Philanthropy

DKMS, the world’s largest bone marrow and blood stem cell donor center, has joined the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), providing 12,000 sterile buccal swabs to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) to be used to test and diagnose the deadly virus.

Today, National Disability Institute (NDI) launched the Financial Resilience Center, an online comprehensive education and information hub for people with disabilities and those with chronic health conditions.

Business is adapting to new standards set by the novel coronavirus. A major risk during this economic reset is the deprioritization of corporate sustainability programs.

The team at Legg Mason had an ample supply of paper products – tissues, paper towels and toilet paper. Once the quarantine was in full effect and the duration of it became clear, the facilities team realized that inventory was not needed.

Several of our plants are now making food, boxing it up, and sending it straight to Feeding America. The organization is providing it to its network of 200 member food banks, food pantries and meal programs.

General Mills was a founding partner of Feeding America over 40 years ago. We recently announced an initiative to manufacture and immediately donate $5 million worth of product to Feeding America member food banks.

Across the country, medical workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic are facing a critical shortage of medical gowns and other protective equipment.

CNH Industrial’s social programs are fully embedded in South America across a variety of sectors including education, culture and local community initiatives.

With colleges and universities closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, families sheltering together at home, and many families facing financial hardships, Schweppe says this year’s American Bankers Association Teach Children to Save Day — April 24 — can be an opportunity for parents to have important conversations about money with their young adult children.

Bayer will donate EUR 1 million (R$ 5.7 million) to help combat the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil. Approximately EUR 490,000 (R$ 2.8 million) is being contributed to the Brazilian government’s “Solidaric Fundraising” campaign to finance...