Giving News: In Brief

Regions Financial Corporation announced four-year $100,000 commitment to Fisk University for operating expenses and to help meet challenge grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

UPS, Atlanta, contributing more than $1M to earthquake relief efforts in China.

Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation pleged $500,000 to American Red Cross for earthquake relief efforts in China.

H.J. Heinz Company to donate $350,000 to China for earthquake relief efforts in China.

Ablaze Communications to donate 1 percent of service income to Emmanuel Cancer Foundation, Scotch Plains, N.J.

Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, Toronto, donated $1.5M to high-need elementary schools, bringing total funding to date to $6M.

McGregor Foundation distributed total of $513,650 to 20 institutions and initiatives for seniors and caregivers.

ExxonMobil Foundation, Irving, Tex., donated total of $7.7M to 79 Texas colleges, universities through 2007 Educational Matching Gift Program.

Pfizer, New York, gave total of $9.97M to 242 U.S. medical, scientific, patient organizations for first quarter 2008.

MasterCard Foundation launched Scholars Program with grants totaling $600,000 to six microfinance training institutes: Boulder Institute of Microfinance, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Harvard Business School and ACCION Program, Microfinance Centre, Microfinance Management Institute, School of Applied Microfinance.

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute received three-year $414,000 grant from Mellon Foundation for Research and Academic program.

Saint Joseph's University received $1M from Howard Hughes Medical Institute for multiple initiatives in biology, physics departments.

Alumnus Steven L. Schoonover and wife Barbara contributed $7.5M for new location of Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University; gift is single largest cash gift from a living alumnus in history of institution.

Inasmuch Foundation awarded total of $3.5M in grants to 46 Oklahoma organizations covering a variety of causes.

Thomas Reuters Foundation donated $300,000 to disaster relief efforts in Myanmar in response to devastation by Cyclone Nargis.

Dell and employees to donate $299, 691.75 to aid earthquake relief efforts in China.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University received $25M from Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman for stem cell and epigenomics.

Rhom and Haas Company awarded four-year $60,000 grant to American Institute of Chemical Engineers for expansion of Safety, Chemical Engineering Education program.

Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain received $77,000 grant from Qwest Foundation to fund JA Impulsa, JA in a Day projects.

Houston Food Bank named winner of Humana Inc.'s 2008 Houston Benefits, received $100,000 prize; finalists Children's Assessment Center, Open Door Mission received $10,000 each.

Quiznos, Denver, Colo., partnering with America's Road Home to donate sandwiches to 250 homeless families in Denver area.

NEC Foundation, Islandia, N.Y., awarded total of $222,250 to seven nonprofits using technology to benefit people with disabilities.

ExxonMobil and its employees donated total of more than $2.5M to 19 colleges, universities in Louisiana through 2007 Educational Matching gift program.

Chevron gave $1M to Red Cross for relief efforts in Myanmar; $1M total to Mercy Corps, Pact, Save the Children, International Organization for Migration.

CARE International, humanitarian organization, received $200,000 from UPS Foundation for relief efforts in Myanmar.

UN World Food Programme received $250,000 from Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation for relief efforts in Myanmar.

University of Chicago received $25M from Joe Mansueto, CEO, Morningstar, and wife Riko, for construction of new library.

Unilever, National Park Foundation awarded grants totaling $240,000 to 12 national parks and park ‘friends groups' nationwide.

Laurence D. Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, and wife endowed finance center at UCLA Anderson School of Management with $10M; center to be renamed Laurence D. and Lori W. Fink Center for Finance & Investments.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., launched five-year campaign to raise $1.25B with $25M gift from campaign chair Bill Marriott.

Majestic Realty Foundation, City of Industry, Calif., placed more than 315 grants nationwide during fifth year of operation.

Correctional Education Assoc., Maryland, received $20,000 from Prem Rawat Foundation, Los Angeles, for telecasts of ‘Words of Peace' program on Transforming Lives Network.

Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute received $500,000 from David Bohnett Foundation to fund David Bohnett Gay & Lesbian Leadership Fellows; named first 10 fellows.

Deutsche Bank establishing endowment to fund American Junior Golf Association's ACE grant, given to junior golfers to ensure competitive golf opportunities regardless of financial resources.

Football Foundation, UK, received total of 135M pounds, or about $266M, from Premier League, Football Association, government to boost grassroots sport.

Education Commission of the States received $100,000 from GE Foundation to expand Progress of Education Reform publication.

Microfinance Information eXchange received two-year $740,000 grant from MasterCard Foundation to launch MIX Market 2.0, web-based platform for sharing publicly-available information on microfinance institutions.

BMO Financial Group, BMO Employee Charitable Foundation, Montreal, contributing $30,000 to Canadian Red Cross for relief efforts for flood victims in New Brunswick; BMO also launched Flood Relief Program for customers.

Richard King Mellon Foundation, Pittsburgh, awarded $7 million to Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa., to help with construction of Sis and Herman Dupre Science Complex to house Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing.

Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation Corp., Boston, awarded grant to Community Preparatory School, Providence, R.I., to purchase fifth-grade textbooks on science, health, fitness.

Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, received re-creation of office of Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter, from Alan and Susan Casden.

University of Texas at Dallas received $200,000 from Sid W. Richardson Foundation for UTeach Dallas, effort to recruit more math, science teachers.

Arizona State University's College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation received $700,000 grant from UnitedHealthcare to expand services for underserved.

Atlantic Philanthropies gave SingleStop USA $5.5M to connect up to one million low-income households with public benefits, services; grant will expand New York City pilot program to four states: California, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico.

America's Promise Alliance got $1M from ING Foundation to support Dropout Prevention Campaign to lower high-school dropout rates in all 50 states, 50 select communities over next two years.

Bush Foundation distributed total of $11,357,368 to 113 nonprofits in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota in areas of arts, humanities, education, ecological health, health and human services, other.

Grameen Foundation helped Amhara Credit and Savings Institution get $5.3M loan from Commercial Bank of Ethiopia with $2.5M guarantee from Grameen Foundation's Growth Guarantee Program.

Energy Outreach Colorado, Denver, distributed $1.25M in energy-assistance funds to help Coloradans pay off winter heating bills.

March of Dimes received $1.5M from Farmers Insurance Companies at ‘March for Babies' event, Los Angeles.

Liberty Humane Society, Jersey City, N.J., received $10,000 in emergency funding from American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in wake of removal of 42 animals from Hudson County SPCA.

Wal-Mart donated $1.5 million to America's Second Harvest to provide 16 million meals, add thousands of children to BackPack program, which provides weekend food for underprivileged students.

Communities Foundation of Texas received two bequests totaling $24M from estate of Mabel Peters Caruth.

Safeco Insurance Foundation gave $500,000 to Seattle's Asian Counseling and Referral Service as part of grant series to improve Puget Sound communities.

Safeco Insurance Foundation gave $500,000 to Seattle's Asian Counseling and Referral Service.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, received $175,000 from Dart Foundation to launch Academy for Critical Incident Analysis.

John C. and Debbie Tolleson donated $1M for Edwin L. Cox BBA Scholars Program, Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business.

Summa Health System's Department of Psychiatry received $300,000 from Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation for psychiatric resources.

United Health Foundation awarded $64,000 educational grant to American Academy of Family Physicians to help primary-care physician practices meet quality, clinical care consistent with Primary Care Medical Homes' standards.

Half Price Books, through Becomegreen.org environmental education initiative, gave first $25,000 award to Natural Resources Defense Council recognition of group's promotion of conservation, preservation of environment.

ExxonMobil and employees donated over $36M to 930 colleges across U.S. through ExxonMobil Foundation's matching-gift program.

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation awarded total of $81.8M in grants to 124 organizations this spring for a variety of causes including education, environment, performing arts.

HMSHost Corp. launched summer promotion with Coca-Cola to support military personnel, families through U.S. Service Organizations, Inc.

Nichols School, college prep school, Buffalo, N.Y., received $1 million from Jeremy Jacobs and family, founders of Delaware North Companies.

DePaul University received two grants: professor in college of Computing and Digital Media received $306,500 grant from National Science Foundation; College of Law Asylum & Immigration Clinic's Legal Resource Project received $113,000 from Polk Bros. Foundation.

DePaul University College of Law received $50,000 from Helen Del Missier Hachem in memory of Helen Cirese, alum and jurist.

Entrepreneurial Management Center at San Diego State University's College of Business Administration received $100,000 gift from Foundation for Enterprise Development as Beyster Fellowship supporting research on organizational inclusiveness and equity distribution practices.

Watkins Inc., Winona, Minn., donated 9,000 bottles of multi-vitamins, worth $170,000, for distribution to seniors, needy community members in Twin Cities by Metro Meals on Wheels, Hope for the City, Minnesota Senior Foundation.

Xerox awarded $2M to Rochester Institute of Technology to serve as founding partner of Golisano Institute for Sustainability, providing education, technology-development systems related to sustainable design, lifecycle engineering, remanufacturing, pollution prevention.

American Welding Society Foundation received $300,000 from Lincoln Electric Co. to help relieve nationwide shortage of welders.

Nickerson Community Center, Providence, received community grant from Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation for purchase of electronics.

NRG Energy, Princeton, N.J., donated $160,000 to build school for Responsibility, nonprofit educating children who sort trash in Tijuana.

Washington Mutual raised $1M for National Arbor Day Foundation to plant 1 million trees through $1 pledges for bank statements switched from paper to online.

Kohl's department store gave more than $3.25M to youth-serving nonprofits in 2007 through Kohls' A-Team associate-volunteer program.

TZONE Foundation, founded by model Tyra Banks, awarded $10,000 grant to Girls in the Game, nonprofit enhancing well-being, health of at-risk girls.

New York Life Foundation awarded $776,400 to Developmental Studies Center to expand Afterschool KidzLit, Afterschool Kidz Math programs.

Hewlett Foundation awarded $84.9M for causes including education, population, global development, environment, performing arts, philanthropy.

