Philanthropy

For American Indians, the "digital divide" can feel more like the "digital Grand Canyon." In addition to being the poorest of America’s ethnic minorities, many American Indians live on reservations notorious for their scant natural resources and isolated locations. Many youn...

PowerUP, the groundbreaking national initiative to give underserved youth access to technology and guidance on how to use it, today unveiled its first wave of 250 new fully-equipped and staffed sites to be launched nationwide in 43 states by the end of 2000.

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) announced today a stock sharing program called "Stock-for-Students" that will help address budget shortfalls faced by local schools. Conceived out of the Xilinx value of giving back to the community, the program encourages employees to donate stock...

Freddie Mac and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition/Wall Street Project today announced a joint campaign to increase homeownership among minority families. As part of the campaign, known as the Freddie Mac/ Wall Street Project Minority Homeownership Initiative, the Fortune 100 compan...

United Way of America has awarded its 13th annual Spirit of America Award - its highest national honor for corporate community involvement - to Bank of America.

Bank of America excelled in all four categories in which competing companies...

Last Saturday, April 8, 2000, thousands of Sun Microsystems' global employees picked up rakes, hammers, books and donated supplies launching Sun's sixth annual Worldwide Volunteer Week (April 8-15, 2000). Sun employees, their families and friends, business associates and cus...

Today, the American Red Cross accepted a $20,000 donation from Capital One (NYSE: COF). The gift will support the disaster relief efforts in Tarrant County, including the cities of Fort Worth, Arlington and Grand Prairie.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - America SCORES today announced that it received a grant of $120,000 from Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) to equip inner-city students for success in the technology-driven world through computer skills development.

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Cisco Systems, Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, announced today that the company will donate an additional $800,000 to the Santa Clara County Housing Trust Fund, bringing Cisco's total contribution to $1 million. Cisco was one of the first local emp...

Business Ethics magazine ranks Herman Miller, Inc., No. 5—between Procter & Gamble and Xerox—on its list of "100 Best Corporate Citizens" in the U.S., based on the results of a study released in mid-March. IBM, Hewlett Packard and Intel round out the top five.