Google.org
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Google.org is the charitable arm of search engine Internet company Google. It lists its mission as helping with global poverty, energy and the environment. It is a for-profit charity, which means it is taxable. The organization has made $7 million in investments and grants as of September 15, 2006. Google has given the organisation a starting fund of 1 billion dollars. Among its first projects is to develop a viable plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that can attain 100 mpg.[1]
The current director is Dr. Larry Brilliant.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/technology/14google.html
- ^ http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/brilliant.html
External links
- Google.org
- Philanthropy Googles Way: Not the Usual
- Slashdot, Google.org, a For-Profit Charity
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