Philanthropy

Five world-renowned scientists have been recognized by the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation (GMCRF) for their seminal contributions to cancer research, at an awards ceremony June 7 at the U.S. Department of State. ABC journalist Sam Donaldson will participate in the...

Federated Department Stores, Inc. employees in divisions nationwide are joining together this month to create their third annual "Series of Service" national volunteer project.

Through Federated's national Partners in Time volunteer prog...

"The Tennis Moguls," a three-
year program that will provide free summer tennis clinics and more than 1,400
hours of personal lessons to children registered with Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Metropolitan Detroit, was introduced today during a press conferenc...

ATLANTA, Ga.- Surrounded by Governor Sonny Perdue and young people from Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, CA and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) announced a three-year, $4.6 million partnership that will launch BGCA's National Information Technology Security ...

Tennis can be enjoyed by
virtually anyone, and that's a point Federal-Mogul Corporation (NYSE: FMO)
intends to drive home through a major gift being planned in conjunction with
the introduction of "The Tennis Moguls" -- a program to benefit hundreds of

It began in 1997 with a
cooperative mentoring program known as "The 5% Solution." Today, the
"solutions" provided through Federal-Mogul Corporation's (NYSE: FMO) support
of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit have enjoyed exponential
gro...

The AOL Foundation, the philanthropic arm of America Online, today announced that 12 programs in eight cities across the country have been selected to receive the first ever AOL Foundation Digital Divide Bridge Grants, totaling over one million dollars.

ExxonMobil Foundation announced today it has provided grants of more than $75,000 to fund 29 student internships in the Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia nonprofit sector for the 2000 ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program.
Administered by Volunteer Fairfax, ...

Students and educators throughout the state will benefit from more than $500,000 in grants awarded by the Bell Atlantic Foundation for school-to-career initiatives that creatively use technology in education. Some 19 grants will benefit organizations representing more than 6...

On the anniversary of "the longest day," the long-overdue memorial to World War II veterans marched a step closer to reality as Wal- Mart Stores, Inc. presented a check for $14.5 million to Sen. Bob Dole, chairman of the National World War II Memorial Campaign. The contribut...