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Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded the Indianapolis Parks Foundation a $7.3 million grant to fund improvements that include a new pool at Bethel Park on the near-southeast side.
LOS ANGELES----Due to economists’ forecasts that the recession will continue into 2010, The California Endowment today announced its grant-making strategy to help maximize struggling families’ access to the safety-net services they need.
The Lilly Endowment has donated $7.3 million to the Indianapolis Parks Foundation, the single largest donation in the foundation's 20-year history.
PARIS, December 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Agence de Médecine Préventive (AMP) has received a three-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to implement a program to support immunization advocacy in West Africa. The program, called ADVocacy for IMmunization (ADVIM), is a collaborative effort involving the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and ...
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, a charitable organization connecting generosity with need in 40 Middle Tennessee counties, has distributed more than $30,000 in grants to eight Rutherford County nonprofit organizations as part of the foundation's annual grant-making process.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said it is working with libraries in 14 states, including Alaska, to develop proposals for broadband funding under this year's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which makes available economic-stimulus money.
SALEM — The Washington County Community Foundation reports Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship applications are available to traditional seniors and non-traditional student ...
The Earth Explore Foundation, a 501 (C)(3) educational organization, is giving teachers and students unique opportunities to promote global and environmental awareness in their own communities. Through six hands-on programs, teachers and students learn from world-class experts, in some of the most pristine, and most sensitive places on Planet Earth.
NEW YORK----As the legal and regulatory environment continues to present challenges for non-profit organizations, Proskauer has launched its Not-For-Profit/Exempt Organizations Blog to keep organizations, clients and media abreast of issues and developments impacting the sector – ranging from governance structure to tax planning to asset protection.
A two-year, $395,000 grant, "Strengthening the Voice for Nursing Education," will provide operating support for the NLN specifically targeting IT infrastructure (including disaster preparedness), program analysis (exploring expansion of professional certification program to adjunct and part-time faculty), and NLN Testing Services (facilitating and improving the assessment and evaluation process).
Hamilton County commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to accept a $360,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to reduce childhood obesity.
As you shop online for holiday gifts, you can also be helping out a local non profit charity or school, all thanks to a website called GoodShop.
Carol R. SullivanSpecial to the Courier Thanks to local and national organizations, including the Kellogg Foundation, HandsOn Battle Creek and the Char-Em United Way, local youth (and their families) will be given the unique opportunity to complete service projects in Charlevoix and Emmet counties with the help of grant funding.
The Indiana Historical Society will use a $2 million gift from Lilly Endowment to facilitate journeys back in time. Funding announced Friday moves the society "into the homestretch" of raising money for exhibits scheduled to open March 20, said IHS President and CEO John Herbst.
Press Release Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas has received the largest philanthropic gift in its 45-year history with the donation of $10 million from the Leichtag Family Foundation in honor of Lee and Toni Leichtag. "There is no greater gift than to save a life, and through the generosity of Lee and Toni Leichtag and the Leichtag Family Foundation, they will help us save more lives every ...
Penn is helping to alleviate the shortage of nurses in the country by providing 15 students next year with a New Careers in Nursing Scholarship. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing has awarded the School of Nursing $150,000 for the second year in a row. The money will support incoming students who will be selected in June 2010. Each student will ...
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