ConAgra Foods Employees Volunteer More Than 3,400 Hours to Help End Child Hunger
More than 16 million children in America live in households that are food insecure, meaning they don't have access to enough food to live active, healthful lives. ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG)...
View ArticleSightsavers on World Water Day 2012 - Photo Blog
This World Water Day, March 22, Sightsavers is highlighting the importance of clean water. Clean water and good sanitation is integral to our work preventing blindness and restoring sight in developing...
View ArticleUNICEF launches flagship report focusing on urban children
One billion children live in urban areas, a number that is growing rapidly. Yet disparities within cities reveal that many lack access to schools, health care and sanitation, despite living alongside...
View ArticleFedEx wins Boston College 2012 Corporate Citizenship Film Festival
The Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship announced the winner of the 2012 Corporate Citizenship Film Festival Monday night. While only one entry can take top honors, the field of 67 entries...
View ArticleSocial Ethics: A Peek Into 2012
DeShele Dorsey, Senior Managing Director of Changing Our World's Corporate Social Engagement team, contributes to an article on Social Ethics and discusses how strategy can provide corporations with an...
View ArticleSt. Johns University Receives High Performance Energy Efficiency NYSERDA Award
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded St. John's University a High Performance Building Plaque for designing and constructing its new student/university...
View ArticleCouncil on Foundation Releases New Corporate Philanthropy Guide
The Council on Foundations has released a new publication that examines the role philanthropy plays at the intersection of business and society and calls on the corporate philanthropy field to take an...
View ArticleConAgra Foods Wins Two Edison Awards for Innovation
Food maker brings home 'Green' award for sustainable partnership with Forgotten Harvest and wins 'Food' award for Orville Redenbacher's Pop Up BowlRead more
View ArticleBill Gates, Azim Premji, Ratan Tata To Host Bangalore Philanthropy Meet
On June 1, a group of wealthy Indians and one (very) wealthy American will meet in Bangalore to discuss how philanthropy can be scaled up in India. The private gathering, to be held in a Bangalore...
View ArticlePlan International Scoops Best Employer Award for 2011
PLAN International Zimbabwe and BancABC have been named as some of the best employers for the year 2011. Both organisations emerged winners in their respective categories, with Plan International being...
View ArticleFeeding America Announces $1.25 Million Donation from Nationwide Insurance
Feeding America®, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, announced today that Nationwide Insurance Foundation has donated $1.25 million to help fight hunger in America. The funds...
View ArticleYouth philanthropy day gets multimillion-dollar boost
We Day, the annual event celebrating and promoting the philanthropy of youth, is growing up this year. Free the Children, the international charity and We Day organizer, announced Monday a...
View ArticleConAgra Foods Foundation Provides Community-Based Anti-Hunger Organizations...
The ConAgra Foods Foundation announced today that it has awarded nearly $500,000 through its Community Impact Grants program to support the fight to end child hunger in 10 states. This is the third...
View ArticleNew Innovation Fund Encourages Breakthrough Business Models that Combine...
A partnership between a domestic violence shelter and an affordable housing developer. A nonprofit that serves women refugees from Africa with a growing jewelry-making business in need of seed capital...
View ArticleChildren At Risk Of Hunger In Every County In The U.S.
A new study released today by Feeding America® shows that children continue to struggle with hunger in every county in the nation. More than 1,000 counties have more than one in four children who are...
View ArticleIndiana School of Philanthropy would be a first for U.S.
Recognizing the increasing role of nonprofit organizations in today's economy, Indiana University is poised to launch the nation's first School of Philanthropy. The university already is a leader in...
View ArticleNYC's St. Pat's cathedral to get $177M restoration
St. Patrick's Cathedral, the New York City landmark and seat of the Archdiocese of New York, is about to undergo a huge restoration -- the kind of facelift that only three years and $177 million can...
View ArticleMost Big Companies Expect Flat Giving, Despite 2011 Gains - Dr. Raymond quoted
Whatever the state of the economy, Susan Raymond, executive vice president of Changing Our World, a fundraising and corporate-philanthropy consulting firm, says that company efforts to alleviate social...
View ArticleWhere Are the Most High-Performing Charities in America?
Not all U.S. cities have equally high performing charities, according to a study by Charity Navigator, America's largest charity evaluator. The study revealed that large charities in markets such as...
View ArticleMore Billionaires Sign On to Giving Money Away
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have persuaded 11 more of their billionaire peers to promise to give away half of their wealth, including tech luminaries Gordon Moore and Reed Hastings. The new 11 will...
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