Philanthropy

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) raised and contributed nearly $47 million for local communities in the first quarter of 2000, which ended April 30. Wal-Mart associates and customers of more than 3,000 locations nationwide helped raise these funds through the community invol...

On Saturday, May 20, Nicor employees and their families will gather from 8 a.m. to 12 noon in six communities to work on a variety of landscaping and beautification projects. This year, volunteers will work on various projects in the following communities: Sugar Grove, Cryst...

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - The MasterCard Foundation today announced a partnership with a consortium of four organizations to conduct a landmark, global research initiative that will test how to sustainably deliver savings services to low-income youth in the developing world....

Applied Materials, Inc. renewed its commitment to supporting information technology in the People's Republic of China by pledging an additional US $1 million to the Applied Materials Shanghai Research and Development Fund. A joint effort between the Company and the Science a...

ExxonMobil Foundation announced today that is has contributed more than $16 million in unrestricted grants to 882 colleges and universities in 2000. For the fifth consecutive year, ExxonMobil Foundation's contribution is the nation's largest matching gift program in support ...

Four students were awarded more than $10,000 in scholarship money by Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) to financially help them pursue their bachelors’ degrees.

This year’s scholarship recipients include: Erin L. Badough, Dallas, Texas...

Seventeen of Bank of America's newest associates in Los Angeles will soon transition from welfare to work, thanks to a bank training program. Each new employee successfully completed a customized eight-week training program, and was hired into a position providing ready empl...

MADRID - The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (International Centre) today announced a new Web site that extends to Spain its global network of Web sites that help find missing children. The Web site,

ExxonMobil and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation today announced that the Save The Tiger Fund has awarded an additional $525,000 in grants to ten international tiger conservation projects.

The Save The Tiger Fund, an initiative la...

SBC Communications Inc. was among the first to contribute financial assistance in the effort to build America's first World War II Memorial. Now, the company's employees and retirees are pitching in to help the Memorial Fund reach its $100 million goal and keep the project o...