According to the 2012 Giving USA report from the Center for Philanthropy at Indiana University, philanthropic giving has steadily risen up to 3.5% in the past year.
In 2012, philanthropic efforts seem to target the environment, the arts and animals more. Financial contributions and gifts to organizations that focused on humanities, museums, kids' programs, and environmental causes had a steady, unhurried growth. Read the Entire Article
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Here are the star companies that have succeeded in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. The companies were gathered by Civic 50, a national initiative to survey and rank S&P 500 corporations on how they engage with the communities they serve and utilize best practices in their corporate cultures.