The fund was founded in 1993. VarsityBooks was founded in 1997 and offers new, discounted college textbooks. Through their site, the company offer more than 2.5 million titles as well as a search engine to help students locate the necessary books. In an effort to assist those in the Greater Washington region who are suffering from HIV and AIDS related illnesses, Food and Friends has gone online. Their site offers information about the organization and what can be done to help those affected.
Potential volunteers can view the organization's list of needs and find contact information.
The program currently needs people interested in food preparation, bagging groceries for recipients and people to deliver meals. Services offered include quality management, formulation of business strategies, definition of client architectures and market analysis. ComVersant focuses only on ecommerce solutions and has experience in dealing with manufacturers, health care providers, publishers and high tech and telecommunications industries. Xenos is a provider of electronic commerce software and solutions that entered public sector markets in the U.S. partnered with Xerox Connect, Inc., a division of Xerox Corporation. The Sterling expansion is the third Xenos office to open in the United States.