- December 4, 2008Associates of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Missouri pledged total of nearly $1M for support of 900 nonprofits through Associate Giving Campaign; Blue Cross will match half the amount.
- December 4, 2008AT&T awarded $25,000 to Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund to provide financial aid for higher education to Asian and Pacific Islander students.
- December 4, 2008Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation awarded total of $99M in grants during 2008.
- December 4, 2008H.N. and Francis C. Berger Foundation donated 20 acres to Riverside County, Calif., for creation of new sheriff station.
- December 4, 2008Aetna awarded $45,000 to National Association of College and University Business Officers for Thought Leaders program on demographic change in higher-education workforce.
- December 4, 2008Staples and Chicago Bears partnered to award $25,000 to Renwick Community Park, Plainfield, Ill., for park makeover.
- December 2, 2008KPMG awarded $1M to Major League Baseball Charities to support Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program.
- December 2, 2008Achieve consulting firm, Indianapolis, awarded consulting services and resources to Family & Children First, Louisville, Ky., Alzheimer's Association of Greater Illinois, Paramount Heritage Foundation, Anderson, Ind.
- December 2, 2008John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded total of $8M to 31 winners of South Florida art contest; funds to be used to implement art projects.
- December 2, 2008Starbucks and International Youth Foundation selected 25 youth organizations to receive total of over $300,000 in grants.
- December 2, 2008Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Maine, donated total of over $277,500 to 212 nonprofits through associate donations of $185,000 and 50 percent matching donation.
- December 2, 2008Kern Family Foundation awarded $225,000 to Kettering University, Michigan, to teach entrepreneurship studies across curriculum.
- December 2, 2008Ameriprize Financial awarded total of $1M in 57 grants to nonprofits working to meet basic needs, support community vitality, volunteer-driven causes.
- December 2, 2008Les Vadasz, founding management team member, Intel, and wife Judy Vadasz, pledged over $8M to create 15 engineering doctoral fellowships at McGill University, Montreal.
- December 2, 2008Liberty Mutual Group awarded $3M to Boston College Law School to create professorship in property, casualty-insurance law, provide $100,000 prize for best article on property, casualty-insurance law.
December 5, 2008
Children's heart group gets gift
Bret
and Amy Baier and Paul and Barbara Hills awarded gift to Children's National Heart
Institute, Washington, D.C., to improve treatment of children with
heart disease.
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