The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge 2012 Grant Awards gave out $175,000 to charities and nonprofits. Two dozen nonprofits in Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta received the grants, meeting needs from adult education to counseling for low-income families.
The $12 million endowment of the foundation is invested so that grants, scholarships and other awards can be given to meet community needs for decades to come.
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Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.