Philanthropy

The Goldman Sachs Foundation recently awarded six new grants to promote innovation and excellence in education worldwide, each in excess of US$1 million. Announcing the grants, Stephanie Bell-Rose, the Foundation’s President remarked: "These grants reflect the Foundation’s m...

Belle and Stewart, the peregrine falcons raising their young atop Washington Mutual Tower, once again have an empty nest. All four of their offspring have now "fledged" and left the nest to learn to fend for themselves. Belle and Stewart, named after two downtown Seattle str...

Intel Corporation today announced the launch of a new community program that will help public school teachers buy a home of their own in the nation's most expensive housing market.

Using the $1.25 million Intel Teacher Housing Fund, Sant...

ExxonMobil Foundation has presented a $1 million grant to The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center's Science Park - Research Division in Smithville, Texas. The ExxonMobil Foundation grant, one of the largest private contributions Science Park has received, will a...

PG&E Corporation has committed $15,000 to the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to promote development of new sources of renewable energy and restoration of damaged watersheds.

"We are pleased to welcome PG&E Corporation ...

Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. today announced it is launching a series of public service announcements (PSAs) and print materials next week to promote computer literacy in the nation's communities of color.

The PSA campaign is the f...

Merrill Lynch (NYSE : MER) and the National Urban League today celebrated the expected high school graduation of 223 students across the country who have participated in the highly acclaimed ScholarshipBuilder program since its inception in 1988.
The program's mission...

The life and achievements of human rights giant and long-time Philadelphia clergyman Rev. Leon Sullivan will be featured this month in a one-hour public television documentary.

Bell Atlantic contributed $50,000 to help underwrite the doc...

For 25 sophomores at Hartford Public High School, homework is about to get a bit easier. They will be able to do it on their own Pentium personal computers, complete with Windows 95, Star Office software and Internet capability.

At a ceremony thi...

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today awarded four-year Amgen Foundation Scholarships to children of two Amgen scientists. The $16,000 scholarships are provided in cooperation with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). The scholarship recipients are:
Jennifer H. Lin,...