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Why Focusing on Impact Investing Is the Future of Philanthropy
Foundation: Caterpillar Foundation

The Caterpillar Foundation explains its move toward impact investing initiatives rather than traditional philanthropic grants and...more

Feeding the Valley giving away backpacks
Foundation: Caterpillar Foundation

Feeding the Valley food bank plans to give more than 320 weekend backpacks to children in Troup County after receiving a $24,469 grant from the Caterpillar Foundation last week. Feeding the Valley...more

Gary White and Matt Damon, Founders of Water.org & WaterEquity, Receive the Forbes 400 ...
Foundation: Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Caterpillar Foundation

Participants at this year's Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy expertly addressed global challenges while focusing on breakthrough ideas for...more

Businesses donate over $141 million to Harvey relief efforts
Foundation: Aetna Foundation, Caterpillar Foundation, Coastal Bend Community Foundation, Ford Motor Company Fund, Greater Houston Community Foundation, SunTrust Foundation, Abbott Fund

Aetna: The Aetna Foundation announced a $100,000 contribution to both the American Red Cross and the Community Foundation of Greater...more

Businesses donate over $72 million to Harvey relief efforts
Foundation: Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Caterpillar Foundation, Citi Foundation, Coastal Bend Community Foundation, Google.org, Time Warner, Abbott Fund

Abbott: Abbott and its foundation the Abbott Fund are giving $1 million in grants and healthcare and nutrition products. That includes $900,000...more

Corporate America donates millions to Hurricane Harvey relief
Foundation: Aetna Foundation, Caterpillar Foundation, Humana Foundation

The Aetna Foundation announced a $100,000 contribution to the American Red Cross and the Community Foundation of Greater Houston. It will...more

Q&A: CEO of Water.org on bringing water to 5 million people through social impact investing
Foundation: Caterpillar Foundation

Here, White talks to Devex about how “social impact investing” could be the solution to bringing sustainable water access to millions. His...more

Food bank receives new funding for Menominee hunger relief
Foundation: Caterpillar Foundation

The Caterpillar Foundation has granted $9,822 to underwrite Mobile Food Pantries at ... The $1,000 grant will fund a pilot project in...more

Central Texas Food Bank receives funding
Foundation: Caterpillar Foundation

“We are thankful to the Caterpillar Foundation for its commitment to fighting hunger and supporting children and families in need in McLennan...more

Water World: Caterpillar Sticks With WASH Funding
Foundation: Caterpillar Foundation

When Michele Sullivan took over the reins at the Caterpillar Foundation in 2011, it had already established a decades-long history giving. For the...more



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Is Corporate Philanthropy Dead?


Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however,  cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.




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