Giving News: In Brief

Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Foundation gave Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, Calif., $75M gift to name new Kravis Center for administrative offices, classrooms.

CA, Inc., Islandia, N.Y., gave $250,000 for National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship BizCamp program.

Cisco donated $45M to Sichuan Province, China for earthquake relief.

Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, Oakland, Calif., launched Sports for Health program, providing grants up to $1,500 for gym equipment in San Francisco middle schools.

American Library Association, Chicago, received $1M from Verizon Foundation, Basking Ridge, N.J., to study how video games can improve problem-solving, literacy skills

California Community Foundation awarded total of $1.2M in grants to 11 nonprofits in Los Angeles County

Dell Foundation awarded $50,000 each "Healthy Community" grants to 27 organizations to Tex., Tenn., Okla., N.C.

Qwest Foundation awarded $8,155 to Youth Emergency Services, Gillette, Wyo., to fund Impact Mentoring program.

Alaska Humanities Forum and Rasmuson Foundation awarded total of $921,284 to 28 projects focusing on history of Alaska statehood

Community Foundation for National Capital Region awarded total of $725,000 to five nonprofits for education reform in D.C. public schools.

New York Life donated $100,000 for flood relief in Midwest.

New York Life Foundation donated $3M to Comfort Zone Camp, Richmond, Va., organization dedicated to helping children cope with death of loved ones.

Rockefeller Foundation donated $500,000 for new New York City Waterfalls exhibition opened along Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Governors Island. 

Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, received $1.5M gift from Milton L. Rock to endow chair in composition studies. 

CSL Behring, King of Prussia, Pa., awarded seven grants totaling more than $90,000 to patient-advocacy organizations. 

United Health Foundation awarded $300,000 to Howard University's College of Dentistry to establish program in dental excellence. 

Safeco Insurance Foundation, Seattle, awarded $20,000 in grants to American Red Cross chapters providing flood relief to Iowa residents; additional $20,000 grant awarded to American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis.

Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, Philadelphia, received $10M from Annenberg Foundation for month-long, citywide arts festival starting April 2011. 

Newspaper publisher David C. Copley donated $6M to UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television to endow chair for new costume design center.  

St. David's Community Health Foundation awarded $2.3M in grants to nonprofits addressing mental-health needs in Central Texas.

Regions Financial Corporation pledged $1M to Auburn University for School of Forestry, School of Business endowments.

ACE Group of Companies, Philadelphia, awarded three-year $720,000 grant to Freedom from Hunger Inc.

GE Foundation awarded $1.2M to International Medical Corps for efforts to assist with crisis in Darfur.

Dorel Juvenile Group, Columbus, Ind., and Cosco Home and Office Products to make $40,000 donation to Midwest flood-relief efforts.

Helen Brach Foundation gave $100,000 to De Paul University's Campaign for Excellence in Science to support Andrew J. McGowan Science Building.

Blackbaud employees donated over 1M airline miles to Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles awarded $78M in grants to 1,850 secular, religious causes in 2007.

Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism announced $5M endowment from Tow Foundation for new media center.

AAA Minnesota/Iowa donated $50,000, clean up supplies to American Red Cross Iowa flood relief efforts.

Florian Villa owners received $6,000 from Weber Foundation of Helping Hands on behalf of upcoming Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba SUDS trip to Florian Villa, St. John Virgin Islands.

International Trachoma Initiative received three year $448,809 grant from Izumi Foundation for 20,000 sight-saving surgeries in Burkina Faso, Niger.

Teagle Foundation, New York, announced 30 grants totaling over $3.5M to fund projects involving more than 45 colleges, universities, other higher education institutes.

Sallie Mae announced 36 winners of Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards; each high school senior to receive grants ranging from $1,000- $8,000.

Hudson's Bay Company, Toronto, donated $700,000 to Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation from Think Pink Campaign funds.

Chrysler Foundation donated $100,000 to Service the City Resource Group for flood-relief and clean-up supplies in Midwest.

Twiga Foundation, Boise, Idaho, received $400,000 grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to fund States as Employers-of-Choice project.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh approved $10.95M for its Affordable Housing Program to finance 26 projects.

Kohl's donated $100,000 for flood relief efforts in Midwest.

Million Dollar Round Table Foundation, Park Ridge, Ill., donated $10,000 to Red Cross Society of China for earthquake relief.

Jose A. Fajardo, president and CEO, WMFE, Orlando, named 2008 recipient of Martin Bell Scholarship by Rollins MBA program to attend Crummer Business School.

Unum and its employees gave more than $8M to charity in 2007 according to Corporate Responsibility report. 

BE&K, engineering and construction firm, Birmingham, Ala., donated $10,000 to Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. 

Alliance for Children and Families, Miwaukee, received $50,000 from W.K. Kellogg Foundation for civic-engagement practices.

Prem Rawat Foundation, Los Angeles, donated $15,000 to China Disabled Persons' Federation for food, bottled water for earthquake survivors.

LA84 Foundation announced $1,596,545 in grants to support sport programs serving more than 14,400 youth in Southern California.

James Irvine Foundation awarded 34 grants totaling $22M to support several outreach programs benefiting California residents.

Alliance for Children and Families, Milwaukee, received $675,000 from Rockerfeller Brothers Fund, $250,000 from Casey Foundation to develop civic-engagement model.

Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, Los Angeles, awarded total of $1M in college scholarships to 128 graduating high-school seniors.

ASRC Federal Holding Company gave $40,000 to Judy Hoyer Family Learning Center during charity golf event June 9.

