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Foundation: Midlands Community Foundation
The Midlands Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling $115,654 to to 36 non-profit organizations in Sarpy and Cass counties in Nebraska.
Included in the grants were funding for the Cass County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocacy) that seeks the best interests of children who have been removed from their homes for abuse or neglect.
The nearby Plattsmouth Police Department received a grant to complete a new computerized citation system. It’s a project that’s required by state law. Instead of an officer writing out a citation for the offender to sign, the citation will now be digitized with the offender scanning in the signature. Read the Entire Article
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Foundation: Community Foundation of Broward
Ten nonprofit organizations in South Florida are getting a total of $300,000 in grants thanks to a new fund meant to fight discrimination in the LGBTQ community. The Our Fund Foundation and the...more
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Badari Ambatti and his wife, Roopa Hhaprakash, moved from Bengaluru, India, to Garden City Park in New York about 10 years ago, and since then, they've made a home for themselves and their daughter,...more
"People used to go swimming in it, and then how grateful [they] are for the work that we're doing in conjunction with the government and other organizations," Mike Smith tells This Week in...more
Devin Booker is making good on his promise to give $2.5 million to Arizona nonprofits over the next five years. The NBA player and the Phoenix Suns have announced the recipients of the 2023-24...more
Foundation: Bloomberg Philanthropies
A small Canadian town is getting $50,000 to help its youth fight climate change, the CBC reports. "We are super excited about this, because we are one out of 100 municipalities in the world that...more
On Thanksgiving Day in 1937, the Carroll Theatre in Westminster, Md., opened its doors to the public for the first time. Today, it's the home of the Carroll County Arts Council. The nonprofit...more
"It is a very nuanced cancer experience compared to the pediatric population or adults who are beyond the age of 43," says a clinical nurse specialist with Canada's Southlake Regional Health...more
"No matter how hard we work, until we get our capital aligned, we're not going to fix the problems," Cory Donovan, executive director of ImpactPHL, tells Technical.ly. That's why the nonprofit in...more
"Every purchase has the power to make a difference," Jen Collins, president of Procure Impact, says in a press release. And that's exactly what Springboard Hospitality, a hospitality management...more
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