The Planet Dog Foundation of Portland, Maine, awarded eight canine service organizations with $25,000 in grants including Freedom Service Dogs of Englewood, Colorado with $7,500; Charlottesville's Service Dogs of Virginia with $5,000; Susquehanna Service Dogs of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with $4,000.
The Planet Dog Foundation funds assistance dog, therapy dog and canine search and rescue programs across the United States and supports nonprofit programs that help children and adults.
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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.