Philanthropy

FORT WORTH, TX - The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation awarded 130 grants totaling more than $1 million to non-profit organizations in the state of Texas in 2002. These grants support non-profit programs ranging from youth activities to public safety, human deve...

Newark, NJ – A coalition of more than 120 New Jersey-based education stakeholder organizations today released the results of a survey entitled Building Strong Bridges—A Report on Public Engagement in New Jersey Education. The research report, commissioned by New Jers...

NEW YORK, NY - The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation's leading organization supporting Hispanic higher education, announced today the opening of the HSF Northeast Regional Office. In line with its goal to double the rate of Hispanics earning a college degre...

Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation today announced combined community investment highlights for 2002, which included $34.7 million in combined giving in Alcoa communities worldwide. Other highlights included a global celebration to kick-off the Foundation's 50th anniversary,...

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -The nation's oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native advocacy organization in the United States, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), today announced it had received a $25,000 contribution from Nike to ...

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....

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.