Landscape Structures, Washington, D.C., gave $200,000 to Sustainable Site Initiative to develop guidelines, standards for landscape sustainability.

FalconStor Software, Melville, N.Y., donated $200,000 to China for earthquake relief.

Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman donated $50M to Christ Church, Oxford, England for Oxford University Asset Management Fund.

Qwest Foundation awarded total of $15,000 to Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust and Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center Foundation.

Airgas Inc., Radnor, Pa., industrial, medical, specialty gas provider, pledged $300,000 to Operation Homefront for support of wounded soldiers, families.

BET Network and Sallie Mae Fund awarded total of $25,000 in scholarships to four students through Next Level program.

Vynamic provided funding to open WARM2Kids Learning Center at R.W. Brown Community Center, north Philadelphia.

Target donated $100,000 in cash and products to American Red Cross for flood-relief efforts in Midwest.

Rockwell Collins donated $2M for flood-relief efforts in Iowa.

UnitedHealth Group and PacifiCare awarded more than $6.2M to benefit healthcare consumers, improve daily healthcare in California.

University of Wyoming College of Business received $3M from Daniels Fund for Daniels Chair of Business Ethics endowment.

Aetna awarded $50,000 grant to Henry W. Grady Health System Foundation, Atlanta to develop Diabetes Management Action Plan.

Hampton Hotels' Save-A-Landmark program to restore author Laura Ingalls Wilder's home in De Smet, S.D.

Dell Foundation awarded more than $150,000 to charities worldwide through annual volunteer-recognition program.

Daniels Fund approved $8.7M in grants in second quarter for programs serving homeless people.

Cisco Foundation awarded $15,000 each to 84 nonprofits in Silicon Valley Impact Grants.

Principal Financial Group Foundation to match employee contributions up to $25,000 for Iowa tornado relief.

National Public Lands Day seeking applicants for "National Public Lands Day Toyota Hybrid Tour" grants; community organizers planning a clean up day may apply online.

Jeremy M. Jacobs, CEO, Delaware North donated $10M to University at Buffalo to establish Jacobs Institute, clinic for heart, vascular disease research.

Bush Foundation announced three recipients of $10,000 Enduring Vision Awards: artists Frank Big Bear, Janel Jacobson, Walter Piehl Jr.

NBT Bank donated $50,000 to Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival for endowment. 

SK Foods donated 15,000 cases of tomatoes to Food Bank of Monterey County, Calif.

GMAC, Detroit, to provide funding and 500 volunteers to help build 12 Habitat homes in U.S., three in Mexico, Canada.

Prem Rawat Foundaton, Los Angeles, donated $10,000 to Koulawa, NGO in Niger, to provide food to 250 disabled women, children.

Higher Achievement, Washington D.C. academic motivation program, received three-year $3M grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to expand program serving needy middle-school students.

North Dakota Association of Nonprofit Organizations received $10,000 from Qwest Foundation to support leadership conference.

Principal Financial Group Foundation to match employee contributions up to $25,000 for Iowa tornado-relief efforts.

OrthoSynetics donated body armor, tactical equipment to New Orleans Police Department.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute providing $11.1M in awards to encourage students to become physician-scientists.

Pacers Foundation gave $500,000 to Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce for Common Goal high school graduation-rate initiative.

Walgreens donated six million pounds of products to America's Second Harvest in 2007.

Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, awarded total of $371,981 in grants to 125 projects presented by nonprofits.

Rohm and Haas Company and First Philadelphia Charter School celebrated opening of school's Rohm and Haas Intergenerational Greenhouse June 4; greenhouse made possible with $30,000 grant from Rohm and Haas.

Western Union Foundation donated $25,000 to Fundacion Alimentando Esperanzas, San Jose organization providing education, family support services.

Intergraph Foundation, Huntsville, Ala., donated $25,000 to American Red Cross to match employee contributions earthquake relief in China.

Howell Lockhart Seiple Trust #1 gave $4,000 to Horse Power For Life to increase cancer-therapy efforts with free equestrian activities.

Toshiba America to plant 80,000 trees in Southern California national forest areas damaged by wildfires in October 2007.

Herb Alpert Foundation, Santa Monica, Calif., awarded $1.2M to InnerSpark for scholarships for college-bound students in the arts.

ADC Foundation donated additional $100,000 to American Red Cross to support earthquake-relief efforts in China; previously donated $10,000.  

Global Fund for Children received $537,361 from Howard G. Buffett Foundation to support community-based programs for unaccompanied minors.

Marathon Oil Corp. donated $100,000 to National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to launch conservation effort.

Hella KGaA Hueck Co. donated $312,000 for earthquake-relief efforts in China.

Jim Beam, Orlando-based bourbon maker, gave $175,000 to Operation Homefront.

UnitedHealth Group awarded $2M to Southern Nevada Health District, Las Vegas, to enhance healthcare delivery. 

HP to award total of more than $7M in technology, cash, professional-development training to 149 elementary schools, universities in U.S., Puerto Rico as part of 2008 HP Technology for Teaching Grant initiative. 

Singer Family Foundation, Oklahoma City, awarded $100,000 sponsorship to Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women.

United Western Bank donated $5,000 to Centennial Chapter of American Red Cross for tornado relief in Windsor, Colo.

Best Buy, Minneapolis, awarded each of eight U.S. school districts $100,000 Best Buy Teach Award for creative use of technology in classroom.

American Hiking Society awarded total of $41,500 in grants to 16 nonprofits through 2008 National Trails Fund. 

