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( Indiana University School of Medicine ) The Lilly Endowment grants $60 million to Indiana University School of Medicine to support recruitment and training of physician scientists.
Teleperformance's Citizen of the World Charitable Initiative Partners With Feed The Children to Help Victims of the Recent Floods in the Philippines
APPLETON Plans to build a permanent overnight shelter for the homeless received a boost Tuesday when Fox Valley Warming Shelter Inc. announced a $100,000 donation from the Bemis Company Foundation.
California State University, Monterey Bay has received a $500,000 grant from Lumina Foundation for Education.
Girls Incorporated announced it was awarded a two-year, $500,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation to support new components of Girls Inc. Project BOLD, a research-based after-school program designed to help girls and young women avoid, address, and cope with violence.
SPRINGFIELD - Three charities that help families in Western Massachusetts obtain food, fuel and shelter will share equally in a $100,000 grant from Citizens Bank Foundation.
Three jewelry competitors in Ventura have come together to give away up to 100 necklaces each to the unemployed this holiday season as part of Share Ring, a charitable project that underscores the message of giving, volunteering and donating in today's tough economy."It is precisely because of our difficult financial times that people have the impetus to join each other to help," said Debbie Fox ...
Local financial institution Home Bank has partnered with Community Foundation of Acadiana to pilot a unique gift-giving idea this holiday season. The two groups partnered to provide select home bank customers with charity giving cards. The cards can be redeemed to benefit any organization nationwide. Each card will offer a donation of $25 to the qualifying organizations. Permalink | Comments
Amid all those candles and evergreens, baked goods, freely pouring cocktails (and the promise of sneaking in a tax deduction) we humans are inclined to give to those less fortunate this time of year. But there isn't much incentive when paychecks have been cut or lost, investments dried up, and health care costs are more than ever. Even the most giving among us may be inclined to wonder: Why ...
HOUSTON----The Greater Houston Community Foundation today announced that former United States President, George H. W. Bush, accepted a $10,000 donation from the Life Time Fitness Foundation on its behalf.
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - 12/14/09) - CONNECT, the San Diego region's non-profit technology and life sciences accelerator, released its 2009 third quarter CONNECT Innovation Report (CIR) on December 14th. The report, developed in partnership with the National University System Institute for Policy Research; University of California, San Diego Extension; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Procopio ...
RICHMOND (December 15, 2009) – In the spirit of the holiday season, many charities use this time of the year to raise much-needed funds. With economic challenges lingering, Virginians can expect increased competition for each and every charitable dollar you have to give.
A non-profit organization is helping hundreds of Nashvillians stay in their homes and off the streets.
Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons and family celebrated the holiday season with the 10th Annual Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation's Youth Holiday Party at the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza.
On the Street With L.A. Downtown News Photographer Gary Leonard. In Gary's own words: “I attended a panel discussion at the California Endowment about children ‘picking our food.’ They said that 25% of all our food is harvested by children. They showed a clip from a film that they made.
Alexandria, Va. – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has presented a $35,000 donation to MedEvac Foundation International,TM its third in a series, completing its total $105,000 pledge to the air-medical charitable and research organization and bringing it into the Foundation’s Chairman’s Circle of $100,000-plus donors.
