Philanthropy

ANN ARBOR, MI and WASHINGTON, DC -- Environmental nonprofit-industry partnerships are a growing and increasingly important strategy for improving environmental quality and reducing environmental burdens from new and existing products and services, according to a new r...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Life Is Sweet Enough campaign, a coalition of food companies, is thinking inside the box - the Nutrition Facts label box that is, - in a new educational campaign aimed at curbing the national obesity crisis. Coalition members asked the Fo...

The role of the private sector in achieving socio-environmental objectives is of growing importance in both developing and industrialized countries.

Nations around the world have undertaken international agreements such as the UN...

BEAVERTON, OR -- Nike, Inc. today reported that it contributed $30.7 million globally in cash, product and in-kind services to more than 1,500 non-profit organizations and community partners in its fiscal year ended May 31, 2003. The total contribut...

NEWARK, NJ - Prudential Financial, Inc. is encouraging its employees worldwide to make improving local communities a family affair.

On Saturday, October 4, approximately 40,000 volunteers led by Prudential Financial employees, a...

WASHINGTON, DC - The deadline for the 2003 Corporate Citizenship Awards nominations is October 3.

Presented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Center for Corporate Citizenship, these awards recognize excellence in corporate...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- VolunteerMatch, the nonprofit web service dedicated to bringing volunteers together with the organizations that need them, has partnered with Xcel Energy to make it easier for employees to volunteer. Xcel Energy’s 14,600 employees can now access a...

BRATTLEBORO, VT - CSRwire is proud to announce the launch of the CSR Directory: Resources for Promoting Global Business Principles and Best Practices, a directory of worldwide organizations working on all aspects of corporate social responsibility. The directory is lo...

WASHINGTON, DC – Youth Service America (YSA), a Washington, D.C.-based resource center committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people, today announced it will continue to partner with the State Farm Companies Foundation. ...

SAN ANTONIO, TX – The SBC Foundation – the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications Inc. – awarded $9 million to nonprofit organizations through the 2003 SBC Excelerator competitive technology grants program. SBC Excelerator, the signature giving program of the SBC Fou...