How Corporate Funding Helps Fill Community Needs

A new article suggests that despite the recent economy downturn, new trends in corporate philanthropy are helping shore up emergency resources across the country to fill needs after disaster strikes.

In the article on the Government Technology website, Suzane Bricker says corporate America has been helping enhance government services, particularly in the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.

“In emergency situations, where the ensuing chaos is more than any one municipal agency can handle, it takes strategic partnerships to fill in the gaps,” she says. “Corporate leaders are encouraging joint efforts to help communities in times of need by contributing dollars, equipment and services.”

Bricker points to a number of corporations that played key roles in responding to disaster, including IBM, which created an information system to track services for 9/11 victims and contributed customized software for Hurricane Katrina victims to find friends and family members.

Throughout the article, Bricker offers examples of how corporations are continuing to fill in the gaps of community needs, even despite the economic downturn.

To read the full article, click here: http://www.govtech.com/gt/406530?topic=290182