Philanthropy

SINGAPORE - Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of its single-largest social program outside Korea -- "Samsung DigitAll Hope" which will donate US$600,000 to organizations supporting the use of technology to improve the lives of youth and helping to bridge ...

LONDON - Companies are not normally shy when it comes to telling the world how well they are doing. So why are Britain’s biggest companies so coy when it comes to talking about their record on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Youth Service America (YSA) announces today that beginning in June, Nike will recognize top-performing youth ambassadors in YSA's SERVEnet program with donated Nike performance products. The SERVEnet program is comprised of more than 1,000 youth a...

LONDON - David Gilmour of Pink Floyd has today given support to a project to develop a new kind of mixed community for homeless people and key workers. The Crisis urban village is set to house 400 residents and is underway thanks to a £3.6 million donation by Gilmour...

NEW YORK, NY - Burson-Marsteller today named Bennett Freeman as Managing Director for Corporate Responsibility in the firm's U.S. Corporate and Financial Practice. Based in Washington, D.C., Mr. Freeman will lead the fast-growing specialty area that advises the firm'...

Nokia, the International Youth Foundation (IYF), Pearson and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launch Bridgeit — an innovative program that uses mobile technology to bring interactive, multimedia learning materials to local classrooms around the wo...

CHICAGO,IL - The first nationwide Hispanic venture-capital fund has opened its doors for business, evolving from a 2000 alliance of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Bank One Corporation (NYSE: ONE). Hispania Capital Partners is actively se...

SAN ANTONIO, TX - Uniting the tradition of the nonprofit world and the promise of the Internet, www.texasnonprofits.org is pleased to announce a new and improved website that offers an easier way for nonprofits to raise money, find volunteers, employees, advisors and ...

NEW YORK - TechnoServe President and CEO Peter A. Reiling will announce today that McKinsey & Company has agreed to undertake a comprehensive and independent analysis of the global coffee industry for TechnoServe, on a pro bono basis over the next 10 weeks. The a...

LONDON - Socially responsible businesses are outperforming the energy sector and are seeing the benefits of being seen as a "greener" company both with consumers and investors. Shareholders and investors in major energy companies want all environmen...