grants

Boston Foundation Awards $2 Million in Third-Quarter Grants

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Mon, 09/29/2008 - 23:54

Many of the grants will support organizations working to create economic opportunity for Boston residents and to encourage entrepreneurship....


 

Kauffman Foundation Awards $2.75 Million to Community Organizati...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Wed, 09/24/2008 - 23:50

The grants were awarded as part of the Kauffman Legacy Fund, which supports projects that fall outside of the foundation's principal funding areas of education and entrepreneurship....


 

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Announces $1.3 Million in Grants

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Sun, 08/31/2008 - 00:00

The Chicago-based foundation awarded grants to organizations working in the areas of education, arts education, employment, and health....


 

Skoll Foundation Extends Support for Social Entrepreneurs

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Thu, 08/28/2008 - 23:20

The foundation awarded a total of more than $19 million in new grants, including $15.2 million to expand its commitment to the inaugural recipients of its flagship Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship program....


 

Ameriprise Financial Awards $1.4. Million in Grants

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Mon, 08/18/2008 - 00:00

The Minneapolis-based company awarded sixty-two grants to nonprofit organizations in Minnesota and across the United States....


 

Cystinosis Research Foundation Awards $1.3 Million for Studies o...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Tue, 08/12/2008 - 23:00

Grants ranging from $63,300 to nearly $250,000 were awarded to research teams in Belgium, France, Italy, and the United States working to improve treatments and find a cure for cystinosis....


 

Regional Foundations Collaborate to Close Gap on Nationwide Nurs...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Tue, 08/12/2008 - 23:00

The ten grants awarded as part of the Partners Investing in Nursing's Future initiative will support the involvement of eighteen local foundations and diverse other funding sources in nine states and the western Pacific Islands....


 

Global Fund for Women Announces $2 Million in Grants

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Fri, 08/08/2008 - 23:40

The grants will be used to help end gender-based violence, build peace, expand political and civic participation, advance sexual and reproductive rights, and ensure economic and environmental justice....


 

African Research and Training Networks Receive Capacity Building...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Thu, 07/31/2008 - 00:00

The Regional Initiative in Science and Education, which is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, has announced a first round of grants totaling $2.4 million to build three research and training networks of sub-Saharan universities....


 

Duke Endowment Awards More Than $110 Million During First Half o...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Mon, 07/28/2008 - 23:10

The more than two hundred grants awarded so far this year are aimed at enriching lives and strengthening communities across North and South Carolina, and include $16 million for education, $23 million for health, and $13 million to safeguard children....