As pressure mounts for companies to demonstrate responsible business practices, corporate America is embracing corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an integrated dimension of its overall operations. As CSR and philanthropy become increasingly intertwined, the line between them is blurring. What is the role of philanthropy in CSR? How can one leverage the other to achieve greater social impact? How can

The first full year of the U.S. recession likely dragged down household incomes and pushed more Americans into poverty in 2008. The Census Bureau’s annual report on incomes, poverty and health insurance forecasts that the unemployment rate will rise to 10 percent, throwing more people into poverty even as the economy emerges from its worst slump since the Great Depression.

The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) is the nation’s leading advocate for civic participation and the only organization chartered by Congress to play that role. The NCoC created America’s Civic Health Index to assess how the American people were performing on a wide array of indicators of civic health. Just as the U.S. collects data on our economy to inform

Do Something and JCPenney have teamed up to support youth-led afterschool programs and projects across the United States. The program partners will award ten grants of $500 each and five grand-prize grants of $1,000 each to young people who have started afterschool activities that help youth in their community.

The Mission of the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation is to make the world a better place by empowering Ben & Jerry’s employees to use available resources to support and encourage organizations that are working towards eliminating the underlying causes of environmental and social problems.

There are several shifts taking place within the corporate social responsibility and investment (CSR) world. These consist of the need to align social responsibility with corporate strategy, more efficiently use corporate skills and employee abilities for community benefit, bring the messages of social responsibility closer to brand, and accurately measure impacts of CSR activities on both the company and society