Philanthropy

BOSTON, MA. - Jumpstart, the national early literacy program, celebrated its 10th anniversary by unveiling the early education initiative Boston School Readiness for All. This initiative, made possible by a $1 million challenge grant from Boston''s Richard and...

MOORESVILLE, N.C.--For the first time, Lowe's, Kidde, American Red Cross,

WASHINGTON, DC - MissionFish (www.missionfish.org), a service of the Points of Light Foundation dedicated to helping nonprofits raise money through eBay, recently received First Place for growth stage ventures i...

BRUSSELS – The Trade and Poverty Forum (TPF) – an independent group of prominent citizens from the world’s leading developing and industrialised democracies – today announced a new plan to revive global trade talks as part of an antipoverty agenda. All members of the...

San Francisco, CA - Nokia, a world leader in mobile communications, and the International Youth Foundation (IYF) today announced a three-year expansion of their global Make a Connection program. The initiative, first launched in April 2000, has directly benefi...

MINNEAPOLIS - The Best Buy Children's Foundation today announced that more than $2.9 million is being awarded to schools across the nation for demonstrating creativity in integrating interactive technology into classrooms. Each of the 1,162 schools selected will recei...

ATLANTA, GA - With funding from The Lemelson Foundation, EARTH University in Costa Rica is beginning to explore ways to implement Lemelson’s Invention for Sustainable Development Program in Central America. The grant enables EARTH to study the feasibility of c...

New York City - At one of the hippest and most sustainable nights this season ... We’ll be at Nublu for a night spun by the remarkable Ilhan Ersahin of Wax Po...

New Delhi, India –- The World Economic Forum’s Global Health Initiative marked World TB Day (24 March) by announcing a radical new partnership by business to help fight tuberculosis. The new Business Alliance to Stop TB being launched in India can serve as a model for...

CLEVELAND - KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) today presented a $1 million multiyear grant to Playhouse Square Foundation and WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN/NPR ideastream^sm in support of their partnership to develop the Idea Center at Playhouse Square, a dynamic educatio...