Philanthropy

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez and Washington, DC Mayor Anthony Williams today applauded the launch of Building a Better Community, a new effort to rehabilitate as many as 300 empty foreclosed houses in Washington, DC.

A survey conducted by Hill and Knowlton through Harris Interactive found that a majority of Americans consider corporate citizenship - the impact a company has on society - when making investment and purchasing decisions. The bad news is that relatively few give companies hi...

The Freddie Mac Foundation awarded grants totaling nearly $2 million, supporting innovative programs that strengthen communities by strengthening families. During the second quarter, Freddie Mac Foundation continued to target most of its efforts in the Washington D.C. metrop...

The Freddie Mac Foundation awarded grants totaling nearly $2 million, supporting innovative programs that strengthen communities by strengthening families. During the second quarter, Freddie Mac Foundation continued to target most of its efforts in the Washington D.C. metrop...

Cooper Industries has chosen 21 schools throughout the United States and Mexico to receive grants of $10,000 each. Through the Company's innovative Project Pace Education Awards, these schools were nominated by Cooper's local management teams to begin grant-driven partnershi...

Wainwright Bank has provided $2.5 million in financing to the Somerville Housing Group Trust to develop the first phase of Union Place, a two acre mixed use development within walking distance of Union Square, Somerville. Groundbreaking for the first phase at 411-429 Norfolk...

To help support the development of technical professionals in Puerto Rico, Verizon International Foundation has established a scholarship program for computer engineering students at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM).

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U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, Freddie Mac, and several local organizations today announced that they are bringing the award-winning “Don’t Borrow Trouble” anti-predatory lending campaign to Oakland to help more families learn about and pr...

A Lakota Sioux family living in what they describe as "low rent housing" will be the recipient -- and owners -- of a brand new house to be built in one week, as part of a volunteer effort sponsored by a local Habitat for Humanity affiliate and The PMI Group, Inc.

Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) announced today it is donating $250,000 to the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast. The donation will go to non-profit agencies primarily engaged in assisting flood recovery efforts. Torrential rains in Continental’s hometown of Houston last w...