March 23, 2000

Companies Urged to Increase Grants to Minority Programs

By STEPHEN G. GREENE

U.S. corporations should significantly increase their support for programs that benefit racial and ethnic minority groups, a new report suggests.

America's principal minority groups -- blacks, Hispanics, Asian Pacific Americans, and American Indians -- together make up about 28 percent of the U.S. population, the report notes. But a survey of 124 major companies in 15 industries shows that just 14 percent of their grants go to programs primarily intended to

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