May 20, 2008
Citi Foundation awarded total of $630,000 in grants to 63 nonprofits focusing on community development through Scholar Intern Program.
November 20, 2008
eQuilter online quilting resource awarded $600,000 to Engineers Without Borders-USA for water filtration and energy solutions in Rwanda.
November 20, 2008
American Society of Media Photographers awarded $85,000 to Picture Licensing Universal System Coalition for work to simplify image-rights management.
November 20, 2008
East Bay Community Foundation, Oakland, Calif., awarded $15,000 to Super Stars Literacy to help provide after-school literacy instruction in East Bay area.
November 20, 2008
Estate of Robert and Catherine McDevitt awarded $50M, mostly in IBM stock, to Le Moyne College, Syracuse, N.Y., to endow computer science, information, physics, religious philosophy.
November 20, 2008
Wallace Foundation awarded $7.7M to support arts organizations in Seattle, and promote audience-building.
November 20, 2008
Rohm & Hass awarded $30,000 to Musicopia, Philadelphia, to launch Adventures Through Music program in Upper Dublin, Wissahickon school districts.
November 20, 2008
MetLife Foundation awarded $500,000 to Trust for Public Land to expand and renovate playgrounds in New York, San Francisco, Atlanta.
November 20, 2008
Regence Foundation awarded total of $350,000 to organizations in Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington State to improve health-care access.
November 20, 2008
McCormick Foundation awarded over $2.9M from funds collected through Welcome Back Veterans partnership with Major League Baseball for mental health, job placement for veterans.
November 20, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency awarded $441,146 to American Rivers for preservation of 52-square-mile San Gregorio Creek Watershed to provide water for agriculture and protect endangered species.
November 20, 2008
Kaiser Permanente awarded total of $256,500 to provide scholarships for 102 nursing students from 27 colleges in southern California.
November 20, 2008
California Endowment awarded $7.75M to support Children's Health Initiatives to offer low-cost health insurance to 80,000 children in California.
November 20, 2008
California Endowment awarded total of over $4M in two grants to Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, for health journalism and health communication.
November 20, 2008
Wal-Mart Foundation awarded $250,000 to Illinois Food Bank Association to purchase, distribute 500,000 pounds of food to state's hungry.
November 20, 2008
Lilly Endowment awarded $15M to Indiana University at Bloomington to establish Pervasive Technology Institute for study of information technology.
