2009 Gates Award for Global Health Winner: The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

This video profiles the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Britain’s national school of public health and a leader worldwide in research and education in global health. In the past, the school has been a recipient of numerous foundation grants in the fields of malaria, nutrition, tuberculosis, and other global health issues. The $1 [...]

Whole Planet Foundation Overview

Whole Planet Foundation, a nonprofit organization established by Whole Foods Market, provides grants to microfinance institutions in Latin America, Africa and Asia, which, in turn, develop and offer microenterprise loan programs, training, and other financial services to the self-employed poor in targeted communities. We seek to unleash the energy and creativity of every human being [...]

Cadillac Area Community Foundation Awards Grants

The Cadillac Area Community Foundation awarded four grants which were selected in a unique way this morning. We have exclusive highlights from the event.
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50 Years of Community Foundation Grants

Film by Mark Hendren offers a high-energy ride from 1959 to 2009, illustrated by images from hundreds of nonprofit organizations supported by grants from donors through the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. Thanks to Birmingham Public Library Archives for archival photos of Birmingham scenes.
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“Double Your Impact”: A Grant Announcement to DonorsChoose.org, Hosted by Stephen Colbert

On April 21, 2009, comedian Stephen Colbert moderated an education panel at New York’s Manhattan Bridges High School in which the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a grant of $4.1 million to nonprofit DonorsChoose.org. Colbert, a board member and supporter of the charity, explained how this online organization allows teachers to request needed funding [...]

Scaling Up Successful Work- part 1 of 2

From GrantCraft’s Reflection on Practice Video Series
This video looks at how a grant maker can support the transition of a successful local model to national scale. It looks at how a grant maker can find opportunities that emerge from outside his current program scope, manage the dynamics of grantee/grantor relations, and mobilize other philanthropic [...]

Government Grants $35 Million to Cardiovascular Disease

The federal government has granted $35 million dollars to the development of a new cardiac center to be built in Hamilton, Ontario. Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that
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Masonic Foundation of Ontario

Through its own innovative programs and many dedicated partners, the MFO has been recognized for its fundamental commitment to help build and benefit communities in Ontario since 1964. Today, as in the past, Freemasons, their families and friends, each contribute hard-earned dollars every year to the MFO, whether directly or through their districts or local [...]

Dispute On The Templeton Foundation (incl. Michael Shermer) – Sir Harold Kroto @ The Science Network

Best Atheist Experience clips & chat: • www.atheism-magazine.com Best educational channels: • www.atheism-magazine.com Dispute On The John Templeton Foundation [including Michael Shermer (Skeptic Magazine), Jonathan Haidt (University of Virginia), Sean Carroll (California Institute of Technology)] – Sir Harold Kroto @ The Science Network – Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 Please subscribe to: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com [...]

APhA Foundation

Formed in 1852, APhA is the oldest and largest voluntary organization of pharmacists in the world, with more than 57000 members from all branches of pharmacy practice. For more than 150 years, APhA has been influencing policies and setting priorites in public health, and we have been in the forefront of numerous efforts to prevent [...]