Foundation awards $1M grants to several nonprofits CHICAGO (AP) -- The MacArthur Foundation has chosen seven nonprofits for grants of as much as $1 million to recognize their success and future potential in work ranging from promoting the rights of Nigerian women to researching anti-crime programs in Chicago, the foundation announced Thursday. |
Funding News Working Lands awards $750,000 in grantsVermonters in the forestry and agriculture sectors got a helping hand from the state on Tuesday. The Working Lands Enterprise Initiative awarded 16 local businesses a total of $750,000 in grant money at an event at Beaver Brook Farm in Marshfield, the last of nearly $1 million in the program’s available grant money. Read More > Frost offers warm future for Community FoundationThe Kenora and Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation's June granting ceremony handed out $87,000 to 29 organizations on Friday night, its largest social investment ever. "The Community Foundation was able to respond to the needs," said Darlene MacGillvray, its executive director. "We probably had 30 requests for funds from the dream funds and we were able to honour 19 of those requests from general needs to the arts, literacy to the environment, and educational needs of underprivileged children. With over 105 people present, it's not just the established charities, it's grassroots movements that are also being recognized and supported." "We're talking about Kenora, we're talking about the future and we're going to do something about the future in a positive way." The money is a continuation of the $634,000 handed out through donors to the foundation since its inception. Read More >TESTIMONIALS |
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