Healthcare Georgia Foundation awarded $580,000 to Satcher Health Leadership Institute to addresses inequities in Georgia health care.

THINK Together, after-school programs provider, Santa Anna, Calif., received $10M gift from Donald Bren, chairman of Irvine Company, to expand program in several counties.

Kaplan Educational Foundation to award 10 more New York community college students with scholarships.

Hartford Financial Services gave total of $242,000 in scholarships to 13 high school seniors through STAG Leadership Scholarship, Alliance for Academic Achievement.

Verizon Wireless, HopeLine gave $1,500 to Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh by collecting used cell phones.

Asia Foundation, San Francisco, contributed total of more than 300,000 children's books to eight Asian countries.

 Discovery Eye Foundation, Los Angeles, received $2,380,000 grant from Lincy Foundation for outer-retina research.

Target donated $25,000 for tornado-recovery efforts in Iowa.

Qwest Foundation to donate $50,000 for innovative classroom technology to Nebraska teachers through state's Department of Education.

Boston University students in nonprofit-management program awarded two grants totaling $15,000 to Year Up Boston and Bridge Over Troubled Waters. 

NetSquared announced three winners of Mashup Challenge Tech Innovation Fund: Ushahidi received $25,000; Knowmore.org received $15,000; Social Actions received $10,000. 

Qwest Foundation donated $5,000 to Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Cheyenne, Wyo., for technology equipment, science lab for children.

Datatel Scholars Foundation, Fairfax, Va., awarded 242 scholarships totaling $422,000 for 2008-2009 school year.

Prem Rawat, Los Angeles, offered $50,000 challenge grant through "Causes" Facebook application to aid with food crisis in Haiti.

Asia Foundation received grant from National Geographic Society to continue support of Rabia-e-Balkhi Girls High School and center, Kabul, Afghanistan. 

Airgas, Radnor, Pa., pledged $300,000 to Operation Homefront, charity supporting soldiers and their families. 

Green Institute for Village Empowerment, Corona, Calif., received $50,000 grant from Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support policy, education, economic development programs.

California Council for Humanities awarded $1,000 grants to each of 21 California libraries to start photography, writing initiative for teens.  

SupportOurTroops.org sent $1,340,856 of ‘good-will treats' to U.S. Air Force personnel at domestic bases. 

Best Buy awarded 1,551 scholarships totaling more than $2.75M in 2008.

AT&T provided $125,000 sponsorship to Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women to support women's business programs.

Rose Community Foundation awarded total of more than $3.2M in grants to 44 organizations during first quarter of 2008.

Sherwin-Williams Foundation awarded $50,000 grant to Cleveland Housing Network to support affordable homeownership for low-income families.

Sybase, enterprise software and services company, donating all text-messaging fees earned in China through Sybase 365 hub to aid with earthquake-relief efforts.

Laird Technologies, St. Louis, donated $100,000 to earthquake-relief efforts in China.

UnitedHealth Group and Sienna Health Services awarded total of $500,000 to University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Nursing program to fund two graduate fellowships in Masters of Nursing program.

ACE Group of Companies donated $1M to Red Cross Society of China for earthquake-relief efforts.

Wal-Mart increased donations for earthquake relief in China to more than $3M.

Heart to Heart and FedEx Express airlifted donation of 70 tons of aid, valued at $1.5M, for earthquake-relief efforts in China.

Leon Levy Foundation awarded $15M to New York Botanical Garden for new native plant garden, and $10M to Prospect Park to fund Lakeside Center.

Amgen Foundation provided more than $300,000 in grants during first quarter of 2008, and more than $980,000 in matching staff gifts to almost 1,000 groups

Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, announced total of $12.3M in grants to several nonprofits in California for various causes.

Shaw Group, Baton Rouge, La., donated $144,000 to earthquake-relief efforts in China.

DePaul University received $1M challenge grant from Kresge Foundation to support construction of McGowan Science building. 

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation donated $100,000 to American Red Cross for earthquake-relief efforts in China.

HP named seven recipients of HP Technology for Entrepreneurship Education Leadership Grants, worth $100,000 each; grants advance use of technology in entrepreneurship-education programs to improve microenterprises.

Room and Board furniture retailer gave $50,000 and employee volunteer time, to Urban Peak, homeless youth program in Denver.

Office Depot Foundation donated $15,000 to Jason Taylor Reading Room, Miramar, Fla., in recognition of the Miami Dolphin player's runner-up finish on "Dancing with the Stars." 

Boston Globe Foundation awarded total of $100,000 to 13 organizations serving community in Dorchester, Mass. 

T. Boone Pickens donated $100M to alma mater Oklahoma State University for endowment, professorships.

SK Foods donated 82,000 cases of 15 oz. canned, diced tomatoes with retail value of $1M to several California food banks.

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust awarded grants totaling $2.5M to seven programs for children in Maricopa County, Ariz., for arts, education, therapy.

Thompson Cigar donated over 300,000 cigars to American troops in Iraq since 2002. 

GlaxoSmithKline established two fellowships at Stanford Graduate School of Business totaling $500,000 in honor of retiring CEO Jean-Pierre Garnier.

Wal-Mart Foundation donated $5M to YouthBuild USA to allow out-of-school students to enroll in YouthBuild programs across country.

Open Society Institute awarded $350,000 to American Library Association to launch effort to inspire library patrons, librarians to fight for privacy rights.

Polaris T.R.A.I.L.S. awarded $700,000 in grants to local, state, national all-terrain vehicles clubs; awarded total of $108,400 in new funds to 11 groups.

