Philanthropy

The SBC Foundation has awarded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), America’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, a $1 million technology grant in support of the organization’s Technology Capacity Building Initiative. The SBC Foun...

Sophia Opportunity School announced the opening of their Computer Centre, today. Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka, Mr. S M Krishna, inaugurated the Centre, at a function organized by the School. Microsoft has provided aid towards the construction and setting up of the Cen...

From July 11-22, more than 1,000 Boys & Girls Club members will take part in Camp Old Navy, a job-shadow program hosted by more than 200 Old Navy stores across the U.S. and Canada. Club teens will learn about careers in apparel retail through a behind-the-scenes look at ...

Verizon Wireless gave a $100,000 grant to the American Library Association (ALA) at the ALA annual conference on Sunday, July 9 at McCormick Place Convention Center. Annette Jacobs, president of the Great Lakes Area of Verizon Wireless, presented the grant to Sarah Ann Long,...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Merck & Co., Inc. and the Republic of Botswana today announced the establishment of the Botswana Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership, a new initiative to improve the overall state of HIV/AIDS care and treatment in Botswana. In coll...

Fannie Mae (FNM/NYSE), the nation’s largest source of financing for home mortgages, today announced a $670,000 equity stock-purchase investment in New York National Bank, a minority-owned financial institution in the South Bronx. U.S. Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY), join...

Although Microsoft employees spend their days creating and refining technologies that improve people’s lives, it took their efforts in the Kosovo refugee crisis last year to remind them of just how profound technology’s impact can be.

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TAMPA, FLA., and JACKSONVILLE, FLA. - Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA) today announced a grant to the PACE Center for Girls to fund an e-learning initiative that builds life-enhancing skills for girls at risk throughout Florida. The initiative utilizes sim...

The newly created Verizon Foundation hopes to help transform the nonprofit community through the use of technology and innovative e-solutions. The foundation is the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications - the telecommunications company formed June 30 through the merger...

Wells Fargo and Opus Northwest, L.L.C. are partnering with Seattle LISC to build critical affordable housing and revitalize distressed neighborhoods throughout Puget Sound. The two organizations donated a total of $60,000 to LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation).