“The Orlando Magic's charitable foundation gave out $1 million in grants Wednesday morning to 19 nonprofit organizations in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties, boosting efforts to improve literacy, education and healthy lifestyles, and alleviate homelessness.”
“The program has grown and expanded over time, said coordinator Alex Porrata, as its organizers realized that children who were hungry or poorly housed — or who lacked access to other basic amenities — needed more than a preschool to give them a chance to thrive […] [T]he program receives funding from several groups — its annual budget of $115,000 includes $93,000 from First Five Marin, $17,000 from the Marin Community Foundation and $5,000 from the United Way of the Bay Area.”
“Thanks to a total of 1,176 generous donors, contributions to Season to Share - a campaign of Denver Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund — have reached $186,559. Funds raised through Season To Share are matched at 50 percent by the McCormick Foundation and distributed to Denver-area nonprofit agencies that help move people out of poverty by providing meals for those who are hungry.”
“The Bohemian Foundation, founded by philanthropist Pat Stryker, announced Tuesday that it has distributed grants worth more than a half-million dollars to 36 nonprofits in the general area covered by the Poudre School District. All the nonprofits focus on the goals of helping children, teens and families, education or reducing poverty in the community.”
“The city's Winter Assistance Fund targets people whose earnings are 150 percent to 300 percent of the poverty level, said Mary Kinney, United Way spokeswoman […] [T]he Indianapolis Foundation [gave] $10,000.”
“A new report commissioned by the Marin Community Foundation illustrates the stark contrasts in health, life expectancy, education and recreation between Marin's wealthiest residents and those living in the county's low-income and minority neighborhoods.”
“Child well-being is strongly related to higher state taxes and robust entitlement programs, according to a study published Wednesday by The Foundation for Child Development […] [New Jersey] insures all children living at 350 percent of the poverty level and spends more per student on education than any other state.”
“Low-income children and at-risk youth will receive free transportation to after-school programs at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County, thanks to a $20,000 grant from the Julius C. Jeker Foundation.”
“Charitable organizations in the Fox Valley area working to address the causes of poverty can apply for grants through the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region's Basic Needs Giving Partnership Fund […] The Basic Needs grants assist established nonprofits with successful programs that address causes of poverty with grants of up to $15,000 per year for three years for a single nonprofit organization.”
“The SDC Senior Companion Program has been named recipient of a $25,000 grant from the Retirement Research Foundation and a $15,000 grant from the Faye McBeath Foundation. The two grants will be used to implement the Senior Companion Benefits Enrollment Program. That program educates older adults in Milwaukee County about low-income benefits for which they may be eligible and assists them with the enrollment process.”
“For the second year in a row, a donation from a nonprofit group will allow the state health department to keep screening low-income women under the age of 50 for breast cancer into this summer. The Joy to Life Foundation gave $300,000, which will allow the Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program to screen women aged 40 to 49 through June 30, officials at the Alabama Department of Public Health announced Thursday.”
“Children ages 3-5 and their parents will get a boost preparing for kindergarten through a two-year, $40,000 grant from the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation. The matching grant -- to the Walnut Creek-based Friends of Civic Arts Education Foundation -- funds the ‘Starting Arts’ preschool program for low-income children in East County.”
“[T]he Dream Project […] [is] a 5-year-old mentoring program started by a handful of undergraduates in 2005. Since then, it has grown rapidly, and last year reached 1,300 seniors in 16 high-poverty Seattle-area high schools, many of whom would be the first in their families to go to college. Recently, it received a $972,000 grant over a four-year period from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.”
“Money for [a] new department has come from the private nonprofit Thrive by Five Washington and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. So far, the programs serve just 800 children, but the federal money will help them take a giant step toward their goal of helping 70,000 young students by 2015. The programs will focus on children living in poverty, of which the Yakima Valley has an outsized percentage compared to the rest of the state.”
“The Silicon Valley Realtors Charitable Foundation donated $53,500 in 2011 to different nonprofit organizations that help homeless and low-income individuals and families in Silicon Valley. The charitable foundation is a trust that makes grants available to organizations from donations by members of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors.”
“The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton awarded grants totaling more than $2 million for the third and fourth quarters of 2011 to agencies and organizations serving the Stark County area. The foundation’s focus ‘is on addressing the root causes of poverty and making a lasting impact on people’s lives,’ foundation President Joni Close said in a news release announcing the grants.”
“A philanthropic coalition has agreed to fund the $10,000 pilot ‘Healthy Half Pints’ project […] provided by Musgrave, the Pendleton Family Foundation, North Point Church and the CFO […] More than half of the students at those schools come from families that straddle the poverty line and struggle to make ends meet.”
“The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation has awarded Bard College a $575,000 grant to support sustainability education initiatives […] The three-year grant supports internships for students seeking international experience, or working in low-income communities in the United States.”
“All of the Making Maine Work reports were compiled in joint efforts by the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Maine Development Foundation. The latest installment in the series was funded by The Bingham Program and the Sam L. Cohen Foundation […] Laurie Lachance, president of the Maine Development Foundation, said every dollar spent on pre-kindergarten education yields as much as $16 in returns, coming in the form of future higher income levels for the students as well as reduced public spending on remedial education, welfare and law enforcement.”
“The South Bend Medical Foundation has been a partner from the very beginning by providing laboratory work at little or no cost to the health center for its patients to the tune of more than $10 million in contributed services. ‘This is where I got to really see poverty and people with absolutely no health care. Consequently, they had no hope, so this inspired in me the need for a health center.’”
"Marguerite Casey Foundation is pleased to announce its Fellowship Program on Poverty. The program, which aims to increase the public’s and policymakers’ understanding of poverty through journalism, consists of two components: fellowships (2) for professional journalists and scholarships (2) for students of journalism."
"Dr. Irons joins the Foundation from the Economic Policy Institute, where he was Research and Policy Director. He led a department responsible for research and policy development on labor markets, macroeconomics, education, international trade, public investment, health care policy, regulatory policy, and a program on race, ethnicity and the economy."
“Overall, Wisconsin's health was 13th best nationally in the annual America's Health Rankings, compiled by the United Health Foundation in partnership with the American Public Health Association and Partnership for Prevention. It was a five-place improvement from last year's rankings, which examines personal behavior from smoking habits to obesity, community issues including violent crime and children living in poverty as well as percentage of population without health insurance.”
“In 2008, Domtar's closure in Port Edwards left 500 people jobless. And just north in Portage County, when NewPage's paper mill in Whiting closed earlier this year, 360 people lost their jobs and identities. Both communities continue to feel the effects of those closures. According to a report commissioned by the Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County, foreclosures and poverty rates increased following the Port Edwards closure.”
“Two South Dakota organizations will receive funding from a Minnesota-based foundation for job training, public policy education and promotion of asset-building among low-income families. The Rural Learning Center of Howard and South Dakota Voices for Children will get a total of $300,000 for programs that will meet the goals of the Northwest Area Foundation, which handed out $2.25 million in grants for 2012.”
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