February 9, 2010


UNCF receives $508,781 bequest

United Negro College Fund received $508,781 from estate of the late Faye Crawford Bremond, former faculty member, biological science department, San Jose City College, to support endowed fund for scholarships or fellowships for students at her alma mater, Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, Texas.
  • February 9, 2010
    Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, received $1 million from 3M Corp. and its foundation for new professional sales and communications lab for students, first major corporate gift for $60 million capital campaign to transform school's facilities for undergraduate students.
  • February 8, 2010
    MasterCard Foundation launched $4.6 million scholarship program to provide educational support to 676 of Kenya's most promising yet disadvantaged youth.
  • February 5, 2010
    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art received early contributions of $250 million in $480 million campaign to expand museum and double endowment.
  • February 5, 2010
    Ohio University received $28 million from Violet Patton; will name college of education for her parents, David and Gladys Patton.
  • January 29, 2010
    Walmart Foundation giving $4 million and partnering with United Way Worldwide, One Economy Corporation and National Disability Institute to bring free tax preparation and filing services to U.S. consumers.
  • January 27, 2010
    Sutter Health contributed $10 million to Marin Community Foundation to establish the Sutter Health Access to Care Fund to increase availability of primary health-care services for Marin County residents with no or limited health insurance.
  • January 19, 2010
    As of noon Jan. 15, Eastern Standard Time, corporate aid pledges for Haiti relief exceeded $43 million, with 121 companies contributing, and 22 them giving over $1 million each, says U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center.
  • January 15, 2010
    Business Roundtable CEOs have committed over $17 million in cash and in-kind donations for relief efforts in Haiti.
  • January 15, 2010
    CVS Caremark Charitable Trust awarded $6.3 million to nonprofits across U.S. in 2009.
  • January 14, 2010
    As of 11 a.m., Eastern time, Jan. 14, corporate aid pledges for Haiti earthquake relief exceeded $16 million, including cash, in-kind contributions, employee-matching campaigns, and customer-engagement, according to U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center.
  • January 14, 2010
    Elsevier Foundation committing total of $600,000 to 12 institutions around the world to support work of libraries and scholars in science, technology and medicine. 
  • January 13, 2010
    XanGo, Lehi, Utah, donated 1 millionth meal through XanGo Meal Pack program to feed severely malnourished children and adults around the world.
  • January 13, 2010
    ACCION International received three-year, $5.8 million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to introduce savings-account products to under-banked populations in Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador.
  • January 13, 2010
    Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation and American Library Association announced $1,522,122 in grants to 19 recipients to provide library patrons with effective, unbiased financial education resources.
  • January 13, 2010
    College Crusade of Rhode Island awarded TG public benefit gant of $105,982 to support college access and readiness programs for Rhode Island's low-income urban students.

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