Philanthropy

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...

The Bank of America Foundation announced it has contributed $30,000 in Community Catalyst Grants to six local health and human services organizations that focus on early childhood development at the grassroots level. As part of the bank's Community Catalyst program, each org...

"The key ingredient to success in bridging the Digital Divide is broad-based, community-wide support," said Eric Benhamou, chairman and CEO of 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) Wednesday during his keynote address for the Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley. "Computers and hig...

Wednesday's Child, a weekly televised adoption feature, is coming to Los Angeles' KTTV Fox 11 on July 19 to help recruit families for Los Angeles-area foster children who need immediate adoptive homes, thanks to a cooperative program announced today by the Freddie Mac Founda...

The Freddie Mac Foundation has invested $225,000 in two community-based programs – the Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment ($100,000) and Crystal Stairs ($125,000). Both programs focus on the needs of children and their families in the South Cent...

Bank of America has been honored with the 1999 Donaldson Award, one of the North Carolina Governor's Business Awards in the Arts and Humanities. The award was presented to Bank of America for its long-standing support of the arts to improve the quality of life in the communi...