For the seventh year, employees nominated and voted on
organizations to contribute
a portion of the profit each quarter. The
firm gave away approximately $90,000 in 2004 to organizations
including the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, The ARC of Greater
Houston, The Epilepsy Foundation
of SE Texas, Including Kids, The
Children's Fund, St.gddcpa. PHILADELPHIA, Comcast Corporation
(Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) was named one of the 2005 Top 40 Companies for
Hispanics by Hispanic Business
Magazine, for the company's overall commitment
to the Hispanic market. Cohen."
Hispanic Business
contacted the top 400 of the Fortune 500 companies, and
measured each company's commitment to Hispanic
hiring, promotion, marketing,
philanthropy, and supplier diversity. With 21.
The Company
's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment
Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel
, OLN, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS
Sprout, TV One and four regional Comcast SportsNets.
support groups
Philanthropy
Writers/Business Editors
HOUSTON----Gainer, Donnelly and
Desroches LLP, a certified public
accounting firm providing highly
personalized and comprehensive tax, audit and business management
services to privately-held businesses and individuals, has maintained
its commitment to the Houston
community through its charitable giving
program. Michaels Bread of Life Program, Rotary Lombardi
Award and Cenikor. In Houston alone we are
currently funding 16 researchers at the Texas Medical
Center. This program, which began in
1998, is designed to assist non-profit agencies whose work enhances
the quality of life in the greater Houston area," said Sam Gainer, a
partner at Gainer, Donnelly
and Desroches.com
com/magazine.comcast.com) is the
nation's leading provider of cable
, entertainment and communications products
and services. The Company also has a
majority ownership
in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the
Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia
76ers NBA basketball
team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.
society groups
Gainer Donnelly
and Desroches Maintains Commitment to Houston Community
"We thank Gainer, Donnelly + Desroches
for their most generous
donation. These dollars are being directed towards patient services
that
include educational programs, family support groups and financial
aid to our patients," said Janie
Mitts Moore, campaign manager of the
Team in Training program of the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of
the
Leukemia + Lymphoma Society."
"One indication of GD+D's commitment to the Houston community
is
our employee-directed grant program. The amount available for grants
each quarter is based
on a percentage of gross revenues. Gainer, Donnelly +
Desroches can be reached at 713-621-8090 or
on the Web at
www. HispanTelligence(R), the research arm of Hispanic
Business Inc.
"It
is an honor to be recognized for our overall commitment to the
Hispanic community through this comprehensive
assessment of our diversity
initiatives," said Comcast Executive Vice President David L. "Comcast
continues to increase our commitment to the Hispanic community by partnering
with local organizations
, offering a growing array of Spanish language and
Hispanic-themed programming, recruiting and retaining
a diverse workforce and
through our aggressive supplier diversity initiatives.
For more information
about Hispanic Business Magazine's 2005 Top 40
Companies for Hispanics, or for a complete list of
honorees, visit
http://www.2 million voice customers, Comcast is principally
involved in the development
, management and operation of broadband cable
networks and in the delivery of programming content
.top kids
"Donations are also used to support
millions of dollars in research worldwide. "Each quarter, the
employees propose and present grant requests which are voted on by the
entire staff below the
partner level."
About the Firm
Gainer, Donnelly + Desroches LLP, the oldest local certified
public accounting firm in Houston, provides highly personalized and
complete tax, business planning
and advisory services to
privately-held businesses and individuals across all industries with
special
expertise in high net worth, construction, energy, healthcare,
manufacturing and real estate.Hispanic
Business Magazine Names Comcast One of the Top 40 Companies for Hispanics
5 million cable customers
, 7.7 million high-speed
Internet customers, and 1.kids top
The Firm has a diverse clientele from
individuals
and small business owners to multi-national corporations
with gross revenues in excess of $1 billion
., used more than 30 variables to identify and rank the top 40
companies, of which Comcast was ranked
#24. Specific areas of focus included Board
and leadership representation; recruitment efforts;
retention and promotion
through incentives, employee support groups and executive training; marketing
and advertising to reach Hispanic consumers; community outreach benefiting
minority groups and
supplier diversity.hispanicbusiness.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation
(Nasdaq: http://www. Comcast Class A
common stock and Class A Special common stock trade on The
NASDAQ Stock Market
under the symbols CMCSA and CMCSK, respectively.groups kids
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