NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Norfolk Southern
Foundation -- the charitable giving affiliate of Norfolk Southern
Corporation -- awarded grants worth nearly $2.2 million to nonprofit
charitable organizations during the first half of 2008.
The grants included $721,615 in employee and retiree matching gifts in
support of 334 organizations. Grants other than matching gifts went to 104
organizations throughout Norfolk Southern's operating territory.
Excluding matching gifts, the Foundation contributed to various United
Way campaigns and other health and human services nonprofits ($516,000),
educational institutions ($301,800), cultural and arts groups ($525,750),
and civic and community groups, including environmental organizations
($128,815). Of the $2.2 million, $756,100 (excluding matching gifts) went
to charitable organizations in three primary Norfolk Southern locations --
Norfolk and Roanoke, Va., and Atlanta. Among the largest recipients were
United Way of Roanoke Valley, Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation
(College of William and Mary), Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The
Nature Conservancy of Virginia, and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, as
well as ACCESS Scholarship Foundation, Smart Beginnings South Hampton
Roads, Virginia Opera, Virginia Arts Festival, and Virginia Zoological
Society, all located in Norfolk.
The $2.2 million in first-half giving represents 44 percent of the
Foundation's 2008 budget of $5 million.
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation's premier
transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates
approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia,
serving every major container port in the eastern United States and
providing superior connections to western rail carriers. Norfolk Southern
operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is North
America's largest rail carrier of metals and automotive products.
SOURCE Norfolk Southern Corporation
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