December 3, 2008


Tyson donates 390 tons of food

Tyson Foods donated over 390 tons of chicken, pork products to Feeding America for residents in Texas, Gulf States affected by hurricanes.
  • December 2, 2008
    KPMG awarded $1M to Major League Baseball Charities to support Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program.
  • December 2, 2008
    Achieve 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, 2008
    John 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, 2008
    Starbucks and International Youth Foundation selected 25 youth organizations to receive total of over $300,000 in grants.
  • December 2, 2008
    Anthem 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, 2008
    Kern Family Foundation awarded $225,000 to Kettering University, Michigan, to teach entrepreneurship studies across curriculum.
  • December 2, 2008
    Ameriprize Financial awarded total of $1M in 57 grants to nonprofits working to meet basic needs, support community vitality, volunteer-driven causes.
  • December 2, 2008
    Les 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, 2008
    Liberty 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 2, 2008
    Sallie Mae employees donated over $26,000 to Sallie Mae Fund to provide Thanksgiving meals for families in northern Virginia.
  • December 2, 2008
    ExxonMobil raised total of $2.49M for 222 local nonprofits through Employees' Favorite Charities Campaign.
  • December 2, 2008
    Prem Rawat Foundation awarded $25,000 to ORBIS UK to support childhood blindness treatment program in India.
  • December 2, 2008
    Goodwill/Easter Seals of Minnesota received $150,000 from Andersen Foundation, $15,000 from Xcel Foundation, $15,000 from Boston Scientific Foundation, $5,000 from Target Foundation.
  • December 2, 2008
    MillerCoors pledged to match first $10,000 donated to Matthew Shepard Foundation through Campaign to Erase Hate website.
  • December 2, 2008
    Shirley and Morrison C. Boyd Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation awarded $22,900 to Main Line Chinese Culture Center, Wynnewood, PA.

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