Philanthropy

Save the Children workers in flood-ravaged Mozambique are using instant film and cameras, donated by Polaroid Corporation, to reunite hundreds of children with their families.

As the muddy, polluted waters recede in the wake of Mozambiqu...

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced the funding of a collaborative effort between Bell Labs and universities in Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S. to advance distance learning education around the Latin American region. Made possible by Lucent's philanthropic arm, the L...

ISLANDIA, N.Y.- CA (NYSE:CA) donated more than $600,000 in software and services to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) through its CA Together IT Program in 2005. For a decade, NCMEC has relied on CA's support to help find missing children and t...

Capital One today pledged to support Tampa youth by launching the Capital One Leadership Grants program, a partnership with five local youth-serving agencies. The grants are designed to bring local agencies together to identify and implement programs which promote resiliency...

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) announced today that it is donating $500,000 to the Gujarat (India) Earthquake Relief effort sponsored by Child Relief & You, Inc. (CRY) - a volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for impo...

The Goldman Sachs Foundation today announced the approval of the first three in a series of significant grants to education organizations, each for $1 million. Two of the three grants reflect the Foundation's brand of "venture philanthropy," which will leverage its grants wi...

Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) announced today that its has purchased 75,000 pounds of Guatemalan and Nicaraguan coffee from vendors who have guaranteed that the coffee is certified Fair Trade.

“These purchases illustrate our on...

Gap Inc. today announced it will meet the challenge made by gold medal speedskater winner Joey Cheek by pledging $25,000 to Right to Play, a humanitarian organization that uses play and sport to further the development and health of children in disadvantaged regions of the w...

Microsoft Corp. today announced its latest grant of more than $3 million in software* to TRIO programs in 49 colleges and universities across the United States, providing greater technology access to low-income and first-generation students seeking post-secondary educations....

New York City residents who use their American Express® Cards to make purchases at any local New York City merchant, or to purchase travel into or out of New York City on Continental Airlines, can now help to raise money to improve libraries in New York City elementary and m...