Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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05-15-01
Fannie Mae Announces Seven-Year, $55 Billion "HouseChicago" Investment Plan to Finance Affordable Housing for 500,000 Chicago Families; Single Largest Housing Investment in the History of the City
Fannie Mae (FNM/NYSE), the nation’s largest source of financing for home mortgages and multifamily housing, today announced a new and expanded "HouseChicago" seven-year, $55 billion investment plan to finance affordable housing for 500,000 Chicago and area families. Mayor Ri...
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05-11-01
Dobson Communications Awards College (PRIDE) Scholarships Worth $50,000
Dobson Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DCEL) today announced the winners of its biannual Dobson PRIDE (Promoting Individual Development and Education) Scholarship Program for graduating high school students.
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05-11-01
Companies Show Their Generous Side - on the Net
For the second consecutive year, BT plc and Metropolitan Life Insurance are among the winners of the corporate website Hallmark Awards.
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05-01-01
McDonald's Offers $50,000 in Grants to Help Teachers Promote Family Involvement in Education
New York Tri-State teachers looking for money to fund activities that encourage family involvement in education can turn to their local McDonald's restaurant for help. Through the Together In Education Grants Program, New York Tri-State McDonald's Owners are offering $50,00...
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04-30-01
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and Mayor Anthony M. Masiello Join CitiMortgage and Fannie Mae to Announce New Partnership to Provide $200 Million in Affordable Mortgage Lending to Families in Erie and Niagara Counties
Hundreds of low- and moderate-income, minority, new immigrant, and other underserved households in Erie and Niagara Counties will benefit from a new partnership announced today by Wilbur A. McKesson, Jr., national sales director of emerging markets for CitiMortgage, Inc., a ...
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04-24-01
Williams Receives Southern Gas Association’s 2001 Community Service Award
TULSA, Okla. – Williams’ (NYSE:WMB) gas pipeline unit was honored today with the Southern Gas Association’s Community Service Award for 2001 at the association’s annual Management Conference in Charleston, S.C. The award is given to the SGA member company with the most outs...
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04-19-01
Freddie Mac Foundation Donates $1 Million to Expand Joe Gibbs' Locial Program for Troubled Teens
The Freddie Mac Foundation announced a $1 million grant to help expand Youth for Tomorrow (YFT), a successful residential program for at-risk teenage boys founded by former Washington Redskins Head Coach Joe Gibbs in 1986. The announcement came during the Burgundy and Gold D...
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04-18-01
Albertson's Donates $90,000 to National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance
During a reception held recently by Drug Store News in honor of a cover story on Albertson's (NYSE: ABS - news), a donation of $10,000 was made on behalf of Albertson's to the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance. In addition, during the month of March Albertson's Dr...
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04-16-01
John Deere Foundation Announces $100,000 Contribution to African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa
The John Deere Foundation of Deere & Company today announced a gift of $100,000 to help construct the African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa. The capital campaign for the museum, to be built in Cedar Rapids, has now raised more than $2.12 million ...
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04-12-01
Questia Awards $3.5 Million in Scholarships to Final Four Schools
Questia Media, Inc., today announces its $3.5 million Champion Award Program. In recognition of the academic and athletic excellence of the four schools that made it to the NCAA Final Four men's basketball championship, all students and faculty at Duke University, Michigan ...
