The Prudential Foundation board of trustees awarded $5.65 million in grants to support improved educational opportunities, for the fight against hunger and poverty and to expose youth to global cultural experiences.
The board also approved a $3 million social investment by the Prudential Social Investment Program to create the Newark Investment Fund, LLC, to promote improvements in Newark's community.
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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.