Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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03-23-00
Two Richmond-Based Businesses Join Forces to Help Children
Christian Children's Fund (CCF) today announced contributions in excess of $80,000 from Capital One. The donation will fund youth literacy programs in Texas and in the impoverished Mississippi Delta region.
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03-20-00
Bank of America Named 2000 Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation
Bank of America has been named the Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation by the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (NSFRE), the largest association of charitable fund raisers in the world. Bank of America will be honored at NSFRE's International Conference on Fund R...
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03-16-00
The St. Paul Companies Inc. Foundation announces fourth-quarter grants; focus on nonprofit, voluntary sector
The St. Paul Companies Inc. Foundation today announced grants totaling $3.7 million to assist 102 nonprofit organizations. Of these grants, sixteen, totaling $835,000, were awarded to organizations seeking to advance the effectiveness of the nonprofit, voluntary sector.
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03-10-00
Polaroid Instant Images Reunite Young Flood Victims With Their Families in Mozambique Save the Children Uses Photos to Register Unaccompanied Children in Refugee Camps
Save the Children workers in flood-ravaged Mozambique are using instant film and cameras, donated by Polaroid Corporation, to reunite hundreds of children with their families.
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03-09-00
CA Donates More than $600,000 in Software and Services to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children During 2005
ISLANDIA, N.Y.- CA (NYSE:CA) donated more than $600,000 in software and services to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) through its CA Together IT Program in 2005. For a decade, NCMEC has relied on CA's support to help find missing children and t...
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03-09-00
Lucent Technologies Foundation Funds Distance Learning Program In Latin America
Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced the funding of a collaborative effort between Bell Labs and universities in Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S. to advance distance learning education around the Latin American region. Made possible by Lucent's philanthropic arm, the L...
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02-22-00
Capital One Launches Tampa Leadership Grants Program
Capital One today pledged to support Tampa youth by launching the Capital One Leadership Grants program, a partnership with five local youth-serving agencies. The grants are designed to bring local agencies together to identify and implement programs which promote resiliency...
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02-21-00
Computer Associates Donates $500,000 to Earthquake Relief Efforts Through "Child Relief & You" Charity
Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) announced today that it is donating $500,000 to the Gujarat (India) Earthquake Relief effort sponsored by Child Relief & You, Inc. (CRY) - a volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for impo...
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02-17-00
The Goldman Sachs Foundation Announces Major Grants to Groundbreaking Programs
The Goldman Sachs Foundation today announced the approval of the first three in a series of significant grants to education organizations, each for $1 million. Two of the three grants reflect the Foundation's brand of "venture philanthropy," which will leverage its grants wi...
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02-17-00
Starbucks Expands Support For Coffee Farmers with Purchase of Fair Trade Certified Coffee
Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) announced today that its has purchased 75,000 pounds of Guatemalan and Nicaraguan coffee from vendors who have guaranteed that the coffee is certified Fair Trade.
