Google.org

Google has a philantropic organization, but this is not necessarily "not" making profit. Interesting (cannot be classified "philantropic" because of the definition), but still a good start.

The Google org helps start ups with specific "friendly" goals ( giving it seed money of about $1 billion and a mandate to tackle poverty, disease and global warming. )

Clearly shows that people nowadays consider the only reason for existence for a company should be to make money.

Hopefully this initiative will develop some companies that have "meaning".

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/technology/14google.html
http://www.google.org/

When going to the google.org website, notice how "simple" the proposals are that Google has invested in. When you think about it, it's nothing too fancy. Just a small initiative that can already make small changes to the community without costing a lot of money. That, I guess, is the key for this kind of work. Create opportunity and capability, not waste buckets of money.