silicon valley

With a few exceptions, Silicon Valley's young millionaires are rejecting traditional status symbols and instead are pouring their wealth into social causes and start-up ventures....

Britain may not have a Silicon Valley, but its government hopes to attract high-tech firms to a cluster near a traffic circle in East London.

The tech startup center of the U.S. has been struggling with major unemployment in recent years. But the area may be heating up again.

Apple, eBay, HP, Intel, Intuit and Oracle have pledged as much as $150 million over ten years for the development of a new $2 billion hospital at Stanford Medical Center....

Eleven local nonprofits will receive grants to increase the availability of financial education and coaching programs that provide participants with incentives to save for the future and make financial decisions that increase their economic security....

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awards $1.9 Million to Help Close Achievement Gaps in Mathematics
Half of the foundation's twenty-six recent grants will be used to help school districts and nonprofit organizations in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties provide mathematics-related professional development opportunities to some two hundred teachers....

Awarded to seven housing and legal services organizations, the $75,000 grants will help grantees cope with the increased demand for services caused by the ongoing housing crisis....

Although some Silicon Valley donors have maintained their giving this year, in part because of multiyear charitable commitments or out of a sense of obligation, others are giving more selectively, at least for now....

SVCF chose grantees that promote smart growth policies which reduce traffic and air pollution, create affordable housing and mixed use developments close to transit, and ensure that all communities have access to services....

Part of the foundation's ongoing effort to expand food and shelter services in response to the economic downturn, the grants were awarded to twenty-three nonprofits serving residents of Santa Clara County....