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US LBM Foundation | December 21, 2021

The US LBM Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by leading specialty building materials distributor US LBM, has committed $100,000 to assist recovery efforts for communities impacted by the recent tornadoes in the South and Midwest. Additionally, the US LBM Foundation will match donations made up to $50,000 through its website, uslbmfoundation.org/relief, from now through Saturday, Dec. 25 with all proceeds going to organizations assisting communities and victims of the to...

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Tencent | May 23, 2022

Thanks to internet technology, online charity is becoming increasingly popular in China. Speaking at the China Internet Good Summit on May 20th, Wang Aiwen, vice minister of China's Ministry of Civil Affairs, said that in 2021, netizens donated nearly 10 billion RMB through online charities and channels, up 18% from the previous year. The summit brought together more than a hundred speakers from various fields, including government officials, charity representat...

GoFundMe | March 02, 2020

Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE), an Atlanta nonprofit biotechnology company owned by Emory University, launched a GoFundMe charity campaign to help accelerate testing for its antiviral compound that could potentially be used to treat the new coronavirus associated with the outbreak in China and spreading around the globe. After four days the effort has raised just short of $22,000 of the $5 million goal. While a related treatment, administered via injection, is currently being evaluate...

Wynn Resorts | March 29, 2020

Wynn Resorts is donating more than $2.5 million worth of goods this week to local medical facilities and nonprofits. Wynn Resorts was able to procure and will donate this week 240,000 N95 equivalent CDC approved respirator masks, 600,000 surgical masks, 500,000 pairs of medical gloves and thousands of medical gowns to our hospitals throughout Las Vegas. The Company has also given thousands of protective gloves and surgical masks to local nursing homes and law enforcement facilities that are batt...