Philanthropy

The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) announced today it has received a $2.2 million grant from the Toyota Motor Corporation to expand the Toyota Families in Schools Program (TFS) in five additional cities. The TFS program's primary goal is to increase the achieveme...

As the Government of India prepares to launch its largest polio immunization drive for 2000, Coca-Cola India and Rotary International announced a first-ever national partnership to help the Government’s efforts to fight the crippling disease. Coca-Cola India committed to use...

While hundreds converge on Chicago for the annual convention of the Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition July 26-29, thousands more will be able to see highlights of the event on the organization’s Web site, www.rainbowpush.org, with the help of Verizon.

Excite@Home (Nasdaq: ATHM) and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) today announced the results of the first-ever "Hollywood Garage Sale," an online charity event and juvenile diabetes awareness campaign that featured over 150 Hollywood items and one-on-one celebrity ...

Today in front of a backdrop of a 16-by-16-foot wall made of counterfeit software, Microsoft Corp. announced plans to donate $300,000 from anti-piracy recovery efforts to the Boys & Girls Club of Westminster, Calif., over the next three years. To show the extent of the s...

PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., today announced a comprehensive alliance to create homeownership opportunities for Native Americans living on and off reservations nationwide. This partnership is the first national effort by a leading mortgage ...

As eight highly motivated California college and university students gathered at UC-Davis to begin a week of intense training in affordable housing development, Bank of America executives presented a $120,000 check to fund the innovative capacity-building program.

Today, as part of the Group of Eight summit meeting, Microsoft Corp. pledged nearly $1 million for four new initiatives to help communities around the world bridge the digital divide. Additionally, Microsoft endorsed the White House global digital divide Call to Action and s...

Goody's Family Clothing, Inc.
(Nasdaq: GDYS) and its associates raised more than $1 million for Children's
Miracle Network (CMN) affiliate hospitals during the Company's 1999/2000
fundraising campaign. The money was raised through a series of events

PNM, Public Service Co. of New Mexico, has recognized the efforts and abilities of 12 Hispanic college students, awarding each a $1,000 scholarship.

The recipients of the PNM Hispanic Heritage Scholarship are all Hispanic New Mexico resid...