Grants

New York Life Foundation Grants $1 Million To The Moyer Foundation To Assist Bereaved Children
May 8, 2012

The New York Life Foundation today announced a $1 million grant over three years to The Moyer Foundation, whose mission is to empower children in distress by providing education and support – helping them to live healthy and inspired lives.  The funding, the largest single grant in The Moyer Foundation’s 12-year history, will allow the organization to meet a number of program goals, including expanding services to reach thousands of grieving children at free camps across the United States and Canada.

GM Foundation Grants $2.5 Million to Focus: HOPE
March 14, 2012

The General Motors Foundation is granting $2.5 million to the Focus: HOPE Fund for its education initiatives, specifically a program to help students earn engineering degrees through partnership with select universities. The foundation’s support of the fund totals more than $3.8 million.

The Foundation’s contribution to the Focus: HOPE Fund, a community campaign that was launched in 2005 to raise $100 million for the agency, will go to the Center for Advanced Technologies.

USA Funds awards $1.2 million in higher education grants
March 12, 2012

USA Funds, a nonprofit organization that helps American families benefit from postsecondary education, announces the award of more than $1.2 million in grants for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2011. USA Funds awarded 25 grants to organizations in 13 states and the District of Columbia.

Between April 1 and June 15, USA Funds will accept additional grant requests that meet its guidelines. For details, visit www.usafunds.org/community/Pages/Grants.aspx.

Final Round of Coastal Communities Fund Grants Announced by GNOF
March 6, 2012

The Greater New Orleans Foundation announced the final round of grants from its $5 million Coastal Communities Fund. The nine recipients, receiving a combined total of $2.2 million, are Bayou Grace Communities Service, Children’s Bureau of New Orleans, Partnership for Youth Development, Houma Regional Arts Council, Youth Empowerment Project, Mercy Family Center, Grow Dat, South Central Industrial Association and Latino Farmers’ Cooperative of Louisiana.

Farm Journal Foundation Awards $1 Million to Heifer International
February 29, 2012

The Farm Journal Foundation in Cedar Falls, Iowa, has announced a $1 million grant to Heifer International to identify communities in the United States and developing nations that would significantly benefit from the gift of livestock and training in animal husbandry and basic smallholder farming practices.

To date, the grant is the largest single commitment made through the Farmers Feeding the World initiative.

Mandel Foundation Awards $5 Million Grant to WPBLF
February 23, 2012

Driven by its commitment to “invest in the people with the values, ability and passion to change the world,” the Mandel Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to the West Palm Beach Library Foundation (WPBLF).

With this significant and notable gift, the West Palm Beach Library will be renamed as the “Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach.” In addition, representatives of the Mandel Foundation will serve on several committees of the WPBLF.

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Awards $6.6 Million in Grants
February 7, 2012

The Seattle-based Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has announced fourth-quarter grants totaling $6.6 million to fifty-eight nonprofits serving the Pacific Northwest region.

Grants were awarded in the areas of arts and culture, asset building and emergency relief, education and youth engagement, and science and international efforts. Within those areas, the foundation awarded nearly $1 million to groups with innovative projects designed to address serious challenges in Native American communities.