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Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga has been awarded a $124,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation. The grant from the Troy, Michigan based foundation will fund Allied Arts’ Capacity Building, Sustainability and Technical Assistance Program.
NEW YORK----Crown Philanthropic Solutions, LLC, an innovative provider of charitable technology and services for the financial and nonprofit communities, is pleased to announce it has been selected to support the American Bar Endowment Charitable Gift Fund, a donor advised fund program sponsored by the American Bar Endowment , a charitable affiliate of the American Bar Association.
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With thunderous applause from hundreds of Memphians, the city school board on Wednesday accepted a $90 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, along with $1.9 million in companion funds.It’s the largest gift to public schools in the city’s history.“This is not just for Memphis City Schools, this is for everyone in the city of Memphis,” said board president Martavius Jones ...
THE CHATHAMS — Thinking of a special way to thank or honor a teacher? The Chatham Education Foundation offers the opportunity for Chatham families to show their appreciation by contributing to the Teacher Holiday Tribute Fund. For each donation (a...
The United Way of Pueblo County has doubled it's pot of money to help the recently unemployed. The board of trustees announced Tuesday that it had received a $30,000 grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, raising their total matching funds for the 2009 campaign to $60,000. The money will be used to pay for housing, food and transportation assistance for Puebloans who have lost ...
The road to 34 Claiborne St. hasn’t been easy for Michelle Mayfield. But today the 38-year-old single mother ...
Community Progress Council will use a $1.4 million federal grant to start a program for mothers and young children.
HOUSTON - LifePoint Charitable Endowment recently launched as the first-ever charity to accept, pool, and manage life insurance policies donated by seniors to benefit their favorite charities . LifePoint assumes responsibility for premium payments and distributes benefits to nonprofits designated by donors, without expense to the donor or the charity.
WAUKEGAN -- Hundreds of Waukegan elementary students will enlarge their book collections, thanks to a donation from a Lake Forest-based literacy foundation and United Way of Lake County.More than 11,000 new and gently used books will be donated next month to students at Lyon Magnet, Clearview, Glen Flora, Little Fort, Carman-Buckner and North schools.The books, which will be donated in bundles ...
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Highland Ridge, Williamsburg, is putting a charitable program into gear. K-90, a non-profit extension of Highland Ridge, provides aid to Iowa County children who are identified as “in need.”
A $50,000 donation from the Starr Foundation to the Daily News food drive will buy 6,000 frozen turkeys, which will serve about 30,000 people.
Let experts guide your giving Just when Americans need help the most, charitable donations to organizations that can give them relief have dwindled. Annual giving fell to $307.7 billion in 2008, a 5.7 percent drop from 2007, the Giving In stitute in Illinois said. Charities are facing a big challenge as a result of the recession, said Barbara Homiller, vice president of the Better Business ...
LAKE COUNTY – Lake County Public Services Director Kim Clymire announced that the county Parks and Recreation Division recently awarded mini grant funding to nonprofit recreational organizations that provide recreation opportunities in the community.
A lot of museums give you the big picture -- paintings you need to stand back from, sculptures that soar to the ceiling. But one of my favorite haunts celebrates the little things. It's the open study and storage area tucked away on the third-floor mezzanine of the Luce Foundation Center for Amer...
Donors, volunteers and community grant recipients recently were honored at an annual celebration called National Philanthropy Day.The Community Foundation of the Brazos Valley gave the awards at a reception hosted by Gina and Bill Flores.Among the do ...
Should the government register nonprofit groups like the U.S ...
The economy has forced many nonprofit groups to cut expenses, ...
The billionaire Eli Broad has chosen seven people who he says ...
Are students facing economic or social problems “at risk” ...
A robust and much-needed debate has erupted about how to solve ...
Tim Ogden is challenging the thinking of two of the world’s ...