New York Life Insurance Company donated $100,000 to earthquake-relief efforts in China.

Walgreens donated $50,000 to UNICEF for relief efforts in Myanmar and China.

Yum! Brands Inc. donated $2.3M for earthquake relief efforts in China.

AARP Foundation announced winners of Women's Scholarship Program with $250,000 in total to 74 women; scholarships provide funds to women over 40 who are seeking job skills, training, educational opportunities to support families.

AmeriCorps awarded $45,489 to Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas during National Recognition of AmeriCorps Week to create planning teams for three-year AmeriCorps program.

Boca Java exceeded goal of serving five million cups of coffee to troops deployed overseas in "Operation Million Cup" initiative.

Former Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander, with his foundation, donated $20,000 worth of clothing, athletic gear to three Seattle youth organizations.

Earthwatch Institute, Maynard, Mass., received second $1,000 grant from good2gether; Institute is second of four New England winners.

Digital Check gave $5,000 to Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation for support of children of Marines, law enforcement that have been killed.

Six students to receive total of $150,000 over four years from Micron Technology Foundation through Scholars program Micron Science and Technology Scholars program.

Western Union Foundation gave $90,000 to UN World Food Program to alleviate impact of food shortages in Haiti.

Safeway Inc. to donate total of $9 million to Easter Seals, Special Olympics to fund broad range of activities.

Reader's Digest Foundation donate $100,000 to WaterPartners International as part of Make it Matter initiative.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation awarded $173,320 grant to Goodwill Industries International for staffing-services project.

Qwest Foundation gave $10,000 to Tamie King, teacher?, Liderwood Elementary, Spokane, Wash., to fund new technology for music elements, skills.

Citi Foundation awarded total of $630,000 in grants to 63 nonprofits focusing on community development through Scholar Intern Program.

Cisco increased initial donation to $1M from $250,000 for earthquake relief efforts in China.

UPS Foundation pledged $10,000 to Thoroughbred Charities of America to providing better lives for thoroughbred race horses.

Aetna, Alpharetta, Ga., pledged $100,000 to 100 Black Men of Atlanta to further community outreach, wellness, business goals.

Panda Express to donate $1 to aid in China, Myanmar for every three-entrée plate purchased at all locations until June 1, up to $800,000.

Chevron to donate $1.4M to earthquake relief efforts in China.

Prudential Financial to give $4M to Newark Museum, $1M to Campaign for New Jersey Performing Arts Center in honor of retiring CEO, Art Ryan.

General Mills Foundation to donate $500,000 to American Red Cross for earthquake relief efforts in China.

Lehigh University received $34.2M from alum Donald B. Stabler for financial aid to incoming students.

Regions Financial Corporation announced four-year $100,000 commitment to Fisk University for operating expenses and to help meet challenge grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

UPS, Atlanta, contributing more than $1M to earthquake relief efforts in China.

Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation pleged $500,000 to American Red Cross for earthquake relief efforts in China.

H.J. Heinz Company to donate $350,000 to China for earthquake relief efforts in China.

Ablaze Communications to donate 1 percent of service income to Emmanuel Cancer Foundation, Scotch Plains, N.J.

Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, Toronto, donated $1.5M to high-need elementary schools, bringing total funding to date to $6M.

McGregor Foundation distributed total of $513,650 to 20 institutions and initiatives for seniors and caregivers.

ExxonMobil Foundation, Irving, Tex., donated total of $7.7M to 79 Texas colleges, universities through 2007 Educational Matching Gift Program.

Pfizer, New York, gave total of $9.97M to 242 U.S. medical, scientific, patient organizations for first quarter 2008.

MasterCard Foundation launched Scholars Program with grants totaling $600,000 to six microfinance training institutes: Boulder Institute of Microfinance, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Harvard Business School and ACCION Program, Microfinance Centre, Microfinance Management Institute, School of Applied Microfinance.

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute received three-year $414,000 grant from Mellon Foundation for Research and Academic program.

Saint Joseph's University received $1M from Howard Hughes Medical Institute for multiple initiatives in biology, physics departments.

Alumnus Steven L. Schoonover and wife Barbara contributed $7.5M for new location of Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University; gift is single largest cash gift from a living alumnus in history of institution.

Inasmuch Foundation awarded total of $3.5M in grants to 46 Oklahoma organizations covering a variety of causes.

Thomas Reuters Foundation donated $300,000 to disaster relief efforts in Myanmar in response to devastation by Cyclone Nargis.

Dell and employees to donate $299, 691.75 to aid earthquake relief efforts in China.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University received $25M from Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman for stem cell and epigenomics.

Rhom and Haas Company awarded four-year $60,000 grant to American Institute of Chemical Engineers for expansion of Safety, Chemical Engineering Education program.

Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain received $77,000 grant from Qwest Foundation to fund JA Impulsa, JA in a Day projects.

Houston Food Bank named winner of Humana Inc.'s 2008 Houston Benefits, received $100,000 prize; finalists Children's Assessment Center, Open Door Mission received $10,000 each.

Quiznos, Denver, Colo., partnering with America's Road Home to donate sandwiches to 250 homeless families in Denver area.

NEC Foundation, Islandia, N.Y., awarded total of $222,250 to seven nonprofits using technology to benefit people with disabilities.

ExxonMobil and its employees donated total of more than $2.5M to 19 colleges, universities in Louisiana through 2007 Educational Matching gift program.

Chevron gave $1M to Red Cross for relief efforts in Myanmar; $1M total to Mercy Corps, Pact, Save the Children, International Organization for Migration.

