- Professional Area: Fundraising/giving
- Field of Interest: Education
- October 2, 2008Louis and Barbara Perlmutter donated $5M to Brandeis University's International Business School to establish Perlmutter Institute for Global Leadership.
- October 2, 2008Association for Corporate Growth, New York City chapter, donated $5,000 to Robin Hood Foundation to help impoverished New York City residents.
- October 2, 2008Principal Financial Group awarded total of $605,000 raised during Principal Charity Classic to five Iowa nonprofits benefitting children.
- October 2, 2008Marcella Coolidge Trust awarded $413,908 to University of California at San Diego for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
- October 2, 2008Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded $86,550 to Texas Health Resources' Harris Methodist Health Foundation for domestic-violence awareness programs.
- October 2, 2008Entertainment Software Association Foundation awarded $300,000 to Web Wise Kids for internet-safety instruction for kids, parents.
- October 2, 2008First Wind power company, Newton, Mass., donated total of $30,000 to Maine community programs to help residents meet heating costs.
- October 2, 2008Kyocera Advanced Ceramics, Costa Mesa, Calif., donated $5 from each sale of special edition pink-handled ceramic knife to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; donated $162,000 to date.
- October 2, 2008Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Benton Foundation together awarded $225,000 to each of eight immigrant-led collaborations for New Routes to Community Health program.
- October 2, 2008John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded total of $471,291 to schools in Leon County, Fla., to improve education in civics, U.S. history.
- October 2, 2008Coca-Cola Foundation awarded $500,000 to Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, Calif., for Peter F. Drucker award for nonprofit innovation.
- September 30, 2008
GlaxoSmithKline awarded $1M to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to help low-income families of children in the hospital with travel, living expenses.
- September 30, 2008Rohm and Hass awarded 81 grants totaling $2M to 46 nonprofits, after-school programs since launch of Community Partnership Initiative in 1998.
- September 30, 2008Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awarded total of nearly $24M in grants to seven organizations for blindness and trachoma prevention, early education, safe water, disaster relief.
- September 30, 2008
Bacardi Ltd. donated $100,000 to Pan American Development Foundation for disaster relief in Cuba.