Philanthropy

SAN ANTONIO, TX -- Poor water quality, inadequate infrastructure and mismanagement have plagued the U.S.-Mexico border region for decades. An innovative program is attempting to address these difficulties in part, by providing practical training for water utility pr...

SEATTLE, WA - Earth Day Network announced today that Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental leadership through a $50,000 contribution to Earth Day Network. The funds provide the seed money to support Earth Day Network's...

CHATTANOOGA, TN - Tennessee Valley Infrastructure Group Inc. (TVIG), one of the first companies to bring affordable infrastructure solutions to underserved regions around the world, today announced that it has completed the installation of the Petite Goave, Haiti dies...

BELLEVUE, WA — World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting the world’s wildlife and wildlands, together with Coinstar Inc., today announced a new nationwide partnership to safeguard our natural world.

PITTSBURGH, PA - Alcoa Foundation announced today that it is seeking proposals from Northside (Pittsburgh) nonprofit organizations as part of its Allegheny Works initiative, a five-year, $1 million program to enhance literacy, workforce development and employment oppo...

Close Encounters
(of the sustainable kind)

Thursday, April 24th

Coral Room - New York's hot new club with a larger than life exotic aquarium

512 W. 29th Street (between 1...

With the support of key U.S. corporations, Medical Education for South African Blacks (MESAB), a non-profit organization that provides scholarships, advanced training, and academic support to black South African medical students, completed its annual fund-raising even...

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO and DELRAY BEACH, FL -- Junior Achievement and Office Depot, Inc., (NYSE:ODP) today kicked off "Job Shadow Day," a program that mentors students and provides them with valuable "hands-on" experience in the workplace.

PITTSBURGH, PA - Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced combined grants from Alcoa Foundation and Alcoa Fujikura Ltd. (AFL) in communities covering all six of AFL's Mexican operating locations exceeded US$1 million in 2002.

More than 30 ...

NORWALK, CT- Two-hundred-and-fifty coffee samples from small and medium-scale farms and large estates throughout Nicaragua have already been submitted for the upcoming "Cup of Excellence®," the second-ever countrywide coffee competition to be held here, according to E...