CARE International, humanitarian organization, received $200,000 from UPS Foundation for relief efforts in Myanmar.

UN World Food Programme received $250,000 from Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation for relief efforts in Myanmar.

University of Chicago received $25M from Joe Mansueto, CEO, Morningstar, and wife Riko, for construction of new library.

Unilever, National Park Foundation awarded grants totaling $240,000 to 12 national parks and park ‘friends groups' nationwide.

Laurence D. Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, and wife endowed finance center at UCLA Anderson School of Management with $10M; center to be renamed Laurence D. and Lori W. Fink Center for Finance & Investments.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., launched five-year campaign to raise $1.25B with $25M gift from campaign chair Bill Marriott.

Majestic Realty Foundation, City of Industry, Calif., placed more than 315 grants nationwide during fifth year of operation.

Correctional Education Assoc., Maryland, received $20,000 from Prem Rawat Foundation, Los Angeles, for telecasts of ‘Words of Peace' program on Transforming Lives Network.

Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute received $500,000 from David Bohnett Foundation to fund David Bohnett Gay & Lesbian Leadership Fellows; named first 10 fellows.

Deutsche Bank establishing endowment to fund American Junior Golf Association's ACE grant, given to junior golfers to ensure competitive golf opportunities regardless of financial resources.

Football Foundation, UK, received total of 135M pounds, or about $266M, from Premier League, Football Association, government to boost grassroots sport.

Education Commission of the States received $100,000 from GE Foundation to expand Progress of Education Reform publication.

Microfinance Information eXchange received two-year $740,000 grant from MasterCard Foundation to launch MIX Market 2.0, web-based platform for sharing publicly-available information on microfinance institutions.

BMO Financial Group, BMO Employee Charitable Foundation, Montreal, contributing $30,000 to Canadian Red Cross for relief efforts for flood victims in New Brunswick; BMO also launched Flood Relief Program for customers.

Richard King Mellon Foundation, Pittsburgh, awarded $7 million to Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa., to help with construction of Sis and Herman Dupre Science Complex to house Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing.

Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation Corp., Boston, awarded grant to Community Preparatory School, Providence, R.I., to purchase fifth-grade textbooks on science, health, fitness.

Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, received re-creation of office of Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter, from Alan and Susan Casden.

University of Texas at Dallas received $200,000 from Sid W. Richardson Foundation for UTeach Dallas, effort to recruit more math, science teachers.

Arizona State University's College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation received $700,000 grant from UnitedHealthcare to expand services for underserved.

Atlantic Philanthropies gave SingleStop USA $5.5M to connect up to one million low-income households with public benefits, services; grant will expand New York City pilot program to four states: California, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico.

America's Promise Alliance got $1M from ING Foundation to support Dropout Prevention Campaign to lower high-school dropout rates in all 50 states, 50 select communities over next two years.

Bush Foundation distributed total of $11,357,368 to 113 nonprofits in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota in areas of arts, humanities, education, ecological health, health and human services, other.

Grameen Foundation helped Amhara Credit and Savings Institution get $5.3M loan from Commercial Bank of Ethiopia with $2.5M guarantee from Grameen Foundation's Growth Guarantee Program.

Energy Outreach Colorado, Denver, distributed $1.25M in energy-assistance funds to help Coloradans pay off winter heating bills.

March of Dimes received $1.5M from Farmers Insurance Companies at ‘March for Babies' event, Los Angeles.

Liberty Humane Society, Jersey City, N.J., received $10,000 in emergency funding from American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in wake of removal of 42 animals from Hudson County SPCA.

Wal-Mart donated $1.5 million to America's Second Harvest to provide 16 million meals, add thousands of children to BackPack program, which provides weekend food for underprivileged students.

Communities Foundation of Texas received two bequests totaling $24M from estate of Mabel Peters Caruth.

Safeco Insurance Foundation gave $500,000 to Seattle's Asian Counseling and Referral Service as part of grant series to improve Puget Sound communities.

Safeco Insurance Foundation gave $500,000 to Seattle's Asian Counseling and Referral Service.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, received $175,000 from Dart Foundation to launch Academy for Critical Incident Analysis.

John C. and Debbie Tolleson donated $1M for Edwin L. Cox BBA Scholars Program, Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business.

Summa Health System's Department of Psychiatry received $300,000 from Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation for psychiatric resources.

United Health Foundation awarded $64,000 educational grant to American Academy of Family Physicians to help primary-care physician practices meet quality, clinical care consistent with Primary Care Medical Homes' standards.

Half Price Books, through Becomegreen.org environmental education initiative, gave first $25,000 award to Natural Resources Defense Council recognition of group's promotion of conservation, preservation of environment.

ExxonMobil and employees donated over $36M to 930 colleges across U.S. through ExxonMobil Foundation's matching-gift program.

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation awarded total of $81.8M in grants to 124 organizations this spring for a variety of causes including education, environment, performing arts.

HMSHost Corp. launched summer promotion with Coca-Cola to support military personnel, families through U.S. Service Organizations, Inc.

Nichols School, college prep school, Buffalo, N.Y., received $1 million from Jeremy Jacobs and family, founders of Delaware North Companies.

DePaul University received two grants: professor in college of Computing and Digital Media received $306,500 grant from National Science Foundation; College of Law Asylum & Immigration Clinic's Legal Resource Project received $113,000 from Polk Bros. Foundation.

DePaul University College of Law received $50,000 from Helen Del Missier Hachem in memory of Helen Cirese, alum and jurist.

