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Wake Forest School of Medicine Alumni Commit to $10.5 Million Gift
Seventeen alumni and their families collectively have committed more than $10.5 million to Wake Forest School of Medicine. The group, representing current and past Medical Alumni Association (MAA) leaders, challenged the other members of the MAA Board of Directors to cumulatively match or exceed the gift with commitments of their own over the next year. … Read entire article »
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$50 Million Will Support Undergraduate Financial Aid at Duke
Duke University trustee Bruce Karsh and his wife Martha have donated $50 million to Duke for a permanent endowment to support need-based financial aid for undergraduate students from the United States and other countries, President Richard H. Brodhead announced. … Read entire article »
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Nonprofit Organizations Receive $5.7 Million in Grants from the Daniels Fund
Programs enhancing educational opportunities for youth and those providing services for the homeless and disadvantaged were among the major recipients of $5.7 million in grants to nonprofits announced this week by the Daniels Fund. … Read entire article »
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Non-profits in Boston, Hartford, Providence, New York, DC Receive Relationship Grants
Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation Corp., a non-profit, tax-exempt entity established by Brown Rudnick LLP, is pleased to announce the recipients of the Foundation’s 2011-12 Relationship Grants program. … Read entire article »
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Hispanic Parent-Child Education Program Call for Proposals
AVANCE, Inc., a national nonprofit organization that provides parent and early childhood education programs along with other family support services, is accepting proposals from nonprofit organizations serving low-income Hispanic families to enter into a re-grant agreement with AVANCE to implement the AVANCE Parent-Child Education Program (PCEP). … Read entire article »
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$100,000 Grant to Help Classrooms in Need
People’s United CommunityFoundation, the philanthropic arm of People’s United Bank, announced today a $100,000 grant to DonorsChoose.org; an online charity dedicated to providing students in public schools with the resources and materials they need to learn. … Read entire article »
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Up to Three $100,000 Prizes Available for Advancing Positive Social Change
Grinnell College today announced the call for nominations for the 2012 Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize. This prize program, now in its second year, honors individuals under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in their fields and who show creativity, commitment and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change. … Read entire article »
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Nonprofits Receive $10.5 Million in Grants from the Daniels Fund
Programs enhancing educational opportunities for youth and those providing services for the homeless and disadvantaged were among the major recipients of $10.5 million in grants to nonprofits announced this week by the Daniels Fund. … Read entire article »
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Grants Help to Support New York College Readiness Initiatives
The New York Life Foundation announced grants totaling $750,000 to two organizations offering educational enhancement opportunities for high school students in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. The Foundation made a two-year, $250,000 grant to Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) and a two-year, $500,000 grant to New Visions for Public Schools. … Read entire article »
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University,13 Charities to Receive $125 Million Bequest
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) today jointly announced the largest-ever cash gifts to both organizations totaling $115 million. The record gifts will help acquire additional works of art and support medical research. Thirteen additional charitable organizations will receive the remaining $10 million. … Read entire article »
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