John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation donated $2M to Monterey Institute for Technology and Education, Monterey, Calif., for new journal publication.
- August 28, 2008Boeing awarded $1M to Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation to build King memorial on the National Mall.
- August 28, 2008Hilton Hotels Corporation committed $3M to CollegeBound Foundation to create scholarship fund for students studying hospitality in Baltimore.
- August 28, 2008Qwest Foundation to award $100,000 to Minn. public school teachers through Qwest Teachers and Technology grant program; applications online.
- August 28, 2008Hilton Foundation awarded $1.5M Humanitarian Prize to BRAC of Bangladesh to help end poverty, aid poor in Southern Sudan.
- August 28, 2008BNY Mellon Charitable Foundation awarded total of $380,000 to six Pittsburgh-area nonprofits for economic development, education, children's health.
- August 28, 2008Qwest Foundation awarded $10,000 to Utah's This Is The Place Heritage Park for living-history facility.
- August 28, 2008JPMorgan Chase Foundation awarded $75,000 to Junior Achievement of New York for student financial-literacy education in New York City, Long Island.
- August 28, 2008New York Life Foundation awarded $25,000 to New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center for after-school activities, summer programs.
- August 28, 2008Tides Foundation awarded $40,000 to World Pulse to launch Pulsewire social-networking website for women's empowerment.
- August 28, 2008Goldman Sachs Foundation awarded $1.4M to Asian University for Women to fund pre-collegiate bridge program in Bangladesh.
- August 28, 2008National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $1M Chairman's Special Award to Guggenheim Foundation for art exhibition.
- August 28, 2008Teach for All of New York and Apopo of Belgium received Skoll awards for Social Entrepreneurship and $1,000,015 each.
- August 26, 2008Alcatel-Lucent Foundation awarded $380,000 to three nonprofits for educational projects in China, Latin America.
- August 26, 2008Sarah Lee Foundation awarded a grant to Second Harvest America to expand Second Harvest's store donation program.
- August 26, 2008McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation awarded total of $247,000 in scholarships, and grants for teachers and academic enrichment for 2008-09 academic year.