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Google Philanthropy

January 17, 2008

Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:32 PM/EST

Google as Global Good Samaritan

Google added another notch to its belt as good Samaritan, rolling out five areas it says will be the focus of its Google.org philanthropic front. For a company of Google's market cap, $1 billion a quarter would be a more meaningful declaration of humanitarian concerns...

March 5, 2007

Monday, March 05, 2007 9:49 AM/EST

Photos: Google X Prize Fundraiser

Google played host to the X Prize Foundation's fundraiser this weekend, gaining $2 million for the space race organization.New York-based sadsack crooner Rufus Wainwright cried on the piano -- could they have picked a less uplifting musician? -- and...

February 1, 2007

Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:38 PM/EST

Google to Host X Prize Fundraising Launch

The X Prize Foundation will host its next fundraising party at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., where a scale replica of SpaceshipOne dangles from the rafters.The March 3 event will kick off a $50 million drive and be hosted...

January 5, 2007

Friday, January 05, 2007 9:20 AM/EST

Google Helps Provide Linux Laptops to Fiji Schools

MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab recently provided 10 laptops equipped to Fiji elementary schools. The funds for the project were provided by a grant from Google. The laptops, which were provided to every elementary school in Fiji's rural...

January 3, 2007

Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:28 AM/EST

Two Weeks Left to Apply for the Google Anita Borg Scholarship

I don't usually post about this stuff. But, since I'm just getting back into the swing of things in 2007, and since I just happened to be on the Google jobs page, I noticed that the deadline for the Anita...

December 4, 2006

Monday, December 04, 2006 2:33 PM/EST

Google's Inconvenient Truth

Google has bought a full-page ad in USA Today to promote ideas for combating global warming.



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