United States
2012-04-17
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Every year, dozens of children die of hyperthermia, also known as heat stroke, while unattended in vehicles. To help prevent these tragic deaths, the General Motors Foundation and Safe Kids Buckle Up are launching the 2012 Never Leave Your Child Alone in a Car campaign to arm parents and caregivers with preventive tips and tactics.
2012-03-12
DETROIT – The General Motors Foundation is granting $2.5 million to the Focus: HOPE Fund for its education initiatives, specifically a program to help students earn engineering degrees through partnership with select universities.
2012-01-23
DETROIT – The General Motors Foundation is donating $400,000 to the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, bringing to nearly $6 million the foundation’s support over the last 15 years.
2012-01-10
DETROIT – Buick and the General Motors Foundation today announced an expansion of the 2012 Buick Achievers Scholarship Program to include current undergraduate students, as well as high school seniors and graduates, for the 2012-13 school year.
2011-10-14
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The General Motors Foundation, which led the donation of more than $10 million to the national memorial honoring slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will announce Saturday an additional $100,000 grant to the foundation that led the project.
2011-09-22
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Safe Kids USA reached a milestone this week with the 500,000th child safety seat given to a family in need at a Washington, D.C. Safe Kids car seat inspection event.
2011-08-25
DETROIT – A compressed natural gas-power Chevrolet Express van will transport the Detroit Science Center’s Traveling Science program to Detroit schools and communities following its donation Thursday by the General Motors Foundation.
2011-07-28
NEW YORK – As the nation nears the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the General Motors Foundation and Chevrolet today donated $250,000 to the Travis Manion Foundation to help grow participation around the country in the 9/11 Heroes Run.
2011-06-27
DETROIT – The General Motors Foundation today announced a $2.5-million donation to the College for Creative Studies (CCS), strengthening a longstanding commitment to the world’s leading educator of automotive designers.
2011-06-24
FLINT, Mich. – The General Motors Foundation today awarded grants totaling $75,000 to support programs at 15 Flint-area nonprofits and organizations serving children, adults and seniors.
2011-05-25
DETROIT -- The General Motors Foundation is pledging $1 million so visitors to the National Museum of the United States Army can learn about the World War II M4 Sherman Tank, the first tank to break into the besieged town of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
2011-05-25
DETROIT – The General Motors Foundation today announced a $100,000 grant to the American Red Cross to aid recovery efforts for victims of the tornado that ravaged Joplin, Mo. on May 22.
2011-04-30
DETROIT – The General Motors Foundation awarded the Karmanos Cancer Institute a $50,000 grant Saturday evening for research to help the nationally renowned Detroit-based center in its work toward curing and treating cancer.
2011-04-07
DETROIT – Seven metro Detroit high schools with excessive dropout rates were named today as partners in the “Networks of Excellence” initiative managed by the United Way for Southeastern Michigan and funded by a five-year $27.1 million grant from the General Motors Foundation.
2011-04-04
DETROIT – The first five recipients of the Buick Achievers Scholarship Program were named today. These college-bound students from around the country will each receive a scholarship of up to $25,000 that is renewable for up to four years.
2011-03-14
DETROIT -- The General Motors Foundation today approved an immediate $500,000 contribution to the American Red Cross relief fund to help earthquake-stricken Japan.
2011-02-10
DETROIT and BALTIMORE – Buick and mobile ad partner Millennial Media today launched a five-week initiative in conjunction with Verizon’s launch of the Apple iPhone to raise awareness of the newly announced Buick Achievers Scholarship program.
2011-02-10
PITTSBURGH – The General Motors Foundation today announced a $70,000 donation to Carnegie Mellon University, a collaborator with GM and the Foundation on award-winning autonomous driving projects.
2011-01-27
Washington, D.C. – The General Motors Foundation and the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education announced an $87,700 combined donation to Howard University at the Washington Auto Show today.
DETROIT – The Chevrolet Trax, an all-new small sport utility vehicle, will join the Chevrolet global portfolio and make its debut at the Paris Motor Show in September.
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