Philanthropy

Geneva, Switzerland, - The World Economic Forum today announced the official launch of The Global Information Technology Report 2002-2003: Readiness for the Networked World (GITR), the most comprehensive, cross-country assessment of the state of information technology...

Detroit, MI - The Nonprofit Facilities Center reported on its first year of service at its Feb. 18 annual meeting. The Nonprofit Facilities Center, a partnership of United Way Community Services and the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) in New York City, helps metro Detro...

CHICAGO, IL - The McCormick Tribune Foundation, one of the nation's largest charitable foundations, today announced that its board of directors has approved grants of almost $5.7 million to 47 charitable agencies, programs and organizations nationwide. Of that figure...

CHICAGO, IL - Zkid Network Company (OTCBB:ZKID) and Boerner Inc., official licensees of the National Crime Prevention Council, have joined forces to co-market the McGruff(R) Safe Kids Identification Kit, the leading (with more than ten million kits distributed), most...

PROVIDENCE, RI - This Presidents' Day weekend, more than 100,000 college and university students across the country joined to launch the Raise Your Voice campaign, a multi-year national effort to increase student involvement in public life. The campaign is a student...

YORK, PA - The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), which is the first and largest national organization dedicated solely to funding clinical and genetic research at outstanding medical centers across the country, received $58,000 from the sales of exclusive mer...

BEDMINSTER, N.J. and MINNEAPOLIS – Parents who want their children to use the Internet safely – and to learn while having fun - will want to check out a new online resource that lets kids “camp out” all year long: goCyberCamp™. AT&T and the Center for 4-H Youth ...

PORTLAND, OR – In the final week of fundraising to send Portland Public School sixth graders to Outdoor School this Spring, Columbia Sportswear Company® (Nasdaq: COLM), maker of high quality outdoor apparel and footwear, will match any donations made to the Friends o...

IRVINE, CA - Do you know a hero? Someone in your community who is building a neighborhood center for needy kids, developing recycling programs for their schools or helping save the life of a perfect stranger?

If so, you may be...

Portland, OR - Cleveland High School students from 10 Portland, Oregon, high schools held a press conference here today after school to announce additional plans to raise money to save PIL sports and to urge adults to play an active role in helping solve the city’s ...