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Marin Community Foundation Awards $6 Million to Bolster Student ...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Tue, 06/28/2011 - 23:20

The grants were awarded as part of the foundation's five-year commitment to closing the achievement gap in four Marin districts where there are large populations of low-income students and students of color....


 

Marin Community Foundation Awards $2 Million for Early Education...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Wed, 08/25/2010 - 23:20

The grants will support teams of educators and parents working to involve families in their children's education and help ensure that low-income students and students of color get off to a strong start in their early education....


 

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Announces 2009 Graduate Scholars

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Wed, 09/23/2009 - 22:40

The scholarships of up to $50,000 per year for as many as six years will help forty-nine high-achieving, low-income students from around the world pursue graduate or professional degrees....


 

George Soros Gives $35 Million to Help Low-Income Students in Ne...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Mon, 08/10/2009 - 22:20

With the gift from Soros and $140 million in stimulus funds, bonuses of $200 will be distributed to more than 850,000 students between the ages of 3 and 17 whose families received food stamps or were on welfare in July....


 

Gates Foundation Awards $1.2 Million to Study Effectiveness of O...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Tue, 07/07/2009 - 22:40

Gates Foundation Awards $1.2 Million to Study Effectiveness of Online Degree Program for Low-Income Students
The grant will enable Western Governors University, an online college, to examine how its flexible, competency-based degree programs can help improve the nation's low graduation rates among low-income and minority students ages 18 to 26....