Entrepreneurial Management Center at San Diego State University's College of Business Administration received $100,000 gift from Foundation for Enterprise Development as Beyster Fellowship supporting research on organizational inclusiveness and equity distribution practices.

Watkins Inc., Winona, Minn., donated 9,000 bottles of multi-vitamins, worth $170,000, for distribution to seniors, needy community members in Twin Cities by Metro Meals on Wheels, Hope for the City, Minnesota Senior Foundation.

Xerox awarded $2M to Rochester Institute of Technology to serve as founding partner of Golisano Institute for Sustainability, providing education, technology-development systems related to sustainable design, lifecycle engineering, remanufacturing, pollution prevention.

American Welding Society Foundation received $300,000 from Lincoln Electric Co. to help relieve nationwide shortage of welders.

Nickerson Community Center, Providence, received community grant from Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation for purchase of electronics.

NRG Energy, Princeton, N.J., donated $160,000 to build school for Responsibility, nonprofit educating children who sort trash in Tijuana.

Washington Mutual raised $1M for National Arbor Day Foundation to plant 1 million trees through $1 pledges for bank statements switched from paper to online.

Kohl's department store gave more than $3.25M to youth-serving nonprofits in 2007 through Kohls' A-Team associate-volunteer program.

TZONE Foundation, founded by model Tyra Banks, awarded $10,000 grant to Girls in the Game, nonprofit enhancing well-being, health of at-risk girls.

New York Life Foundation awarded $776,400 to Developmental Studies Center to expand Afterschool KidzLit, Afterschool Kidz Math programs.

Hewlett Foundation awarded $84.9M for causes including education, population, global development, environment, performing arts, philanthropy.

Prem Rewat Foundation donated $26,000 to Montanas de Esperanza, Ecuador, to provide relief to flood victims in Santa Lucia village; will supply 32 tons of food to feed 1,500 families for a month.

Los Angeles Free Clinic renamed Saban Free Clinic in recognition of $10M donation from Cheryl and Haim Saban.

National Forest Foundation awarded total of $1.5M to nonprofit recipients of 2008 Wilderness Stewardship Challenge program.

American Express pledged $400,000 to historic-preservation efforts in New Orleans through partnership with National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure awarded more than $100M in research grants in 2007, up 30 percent over 2006.

Qwest Foundation gave $50,000 to Rapid City Department of Parks and Recreation, S.D., for "Qwest for Play" playground, new Powers Memorial Park.

Virginia Tech's Schiffert Health Center received $1M endowment gift from Charles W. Schiffert, in memory of late wife Dolores S. Schiffert.

Southern Education Foundation fulfilled match requirements to create $6M endowment for Center to Serve Historically Black Colleges and Universities, in part through $1.8M grant from Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Thunderbird School of Global Management received several multimillion-dollar pledges, including $10M from Scott Walker, alum and trustee, for $65M Campaign Thunderbird.

Competitive Inner City received $200,000 grant from Staples Inc. for Inner City 100, annual ranking of growing inner-city businesses nationwide.

Eaton Corp. donated $500,000 to Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers' Arc Flash Collaborative Research Project to expand knowledge of electric-arc flash phenomena.

Alliance for Children and Families named 20 agencies to receive fundraising, technical assistance awards as part of mentoring initiative.

Prudential made $5M contribution to help establish new home for Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, includes endowed chair, center dedicated to business ethics, leadership in business, nonprofit, philanthropy.

CIGNA awarded $75,000 grant to Childhood Leukemia Foundation to offer Hope Binders to patients' parent free of charge; binders provide information, resources on care.

Ricky Burgess, Pittsburgh councilman, donating all $146,000 district discretionary funds to "Hope Fund" at POISE Foundation, which works improve quality of life for black community in Pittsburgh area.

Diana and Stephen Goldberg's donations to Children's National Medical Center surpassed $50M through matching challenges.

Diana and Roy Vagelos donated $15M to Barnard College's new multi-use Nexus campus center; gift is largest college's history.

Northwestern Mutual, Denver, contributed $400,000 and 150 volunteers to Junior Achievement's "JA in a Day" series to celebrate Mutual's 150^th anniversary.

Michael J. Fox Foundation gave $5.6M for a Phase 2 clinical trial to investigate potential of inosine in treating Parkinson's disease.

City of Hope received $1M gift from Norman and Melinda Payson to support institution's graduate school of biological sciences; half the grant to establish Dr. Norman and Melinda Payson Graduate Studies Center, with remainder to endow student fellowship.

ExxonMobil awarded more than $225,000 in scholarships to over 220 students at 2008 ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair.

Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation received $11.5M in new gifts towards construction of urban park near downtown Dallas.

Robert Bowne Foundation awarded more than $2.1M over five years to Wellesley Centers for Women's National Institute on Out-of-School Time for National Afterschool Matters Initiative promoting research, professional development.

Winnick Family Foundation gave $25,000 to Los Angeles Public Library to fund Read to Me L.A. early-literacy initiative.

Reader's Digest Foundation gave $100,000 to National Hospice Foundation as part of Reader's Digest Make it Matter initiative.

Freddie Mac gave $800,000 to National Alliance to End Homelessness to help nonprofits in D.C. area implement homelessness plans.

State Farm gave three-year $750,000 grant to National Center for Learning and Citizenship of Education Commission of the States to provide assistance to policymakers, school leaders.

City College of New York received $10M gift from Michael "Mickey" Ross, alumnus and writer/producer, to create Jewish studies center.

