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  Please read the following statement and then click NEXT: Your fraternity’s / sorority’s “foundation” or “national foundation" is a separate but affiliated organization within the overall structure of the fraternity / sorority. The foundation’s mission is to raise charitable funds and distribute those funds for projects within the fraternity / sorority and, in select instances, for use by external charitable organization partners.The following series of questions relates only to your fraternity / sorority foundation and not to any other aspect of your fraternity’s / sorority’s organization.

Bell Canada, for example, receives 9,200 requests for either philanthropic or sponsorship support each year

ell faces a major challenge in dealing with these applications, and making the difficult decisions concerning which to support and which to turn down, while striving to get good value for its sponsorship investments. Overall, she points out, the objective is "to connect to the things that matter"

Bell does not sponsor individual athletes, individuals who simply have an idea or cause they wish to promote, or business launches. If applicable, Foster points out,

Giving is big business. Every year non-profit organizations solicit companies in the hope of obtaining

Giving USA reports corporate giving increased 5.5% to $14.1 billion in 2009.

Businesses are willing to give, but are often confused as to which causes might be best for them.

Corporations have, not surprisingly, turned their marketing lens to the social networks, and they're running their corporate giving programs like a race for prom king.

Too often, it's the popular kid, and not the most deserving one, who wins. This type of giving poses definite ethical questions. That corporate marketing divisions are using social responsibility as a way to boost the bottom line is the least of these. The aforementioned $200,000 is actually but a part of the $5 million Chase claims to have donated

There's another advantage for Chase to hand out money this way: they're splashed all over your Facebook news feed as good-hearted bankers with whom you might just want to do business. But are these dollars solely devoted to helping charitable organizations, or are they just another way of advertising? A multi-billion dollar corporation shouldn't be allowed to write-off advertising as a charitable contribution.