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National Campaign to Promote Hispanic Academic Achievement
Univision Communications today announced the launch of Es El Momento (The Moment is Now), a comprehensive, multi-platform, multi-million dollar three-year national education initiative. Es El Momento will be aimed at improving academic achievement among K-12 Hispanic students with a specific focus on increasing rates of high school graduation, college readiness, college completion and engaging Hispanic parents and the broader community in these efforts. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Education (K-12, and higher education), Featured
Carnegie Corporation Awards $2 Million Grant to New Tech Network
The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded a $2 million grant to the New Tech Network, a subsidiary of KnowledgeWorks, to help the high school development organization expand its capacity to serve the increasing number of schools implementing the New Tech approach. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, General fundraising
Charities Working Harder to Find Revenue
With the United States still mired in an economic slump, nonprofits are finding that they have to work harder to raise money and find new ways to reach potential supporters, Bloomberg.com reports. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, General fundraising
DC Strives to Set World Record as Gay Marriage Legalization Nears
The largest gay wedding in history is scheduled for Saturday, March 20th in Washington, DC. Up to 400 couples will exchange vows breaking the current Guinness World Record. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Public works and advocacy
Philanthropic Leadership Group Says Illinois’ Human Service System Is Broken
Donors Forum, which represents the state’s leading philanthropic organizations, said today that the state’s system for providing human services is broken and called on legislators to “pursue sources of new, stable, fair, and diversified revenue,” in order to fund services “critical to the health and well-being of the people of Illinois.” … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Human services
2010 Siemens Teacher Scholarships Awarded
The Siemens Foundation announced the winners of the 2010 Siemens Teacher Scholarship today in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. The program provides scholarships to students enrolled in the nation’s public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities who are pursuing teaching careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). … Read entire article »
Filed under: Education (K-12, and higher education)
Lack of Ice in Gulf of St. Lawrence Could Be Deadly for Harp Seals
An almost total absence of ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is sounding alarm bells with the International Fund for Animal Welfare. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Environment, Featured
Fred Rogers Center Seeks Virtual Neighbors
The Fred Rogers Center has moved beyond the neighborhood of make-believe to make new friends on the Internet through a new Web site as well as Facebook and YouTube channels. These e-marketing initiatives are the result of a collaboration between the Fred Rogers Center and the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government at Saint Vincent College. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arts, Culture & Humanities, Featured, PNNOnline Various
USA Funds Awards $500,000 To National Scholarship Groups
USA Funds, the nation’s leading education loan guarantor, has announced the award of $500,000 to five national scholarship organizations that promote access to higher education for minority students. Each organization received $100,000 to support its scholarship programs. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Education (K-12, and higher education), Featured
Latinas and Breast Cancer Target of Major International Study
The largest study ever of breast cancer in Latin American women is being launched this year in a unique multi-country, public/private partnership with $1 million in additional funding from the world’s largest breast cancer organization, Susan G. Komen for the Cure. … Read entire article »
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