New York Life Foundation awarded $25,000 to each of six group in recognition of mentoring programs with positive role models: Urban Dove, Girls for Gender Equity, Asian Professional Extension, Youth at Risk, New York Urban League, CLUSTER Community Services.

UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation offering grants to cover healthcare treatment, services, equipment not covered by insurance.

Humana seeking applications from Chicago-area nonprofits for $100,000 grant from Chicago Benefits charitable-awards program; applications due May 20^th.

Sidney Kimmel Foundation awarded grants to 16 scientists, bringing to more than $350M total donations for cancer research since 1997.

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Irving, Texas, donated $10M for anti-malaria efforts through "Idol Gives Back" episode of American Idol.

Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation awarded grants to John Winthrop Elementary School, Bird Street Community Center, both of Boston.

Pro Team, The Vacuum Company matching donations through April 25, up to $100,000, benefiting American Lung Association.

Conservation Fund received $200,000 grant from Ameriprise Financial to protect more than 7,200 acres of wetlands in Louisiana.

Crittenton Women's Union, Boston-based group helping low-income women, received $50,000 pledge from Suze Orman, motivational speaker, TV host, author; pledge to be paid over five years.

Vice President and Mrs. Cheney donated $166,547 to charity in 2007 off $602,651 in taxable income, bringing total donations during vice presidency to $7,966,566.

Two teachers in Park Elementary School, Casper, Wyo. received $5,000 each through Qwest Teachers, Technology program: Lynn Ahrndt, Kelly Toups.

Qwest Foundation and employees pledged $1.4M to 2007 Mile High United Way campaign in metro Denver community.

Qwest Foundation awarded $12,000 to Zack Opps, teacher, Powell High School, Powell, Wyo., through teachers and technology program.

TechSoup, San Francisco, received three-year $600,000 grant from Surdna Foundation for NetSquared Initiative; TechSoup to develop online platform to match web-based nonprofits with individuals who contribute their tech skills.

Chicago School of Professional Psychology received gift from Tranwestern and Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Utigard for treatment and observation room for forensic psychology.

Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, San Diego, gave $250,000 to Granite Hills High School for synthetic turf sports field.

Teagle Foundation awarded nine grants totaling over $1M to more than 90 colleges, universities.

1-800-Charity Farms donated almost 2,000 pounds of fresh organic vegetables to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.

Qwest Foundation awarded total of more than $10,000 to three Colorado nonprofits through Family Work and Development Fund: Imagine!, Artmobile Colorado, Fox Creek Elementary School.

Planet Dog Foundation, Portland, Maine, gave $10,000 each to two organizations to support canine service programs: Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota, Children's Hospital of Boston, Working Dogs for Conservation Foundation.

California Community Foundation awarded $1,150,000 to six nonprofits to help with mortgage defaults, foreclosures in Los Angeles County: Bet Tzedek Legal Services; Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles; Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice; Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County; Public Counsel.

California Community Foundation awarded total of $1,728,000 to 13 local charitable organizations in arts, social services, health, education, affordable housing; grants range $100,000 to $300,000.

Bayer USA Foundation have $135,000 to ASSET Inc., Pittsburgh science-education reform program.

Qwest Communications and Phoenix Suns named two Arizona high-school student athletes winners of $5,000 Qwest Leadership Challenge scholarships.

Girl Scouts of the USA received $200,000 from New York Life Foundation for school-based enrichment pilot program.

MetLife Foundation, Chicago, awarded two grants totaling $815,000 to Alzheimer's Association for educational outreach to Hispanic community and training for emergency responders encountering those with Alzheimer's, dementia.

Western Union Foundation awarded 60 grants totaling more than $1.5M as part of Western Union Our World, Our Family program.

ServiceMaster awarded $1.3M to Shane Battier Franchise Scholarship Initiative, up to $1M available in Acceptance Corporation financing.

Qwest Foundation donated $350,000 to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for NetSmartz411 internet-safety program that includes bilingual telephone hotline.

National 4-H Council received $1.48M from Toyota for science, engineering, technology programs engaging over 1.3M kids nation wide.

Qwest Foundation awarded $25,000 grant to Denver Center for the Performing Arts for Living History project.

Toyota Motor Sales awarded total of $550,000 in grants to 78 science teachers across country through Toyota TAPESTRY program; 50 teachers to receive up to $10,000 each, 28 received up to $2,500 each.

Atlantic Philanthropies launching second phase o f Community Experience Partnership, which aims to assess and better understand possibilities of engaging older adults in civic life; includes support of 24 community foundations.

Staples Foundation to donate to 85 New England nonprofits as part of commitment to community.

William Randolph Hearst Foundation awarded $150,000 to Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf to endow scholarships.

California Community Foundation awarded nearly $100,000 each to four ethnic-specific, community-based arts, cultural organizations: FilAM Arts, Khmer Arts Academy, Robey Theatre, Social and Public Art Resource Center.

University of California at Santa Barbara received $500,000 from SAGE to establish endowed chair for dean of social sciences in College of Letters and Science; gift given in honor of Sara Miller McCune, SAGE's founder, publisher.

Aetna Foundation awarded $240,000 grant to BET Foundation to expand Health Education & Active Learning Academy to help prevent obesity, promote healthy lifestyles in African-American girls ages 10 to18.

James J. Schiro, CEO, Zurich Financial Services, and Paul N. Hopkins, CEO, Farmers Group, donated 10,000 books, 150 sets of education film series to Orleans, Jefferson Parish schools in New Orleans.

Goodwill Industries received $35,000 planning grant from Mott Foundation to develop micro-enterprise model for local Goodwills.

