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In the NewsNovember 5, 2009
Ford Foundation Launches $100 Million Initiative to 'Transform' Secondary Education
Driven by widening gaps in educational opportunities and persistent gaps in achievement, the seven-year initiative will support organizations working to promote a just and fair public school system in seven urban areas....

ExxonMobil, National Community Action Foundation Award $4 Million to Train Weatherization Workers
Awarded through the ExxonMobil/NCAF Weatherization Training Partnership program, the grants will enable nine community-based organizations to train workers in weatherization techniques designed to improve the energy efficiency of low-income homes....

Omidyar Network Awards $2.4 Million to Global Integrity
The grant will enable Global Integrity to accelerate its work on two critical fronts: developing the next generation of its online global fieldwork platform and launching a new research service for the investment community....

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Animal Welfare

Morris Animal Foundation Commits $13 Million for Animal Health Studies, Veterinary Scholars Program 11/02/09

Community Improvement/Development

Knight Foundation Announces $1 Million Commitment to Bradenton Workforce Collaborative 11/01/09

Education

Twenty-Three College Presidents Earned More Than $1 Million in 2008, Survey Finds 11/03/09

Lumina Foundation for Education Awards $4.5 Million to Minority-Serving Institutions 11/03/09

$1.4 Billion in Recovery Education Funds Now Available to Pennsylvania 11/03/09

Wallace Foundation Awards Grant to Boston Public Schools for Art Program Expansion 11/01/09

Health

Kaiser Permanente Awards $5.2 Million to Endow UCLA Center for Health Equity 11/04/09

Senate Finance Healthcare Proposal Could Result in Smaller Deficits, Report Finds 11/03/09

WHO, UNICEF, GAVI Alliance Announce Plans to Tackle Child Pneumonia 11/03/09

Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation Announces $100 Million Underwriting Guarantee to Help Reopen Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital 11/02/09

Human Services

Walmart Foundation Gives $5.2 Million to Support Hunger Relief Efforts 11/04/09

Gates Foundation Awards $4 Million to Help Residents of Washington State Hit Hardest by Recession 11/02/09

International Affairs/Development

Actress Yeardley Smith Donates $1.4 Million to Grameen Foundation, Fonkoze 11/04/09

Medical Research

University of Iowa Receives $26.4 Million for Biomedical Research 11/04/09

Philanthropy and Voluntarism

Drop in Foundation Giving May Be Steeper Than Anticipated, Report Finds 11/04/09

Weinberg Foundation Announces $100 Million in Grants 11/02/09

People in the News (11/01/09): Appointments and Promotions 11/01/09

Cargill Foundation Giving Tops $58 Million in 2009 11/01/09

Religion

Most Congregations Saw Contributions Increase or Hold Steady in First Half of 2009, Report Finds 11/01/09


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