Helping Students Thrive
Education plays a vital role in the trajectory of a person’s life, yet many young people are not provided the opportunity for quality education. Credit Suisse believes that its financial support in this area will advance the work of some incredibly promising organizations and serve as a beacon for other donors.  The decision to focus on education also coincides with an education reform movement in the US that has gathered a lot of momentum and attention.  Education is also one of the Bank’s global initiatives so this represents alignment with charitable efforts globally.

State Farm® Youth Advisory Board 
The State Farm Youth Advisory Board is made up of 30 students, ages 17-20, from across the United States and Canada. They are charged with helping State Farm design and implement a $5 million-per-year signature service-learning initiative to address issues important to State Farm and the communities in which it does business.

Financial Education Programs
To celebrate International Corporate Philanthropy Day, Capital One is continuing its commitment to financial literacy by bringing Capital One/Junior Achievement Finance Park™ to Newark, NJ in February, 2010. Finance Park is an innovative mobile financial literacy program that teaches the tenets of money management to middle and high school students. Following four weeks of in-class lessons, students enter a mock city where they become “adults for a day,” developing and managing a budget and making real-life financial decisions. To date, Capital One/Junior Achievement Finance Park has reached more than 33,000 students with important financial literacy skills.

Employee Programs and Public Service Announcement 
Bloomberg’s philanthropic program brings the “Best of Bloomberg” to the communities in which employees live and work by encouraging and inspiring employees to give back. Year-round community service programs in more than 140 offices around the world offer volunteers opportunities to make a difference working with the many charitable organizations funded by Bloomberg. On February 22, Bloomberg will kick off its 2010 Employee Matching and Dollars for Your Hours programs.


 

Nourishing Communities in Africa
General Mills has expanded its ongoing philanthropy in Africa with two new programs. The company’s African Women and Children’s Hunger Project now encompasses Join My Village, which channels the power of online communities to empower women and girls in Malawi at www.joinmyvillage.com. The other initiative is a public-private partnership with General Mills and two government agencies designed to improve the capacity of businesses to produce healthy, fortified food products in sub-Saharan Africa. Both programs were unveiled last fall at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York.

Providing Safe Water in Emergencies
At ITT, news of the Haiti catastrophe triggered the company’s 24-hour response protocol, a process designed to quickly mobilize ITT's global assets to secure water and sanitation for people in times of crisis. An assessment of Haiti’s dire needs and ITT’s ability to provide in-demand resources led the company to release $100,000 to Mercy Corps for the immediate deployment of trained responders and direct assistance for victims on-the-ground.

United Nations Development Fund for Women Partnership 
Johnson & Johnson’s philanthropic mission focuses on making life-changing, long-term differences in human health by targeting the world's major health-related issues. To fulfill this mission, Johnson & Johnson partners with community-based organizations worldwide that have the best insights into the needs of underserved populations and approaches that stand the greatest chances of success.

On International Corporate Philanthropy Day 
The McGraw-Hill Companies is pleased to host for the fifth consecutive year the CECP Board of Boards CEO Conference at its corporate headquarters in New York City. CECP Chairman and McGraw-Hill Chairman, President and CEO Harold (Terry) McGraw III will once again welcome guests and set the stage for this important day’s activities.

Financial Literacy Now

Second Annual Virtual Food Drive and Giving Cards

On International Corporate Philanthropy Day (ICPD) Moody’s is proud to recognize the company’s philanthropic efforts with several initiatives:

Moody’s CEO Ray McDaniel will e-mail all Moody’s offices worldwide to recognize International Corporate Philanthropy Day and applaud the 1238 employees who participated in corporate-sponsored volunteer programs in 2009, nearly double the number from 2008 and a 350% increase from 2007. Each of these volunteers also received a personal letter from Ray McDaniel thanking them for their individual service to the community. In his e-mail, Mr. McDaniel encouraged those who have not yet participated to take this opportunity in 2010.

Community Engagement
Humana is delighted to join CECP this year. Mike McCallister, CEO of Humana Inc. and Chairman of The Humana Foundation, is looking forward to his first Board of Boards CEO Conference on February 22 and meeting colleagues also committed to corporate philanthropy. The Humana Foundation has a long-standing commitment to philanthropy, contributing $212 million since 1975 to worthwhile nonprofit organizations around the country and abroad. Here are a few highlights about Humana's giving and how the company's associates are engaged in the community as well.

 ‘Healthymagination’ 
 In 2009, GE launched its ‘healthymagination’ initiative—a commitment to help change the world’s approach to healthcare by lowering costs, touching more lives, and improving quality. Two GE philanthropic programs that reflect this initiative are Developing Health and Developing Health Globally™.   Developing Health, a three-year, $25 million grant program, aims to increase access to primary care in targeted U.S. communities. To address healthcare gaps internationally, Developing Health Globally™ uses GE core competencies including products and employee engagement to offer sustainable solutions in developing-world healthcare facilities. 

Intel Education Initiative
The Intel Education Initiative is Intel’s sustained commitment to improve teaching and learning through the effective use of technology and to advance mathematics, science, and engineering education and research.  Intel believes that young people are the key to solving global challenges and a solid math and science foundation coupled with skills such as critical thinking, collaboration and digital literacy is crucial for their success. That is why Intel is actively involved in advocacy, technology access, and education programs to enable tomorrow’s innovators.

The Initiative consists of a portfolio of programs that are designed to improve teaching and learning, both within and outside of the formal education system.  Through these programs, Intel partners with governmental entities to address various components of the education system: policies, professional development, pedagogy, curriculum, assessment, information and communications technology (ICT) use, school organization, and, at the higher education level, the development of technical curricula and research programs. The Initiative is intended to help educational systems move from an approach that emphasizes the acquisition of knowledge, to one that emphasizes conceptual understanding and the application of concepts to real-world situations.

African Diaspora Marketplace 

The ADM is an entrepreneurial business program that seeks to boost economic opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa through sustainable start-up and established enterprises. ADM winners received grants to match their own funds to support the execution of their business plans.

Verizon Thinkfinity

Free educational resources and training to teachers; engaging students

Verizon Thinkfinity (www.thinkfinity.org) is a free web site that provides tens of thousands of free educational resources for any teacher, parent or student in reach of the Internet. Resources range from standards-based K-12 lesson plans, to educational videos, to podcasts to printable worksheets.