Laura Spencer Joins Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Foundation: Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Laura Spencer has been named as chief financial officer at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Spencer was the former chief executive of Venice-based Tervis Tumbler. Roxie Jerde, the...more

Solano Community Foundation Offers Training
Foundation: Solano Community Foundation
The Solano Community Foundation will present two half-day sessions of training, hands-on and interactive on key components of a proposal to a grantmaking foundation, titled \"Proposal Writing...more

Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation Inc. Receives $1 Million
The Orange Benevolent Society of Saskatchewan awarded a cheque in the amount of $1 million to Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation Inc. as one of its beneficiaries. Financial support of...more

$200 Million Agriculture Grants form Gates Foundation
Foundation: Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has recently announced nearly $200 million in grants to be awarded to show support to small farmers. The fund will be used for agricultural development projects...more

Crown Point Community Foundation Open House for Sue Riester
Foundation: Crown Point Community Foundation
Patricia Huber relates the invitation to an open house by the Board of Directors of the Crown Point Community Foundation honoring Sue Riester's service to the foundation. The foundation Board of...more

Sororities Hold \"Bow-Tie\" Philanthropy Event
Sorority houses Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Gamma Phi Beta at the K-State were hosting philanthropic events during the weekend. Along with sororities, Pi Beta Phi hosted its 2nd annual \"Pi...more

$7.7 Million in Grants for Tuberculosis Research
Foundation: Gates Foundation
Boulder-based SomaLogic, Inc. and University of Colorado Professor Dan Feldheim were two of 10 researchers and entities awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global...more

$45,000 from Dollar General Literacy Foundation
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded more than $45,000 in grants to schools and nonprofit organizations in Scottsville and Bowling Green to support local literacy initiatives at Western...more

Canton Community Foundation President Declares Retirement Date
Foundation: Canton Community Foundation
Recently sent through email, Canton Community Foundation President Joan Noricks proclaims her retirement effective March 2013. Noricks has stayed with the foundation for 19 years fostering...more

The New Philanthropy in India
Karl F. Inderfuth says that India must find alternate ways to address its burden of chronic poverty. Having benefited from India's economic liberalization, young philanthropists are ready to give...more