It's proven that women give more than men, according to recent studies by the Women's Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis.
Nancy Heiser, vice president of wealth management at UBS, asserts that women are actually more involved in charitable giving. "The reasons are simple: Women are living longer, making more money and may be inheriting twice—once from their parents and again if they outlive their spouses."
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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.