nationwide. Of that figure...