Clint Eastwood, a renowned and esteemed Hollywood actor and director, supports animal rights. A well-known philanthropist, he had also supported the seventh e-xentric Celebrity Charity Golf Day

Being the world’s leading provider of broadband and wireless communications services and the world’s largest provider of online and print directory information, Verizon Communications is nearly unmatched in entrepreneurial successes. The New York-based company has supplied the world with the most innovative communications solutions that have spurred convergence of communications, information, and entertainment services. As [...]

The Boeing Company, headquartered in Chicago Illinois, is the largest aerospace firm in the world. It is also the world’s leading manufacturer of commercial and military aircraft and the largest contractor for NASA. Being an undoubted global leader, Boeing has its own unique philanthropy program which it calls the Boeing Global Corporate Citizenship (GCC). This [...]

Motorola is an American global communications developer. Based in Schaumburg, Illinois, Motorola is a Fortune 500 company, posting sales of $30.1 billion in 2008. Given that Motorola is the developer of several of the most historic communications equipment in use today, the company clearly has a dynamic and vibrant culture of invention that has benefited [...]

New York-based Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Sony in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world today

International nonprofit organization United Way recently announced Johnston, Rhode Island-based FM Global as its top benefactor, having contributed more than $1 million in corporate and employee giving during its annual campaign. FM Global, Euromoney Magazine’s Best Property Insurer, has drawn a nearly 200-year legacy as provider of protection for clients through comprehensive insurance products and [...]

A secretly held meeting that happened on May 5, 2009 at the Rockefeller University escaped the prying eyes of the public and media until a week later, when New York-based website IrishCentral.com first divulged details of the unusual confab. In attendance were some of the most recognizable names in the country – the who’s who [...]

The second biggest institutional philanthropist in the country is planning to pour millions into a nonprofit project that it hopes will alleviate the housing crisis. Ford Foundation announced its $50 million grant to a consortium that will trim down the process for municipalities buying foreclosed homes from financial institutions. In this manner, it hopes to [...]

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is stepping up on its advocacy for the eradication of malaria with a $23 million donation to support the efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Bangkok-based Wellcome Trust-Mahidol University Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme to contain the spread of a new drug-resistant malaria strain. Malaria is a [...]

As the maker of the world’s most well-known and beloved beverage expands at a global scale, so has its commitment to promote the development and sustainability of communities around the world. Through its philanthropic efforts, The Coca-Cola Company has invested its resources and expertise to provide economic growth and opportunities, fostering goodwill and improving quality [...]