Philanthropy

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...

Fannie Mae (FNM/NYSE), the nation’s largest source of financing for home mortgages, has mortgage relief provisions in place for Houston area borrowers facing hardships as a result of widespread damage caused by the recent flood.

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American Airlines and Earth Share have partnered to provide American’s more than 115,000 employees with the opportunity to pledge a small amount of each paycheck to help groups focused on environmental preservation. Through these donations, Earth Share provides funding to me...

Communities across America were richer by 11,770 units of affordable housing at the end of 2000, thanks to community development lending by Bank of America.

The bank's investment in affordable housing is part of its unprecedented 10-year...

Sprint (NYSE: FON, PCS) today announced the donation of its broadband fixed wireless service, Sprint Broadband DirectSM, to Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto, Calif.

The service, which provides download speeds up to 5...