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OAK BROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2006--Opportunity International announced today a philanthropic grant of $1.2 million from Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) through the Caterpillar Foundation. Caterpillar has provided a dozen moderate-sized grants to Opportunity Int...

LOS ANGELES - Learning Links Centers, LLC(R) (LLC), a socially responsible Southern California real estate investment company, announces the launch of the Education Advantage Foundation (EAF), a non-profit organization providing educational opportunities to at-risk yo...

(Zürich, 17 November 2006) - The Guilé Foundation, in association with the United Nations Global Compact and De Pury Pictet Turrettini & Co., today launched the Guilé European Engagement Fund, the first fund dedicated to the UN Global Compact and its mission of advancin...

NAIROBI, 17 November: An overwhelming lack of political ambition turned the UN conference on climate change into a disappointment today, with poor countries coming away with little more than vague promises to help their efforts to avoid the worst effects of climate ch...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2006--The TeaSpot makes gift giving socially responsible by directing 5% of any online order toward the social initiative of your choice. Choose to make a difference with every gift you give. Shop the-teaspot.com and be proactive...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2006--Endeavor is one of 43 organizations throughout the U.S. to win the 2007 Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award, announced yesterday. Non-profits that combine creativity and ingenuity with business solutions to address...

Cleveland, Ohio - On Wednesday, November 15, BrownFlynn celebrated its ten-year anniversary and announced the winner of its non-profit competition - the Circle of 10 - at a reception held at Tri-C's Corporate College East. BrownFlynn crowned the Nature Center at Shaker Lake...

November 17, 2006 | Silver Spring, MD--In one short week, nearly 900 web-savvy entrepreneurs from the U.S. and Canada made a connection with 31 low-income Mexican families living in settlements along the U.S.-Mexico border. They did it by making, by making US$24,000 ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2006--Office Depot (NYSE:ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, today is delivering 2,000 turkeys to community shelters, soup kitchens and other non-profit organizations in Boynton Beach and Delray Beach...

DUSSELDORF, Germany - In a letter to Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Ulrich Lehner, President and CEO of the Henkel Group, declared the company's participation in the UN's Global Compact initiative. The Henkel Group has committed to integr...