$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 »
Filed under: Education (K-12, and higher education), Featured, General fundraising
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 »
Filed under: Education (K-12, and higher education), Featured, Public works and advocacy
TD Charitable Foundation Donates $100,000 to Red Cross for Hurricane Recovery
The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross to assist the victims of Hurricane Irene, which struck the East Coast last weekend. … 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 »
Filed under: Education (K-12, and higher education), Featured, General fundraising
American Teens Raise Their Voices for Peers Around the World
As American girls head back to school this fall, the United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up campaign and its supporters are speaking out on behalf of the millions of adolescent girls in developing countries that do not have the same opportunity. Girls make up more than half of the 140 million children and adolescents that are out of school; in many countries, more than half of them drop out before they get to the 6th grade. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Human services, PNN Worldwide, Public works and advocacy
Junior Scientists Return to Stockholm to Share Water Project Updates at World Water Week
This week students from Ghana and the Netherlands reconvene at Stockholm World Water Week to share the results of their efforts to bring safe water to people in need. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Environment, Featured, Public works and advocacy
Council on Foundations Partners With U.S.D.A. to Improve Rural Economic Opportunities
The Council on Foundations, a nonprofit membership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to address philanthropic concerns in rural communities nationwide. … Read entire article »
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Duke Libraries Receive $13.6 Million Gift
Duke University trustee David M. Rubenstein will give $13.6 million to the Duke University Libraries in support of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, President Richard H. Brodhead announced Wednesday. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education (K-12, and higher education), Featured, General fundraising
Community Reinvestment Fund, USA Receives $30,000 Grant
Community Reinvestment Fund, USA, a nonprofit organization that connects community development lenders with the capital resources of Wall Street, today announced it received a $30,000 grant from the U.S. Bancorp Foundation. This grant is the latest in a series of investments made to CRF by the foundation. … Read entire article »
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Global Art Project Celebrates 10,000 Boxes of Peace Sent Around the World
With labels that read “Fragile Contains: Peace, Love or Hope”, visual artist Franck de Las Mercedes sends abstractly painted, seemingly empty boxes to anybody, anywhere in the world, for free. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, PNN Worldwide, Public works and advocacy
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