June 2, 2008
Discovery Eye Foundation, Los Angeles, received $2,380,000 grant from Lincy Foundation for outer-retina research.
October 7, 2008
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $1.1M to U.S. Fund for UNICEF for flood relief in India's Northern Bihar region.
October 7, 2008
Kathryn Wasserman Davis, philanthropist and author, pledged $500,000 challenge grant encouraging supporters of Seeds of Peace and Arab-Israeli coexistence to donate.
October 7, 2008
Susan G. Komen for the Cure awarded $600,000 to City of Hope, Duarte, Calif., for breast cancer treatment research.
October 7, 2008
Lorry Lokey, founder of Business Wire, donated $75M to Stanford University School of Medicine to create Lokey Stem Cell Research Building.
October 7, 2008
Challenge Fund for Journalism to award total of $565,000 in matching grants to 15 nonprofit organizations to promote journalism.
October 7, 2008
ExxonMobil awarded $1.6M to Tulane University for Advanced Placement and college-preparation program in four New Orleans high schools.
October 7, 2008
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies contributed $37,500 in employee donations to American Red Cross for hurricane Ike relief.
October 7, 2008
Prem Rawat Foundation awarded $10,000 to Sierra Vista Rotary Club Charities to dig permanent wells in Niger.
October 2, 2008
Louis and Barbara Perlmutter donated $5M to Brandeis University's International Business School to establish Perlmutter Institute for Global Leadership.
October 2, 2008
Association for Corporate Growth, New York City chapter, donated $5,000 to Robin Hood Foundation to help impoverished New York City residents.
October 2, 2008
Principal Financial Group awarded total of $605,000 raised during Principal Charity Classic to five Iowa nonprofits benefitting children.
October 2, 2008
Marcella Coolidge Trust awarded $413,908 to University of California at San Diego for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
October 2, 2008
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded $86,550 to Texas Health Resources' Harris Methodist Health Foundation for domestic-violence awareness programs.
October 2, 2008
Entertainment Software Association Foundation awarded $300,000 to Web Wise Kids for internet-safety instruction for kids, parents.
October 2, 2008
First Wind power company, Newton, Mass., donated total of $30,000 to Maine community programs to help residents meet heating costs.