Roy M. Huffington, Houston, donated more than $10M to Southern Methodist University to endow earth sciences department; department renamed Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences.

CHOICES Education Group, Seattle, received $10,000 from Nordstrom, bringing six-year support to $252,500.

Rock Bottom Restaurants, Louisville, Colo., fed more than 1,200 homeless people during Easter Spring Gathering event.

Keep America Beautiful Inc. received $75,000 from Office Depot Foundation to redesign, enhance Clean Sweep U.S.A. website.

Rohn and Haas awarded $25,000 to For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology to support Philadelphia Regional Robotics Education Program; funds to help more than 46 high-school teams design, construct, program a robot.

Knight Foundation gave $1.05M to Habitat for Humanity of Mississippi Gulf Coast for 25^th annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project in the Gulf Coast.

Eleven San Francisco/Bay Area art teachers each received $1,500 Fund for Artists Art Teacher Fellowship awards.

Medica Foundation awarded $534, 100 in second half of 2007 for projects addressing prevention, healthy lifestyles.

Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence distributed first four grants in $2.5M Jonas Nursing Scholars program, which supports educational development of new nursing faculty: Columbia University School of Nursing, City University of New York, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.

Weinberg Foundation's Family and Informal Caregiver program to provide total of $9M in grants to assist caregivers nationwide.

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society received $36,240 from Regence, $1 for each member registered on myRegence.com in last three months of 2007; myRegence.com designed to advise users on health care, lifestyle options.

Community Reinvestment Fund, nonprofit connecting development leaders to Wall Street, received two investments totaling $800,000: $500,000 equity-equivalent investment from Deutsche Bank; $300,000 grant from Bush Foundation.

Sir Elton John, David Furnish hosted 16^th annual Elton Johns AIDS Foundation Acadamy Awards viewing party, raised record-breaking $5.1M.

Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg received $10,000 from Staples Foundation of Learning for ThinkCOLLEGE, program providing college, career advice for low-income high school students.

Breast cancer survivor Margaret Proctor Mulligan donated more than $6M to University of Missouri for breast cancer, heart disease treatment; donation will fund more than 10 endowed faculty research positions.

City of Hope and California Institute of Technology researchers awarded three-year $1.5M grant from W. M. Keck Foundation to continue study of lymphoma and nontoxic treatments.

United Health Foundation gave $49,970 to American College of Physicians to develop new Practice Improvement Workbook to help internists, staff with behavioral health support, patient education, diagnosis, treatment of acute illnesses.

Oregon Community Foundation awarded total of $633,508 to 25 groups providing early childhood services in Oregon through "Oregon! Ready to Learn" initiative.

Grant Thornton LLP, Chicago, gave $122,500 to Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization during Y-ME's annual Mother's Day event.

Knight Foundation donated $25M to become founding partner of Newseum, interactive news museum, Washington D.C.

Qbase, Dayton, Ohio, awarded gifts totaling $1.4M to nine organizations; gifts come from donations from shareholders.

Dwight Goldthorpe, Amherst College alum, bequeathed $23M to Amherst College, largest single bequest in school's history.

Fitzgerald Abott & Beardsley LLP, Oakland, Calif., gave $125,000 to Alameda County Community Food Bank to celebrate firm's 125^th year.

EMC Corp., Hopkinton, Mass., awarded total of $100,000 to seven organizations as part of EMC Heritage Trust Project awards to improve access to computers around the world: Music Library of St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Flimer Film AS, Center for the Study of Peace and Reconciliation, Chiang Mai University Library, Villa Ocampo, U'mista Cultural Society, Edgar Allan Poe Museum.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation donated $2M to Monterey Institute for Technology and Education, Monterey, Calif., for new journal publication.

Leading musicians, colleges, companies donated sound libraries to One Laptop per Child, allowing children to create, share music; contributors include Berklee College of Music in Boston, Berklee Music Synthesis alumni, electronic music star BT, international Csound Developer community, M-Audio, Digidesign, and Open Path Music group.

JCPenny Afterschool Fund awarded $1.13M to National 4-H Council to help families keep, enroll children in 4-H afterschool programs.

Rockefeller Foundation awarded three-year $900,000 grant to support Urban Leaders Adaptation Initiative at Center for Clean Air Policy.

Raymond D. Nasher bequeathed bulk of estate to Nasher Foundation of Dallas to operate Nasher Sculpture Center, downtown Dallas.

Nature Conservancy received $333,000 from Northwest Airlines as part of $1M pledge to founding EarthCares partner; 33 Northwest Airlines employees traveled to Vicksburg, Miss., to plant trees in celebration.

PeaceWorks Foundation, New York, received over $1M from Skoll Foundation for to mobilize Israeli and Palestinian grassroots in support of negotiated two-state solution.

Bob Rice, Wall Street chess enthusiast, to donate all proceeds of new book "Three Moves Ahead: What Chess Can Teach You About Business," to Imus Cattle Ranch for Kids with Cancer.

Knight Foundation's "New Americans" initiative to invest more than $3M in programs helping eligible immigrants become citizens. 

Allianz Life Insurance Company, Minneapolis, donated $75,000 to each of four Minnesota charities: American Cancer Society, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities, Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery, and Helping Paws Inc.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Malvern, Pa., passed $1.5B milestone in grants to other charities; over $422M donated in 2007.

United Negro College Fund, Fairfax, Va., to provide grants to six historically black colleges to improve fundraising operations: Benedict College, Claflin University, Jarvis Christian College, Morehouse College, Philander Smith College, Wiley College.