Philanthropy

The newly created Verizon Foundation hopes to help transform the nonprofit community through the use of technology and innovative e-solutions. The foundation is the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications - the telecommunications company formed June 30 through the merger...

Wells Fargo and Opus Northwest, L.L.C. are partnering with Seattle LISC to build critical affordable housing and revitalize distressed neighborhoods throughout Puget Sound. The two organizations donated a total of $60,000 to LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation).

With awards totaling more than $1.7 million announced today, the Texaco Foundation has bolstered early childhood music and science education programs, as well as projects aimed at preserving our diverse musical heritage. Today's grants fall under the Foundation's major areas...

The Earthgrains Company will donate five cents to the American Cancer Society in St. Louis for every package of Earth Grains brand breads, bagels and buns sold in the metropolitan St. Louis area in Missouri and Illinois from Sunday, June 25, to Sunday, July 16.

Emmanuel Hutchinson, a student at Tucson High School, gave up football to attend classes at the Tucson-Pima Arts Council's Multimedia Arts Education Center, a component of the Council's Arts Education Program. He found the environment safe -- other kids didn't try to intimid...

Delta’s SkyWishä program, American Red Cross and the FOX network turned a fantasy into reality for one "Power Rangers family." The Streepeys of Lexington, Ky., won the "FOX Kids On-Location Vacation" package. The children of Ben and Judi Streepey, Sarah and Benjamin, are de...

The U S WEST Foundation has awarded a $27,000 grant to support technology integration into South Dakota's Catholic schools education system.

The financial gift is part of the U S WEST Foundation's education outreach initiative, which sup...

The Polaroid Foundation today awarded more than $847,000 to nonprofit organizations based largely in eastern and New Bedford, Massachusetts - the home to nearly 4,000 Polaroid Corporation employees.

The grants were awarded in a ceremony ...

A check for $100,000 was presented to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation by American Airlines today as a result of a "Fly For The Cure" program American conducted throughout the West Coast last fall after it significantly expanded its West Coast route network.

The Cincinnati Association for the Blind (CAB) continues to solicit funding for the renovation of its East Walnut Hills facility. Renovation began to its existing facility located on Gilbert Avenue in January of 1999.

The immense undertak...