Philanthropy

Georgia-Pacific is a founding corporate partner of Engage and has had 19 contracts with startups from the past ten cohorts.

Whole Planet Foundation’s $10,000 Fund donors are committed to supporting microentrepreneurs around the world in 2022.

Founded in 2003, Latinas Contra Cancer aims to raise awareness about cancer in the Latinx community and advocate for improved care.

Today the National Urban League and Wells Fargo announced a $5 million grant to create the Diverse Appraiser Initiative, a new program that aims to increase diversity and reduce barriers to entry in the home appraisal industry.

Entergy New Orleans hosted its annual golf tournament at English Turn Golf & Country Club, raising more than $70,000 for Entergy’s The Power to Care program, which is administered by the New Orleans Council on Aging.

Gildan has extended its partnership with Room to Read in Bangladesh, an organization which aims to reduce the gender gap in education, and make literacy and education accessible to girls and young women.

“We are proud to stand with the 1.5 million veterans throughout Florida, and this includes more than 360 Duke Energy Florida employees who have served or are currently serving in the military,” said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president

In celebration of Thanksgiving, on November 24, AEG hosted nearly 300 local families and U.S. Veterans for a full course Thanksgiving dinner at The Novo at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles.

Benevity announced a record $122.2 million was donated through its platform on Giving Tuesday 2022, on the 10th anniversary of this day of giving. Giving increased 9% year over year, setting a record for the highest amount of single day donations on its platform. 

LISC program offices in Houston, New York and Richmond, Va. each received $7.5 million from the Wells Fargo Foundation to lead local collaboratives designed to address systemic roadblocks to homebuying for underserved individuals and families.