Philanthropy

Freddie Mac and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition/Wall Street Project today announced a joint campaign to increase homeownership among minority families. As part of the campaign, known as the Freddie Mac/ Wall Street Project Minority Homeownership Initiative, the Fortune 100 compan...

United Way of America has awarded its 13th annual Spirit of America Award - its highest national honor for corporate community involvement - to Bank of America.

Bank of America excelled in all four categories in which competing companies...

Last Saturday, April 8, 2000, thousands of Sun Microsystems' global employees picked up rakes, hammers, books and donated supplies launching Sun's sixth annual Worldwide Volunteer Week (April 8-15, 2000). Sun employees, their families and friends, business associates and cus...

Today, the American Red Cross accepted a $20,000 donation from Capital One (NYSE: COF). The gift will support the disaster relief efforts in Tarrant County, including the cities of Fort Worth, Arlington and Grand Prairie.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - America SCORES today announced that it received a grant of $120,000 from Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) to equip inner-city students for success in the technology-driven world through computer skills development.

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Cisco Systems, Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, announced today that the company will donate an additional $800,000 to the Santa Clara County Housing Trust Fund, bringing Cisco's total contribution to $1 million. Cisco was one of the first local emp...

PALO ALTO, Calif. --The Skoll Foundation, dedicated to advancing the work of social entrepreneurs around the world, has announced a $1 million, three-year field-building partnership with SustainAbility Ltd., a for-profit think tank and consultancy that promotes sustainable d...

Business Ethics magazine ranks Herman Miller, Inc., No. 5—between Procter & Gamble and Xerox—on its list of "100 Best Corporate Citizens" in the U.S., based on the results of a study released in mid-March. IBM, Hewlett Packard and Intel round out the top five.

SBC Communications Inc. has been named the American Society on Aging's (ASA) 2000 Business of the Year for its leadership in helping older adults become technology savvy and providing services that educate and empower senior adults. ASA, the largest professional association ...

Christian Children's Fund (CCF) today announced contributions in excess of $80,000 from Capital One. The donation will fund youth literacy programs in Texas and in the impoverished Mississippi Delta region.