Funding News

News and Notes from Capitol Hill
   Group Opposes Changes to Charitable Deduction: Reducing the value of the charitable tax deduction will hurt America's communities and millions of people who rely on generous donors, according to the Charitable Giving Coalition. Specifically, the group opposes the administration's 28% cap on ite...
posted 5/23/13 4:03 PM  read complete story

State and Local Funding News Roundup
   Arizona Money Funds Programs to Fight Childhood Obesity: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona awards grants of $5,000 to five Arizona fifth-grade teachers for each of their schools to help reduce childhood obesity rates. Plans for funds include new pedometers, school education programs, field tri...
posted 5/22/13 11:04 AM  read complete story

Regional Funding News From Around the Nation
   Arkansas Walmart Foundation Gave More Than $1B in 2012: Walmart and the Walmart Foundation distributed more than $1 billion in cash and in-kind contributions during 2012 -- the first time a U.S. retailer has ever made such a large one-year donation. The $1.08 billion awarded by the retailer i...
posted 5/3/13 4:44 PM  read complete story

State and Local Funding News Roundup
   Arizona Community Foundation Awards nearly $10M: The Arizona Community Foundation makes more than $9.9 million in discretionary and donor-advised grants and scholarship awards during the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, which ended March 31. The foundation distributed $3.4 million to schools, e...
posted 4/24/13 5:20 PM  read complete story

State and Local Funding News
   Arkansas Walmart, Suppliers Launch New Anti-Hunger Effort: Walmart and 10 major food suppliers launch a new round of the Fighting Hunger Together initiative. Walmart joins forces with Campbell's Soup, ConAgra Foods, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, General Mill...
posted 4/17/13 4:46 PM  read complete story

State and Local Funding News Roundup
   California Challenge Announces $1.4 Million for Job Creation Projects: The JobRaising Challenge, a project of the Skoll Foundation, CrowdRise, the Huffington Post, and McKinsey and Company, raised more than $1.4 million for job-creating efforts . The winning organization, JVS (Jewish Vocational ...
posted 4/3/13 2:29 PM  read complete story

News and Reports from Around Capitol Hill
   House Passes Budget CR: The House passes a six-month continuing resolution (CR) providing funding for federal programs for the remainder of FY 2013. The current CR ends on March 27. The measure includes automatic across-the-board spending cuts (sequestration), which signals that the cuts are lik...
posted 3/22/13 08:46 AM  read complete story

State and Local Funding News
   The X PRIZE Foundation creates a global literacy competition that will award the educator who can provide literacy solutions for the more than 60 million children worldwide who are not receiving primary education.
posted 3/19/13 07:48 AM  read complete story

State and Local Funding News Roundup
   California Youth-serving Groups Receive Awards: The Fresno Regional Foundation announces $206,000 in grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 to youth-serving organizations in the Northern California area. The foundation says $105,000 will be earmarked for the communities of Dinuba, Cutler-Orosi...
posted 2/26/13 4:20 PM  read complete story

State and Local Funding News Roundup
   Alabama AT&T Gift Boosts Seniors With New Scholarships: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham announces a gift from the AT&T Foundation to establish the AT&T 50th Anniversary Civil Rights Scholarship Fund, which will award scholarships to 10 seniors from Birmingham high schools...
posted 2/15/13 12:04 PM  read complete story