Funding News

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

Experts Explore Funding Opportunities for Children and Youth Programs
   Despite federal budget uncertainty, children and youth program providers can still tap into a range of private and federal funding opportunities that will be available this year, CD Publications' grant experts said during a recent nationwide audio conference.
posted 2/14/13 5:48 PM  read complete story

Important Funding News from Around the Nation
   Alaska Foundation Aligns with Four New Partners: Anchorage-based Alaska Community Foundation partners with four new affiliate community foundations: the Kodiak Community Foundation, the Ketchikan Community Foundation, the Greater Sitka Legacy Fund, and the Golden Heart Community Foundation (Fairban...
posted 2/5/13 4:55 PM  read complete story