The Common Good Community Foundation awarded $8,600 grants to local nonprofit organizations to fund a nonworking heater, supplies for a aquaculture class, a theater program and support for court-appointed special advocate (CASA) volunteers.
The foundation, which aims to improve the condition of community residents, renders funding in these specific areas: the arts, education, senior services, health care and animal welfare.
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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.