Prem Rewat Foundation donated $26,000 to Montanas de Esperanza, Ecuador, to provide relief to flood victims in Santa Lucia village; will supply 32 tons of food to feed 1,500 families for a month.

Los Angeles Free Clinic renamed Saban Free Clinic in recognition of $10M donation from Cheryl and Haim Saban.

National Forest Foundation awarded total of $1.5M to nonprofit recipients of 2008 Wilderness Stewardship Challenge program.

American Express pledged $400,000 to historic-preservation efforts in New Orleans through partnership with National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure awarded more than $100M in research grants in 2007, up 30 percent over 2006.

Qwest Foundation gave $50,000 to Rapid City Department of Parks and Recreation, S.D., for "Qwest for Play" playground, new Powers Memorial Park.

Virginia Tech's Schiffert Health Center received $1M endowment gift from Charles W. Schiffert, in memory of late wife Dolores S. Schiffert.

Southern Education Foundation fulfilled match requirements to create $6M endowment for Center to Serve Historically Black Colleges and Universities, in part through $1.8M grant from Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Thunderbird School of Global Management received several multimillion-dollar pledges, including $10M from Scott Walker, alum and trustee, for $65M Campaign Thunderbird.

Competitive Inner City received $200,000 grant from Staples Inc. for Inner City 100, annual ranking of growing inner-city businesses nationwide.

Eaton Corp. donated $500,000 to Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers' Arc Flash Collaborative Research Project to expand knowledge of electric-arc flash phenomena.

Alliance for Children and Families named 20 agencies to receive fundraising, technical assistance awards as part of mentoring initiative.

Prudential made $5M contribution to help establish new home for Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, includes endowed chair, center dedicated to business ethics, leadership in business, nonprofit, philanthropy.

CIGNA awarded $75,000 grant to Childhood Leukemia Foundation to offer Hope Binders to patients' parent free of charge; binders provide information, resources on care.

Ricky Burgess, Pittsburgh councilman, donating all $146,000 district discretionary funds to "Hope Fund" at POISE Foundation, which works improve quality of life for black community in Pittsburgh area.

Diana and Stephen Goldberg's donations to Children's National Medical Center surpassed $50M through matching challenges.

Diana and Roy Vagelos donated $15M to Barnard College's new multi-use Nexus campus center; gift is largest college's history.

Northwestern Mutual, Denver, contributed $400,000 and 150 volunteers to Junior Achievement's "JA in a Day" series to celebrate Mutual's 150^th anniversary.

Michael J. Fox Foundation gave $5.6M for a Phase 2 clinical trial to investigate potential of inosine in treating Parkinson's disease.

City of Hope received $1M gift from Norman and Melinda Payson to support institution's graduate school of biological sciences; half the grant to establish Dr. Norman and Melinda Payson Graduate Studies Center, with remainder to endow student fellowship.

ExxonMobil awarded more than $225,000 in scholarships to over 220 students at 2008 ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair.

Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation received $11.5M in new gifts towards construction of urban park near downtown Dallas.

Robert Bowne Foundation awarded more than $2.1M over five years to Wellesley Centers for Women's National Institute on Out-of-School Time for National Afterschool Matters Initiative promoting research, professional development.

Winnick Family Foundation gave $25,000 to Los Angeles Public Library to fund Read to Me L.A. early-literacy initiative.

Reader's Digest Foundation gave $100,000 to National Hospice Foundation as part of Reader's Digest Make it Matter initiative.

Freddie Mac gave $800,000 to National Alliance to End Homelessness to help nonprofits in D.C. area implement homelessness plans.

State Farm gave three-year $750,000 grant to National Center for Learning and Citizenship of Education Commission of the States to provide assistance to policymakers, school leaders.

City College of New York received $10M gift from Michael "Mickey" Ross, alumnus and writer/producer, to create Jewish studies center.

New York Life Foundation awarded $25,000 to each of six group in recognition of mentoring programs with positive role models: Urban Dove, Girls for Gender Equity, Asian Professional Extension, Youth at Risk, New York Urban League, CLUSTER Community Services.

UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation offering grants to cover healthcare treatment, services, equipment not covered by insurance.

Humana seeking applications from Chicago-area nonprofits for $100,000 grant from Chicago Benefits charitable-awards program; applications due May 20^th.

Sidney Kimmel Foundation awarded grants to 16 scientists, bringing to more than $350M total donations for cancer research since 1997.

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Irving, Texas, donated $10M for anti-malaria efforts through "Idol Gives Back" episode of American Idol.

Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation awarded grants to John Winthrop Elementary School, Bird Street Community Center, both of Boston.

Pro Team, The Vacuum Company matching donations through April 25, up to $100,000, benefiting American Lung Association.

Conservation Fund received $200,000 grant from Ameriprise Financial to protect more than 7,200 acres of wetlands in Louisiana.

Crittenton Women's Union, Boston-based group helping low-income women, received $50,000 pledge from Suze Orman, motivational speaker, TV host, author; pledge to be paid over five years.

Vice President and Mrs. Cheney donated $166,547 to charity in 2007 off $602,651 in taxable income, bringing total donations during vice presidency to $7,966,566.

Two teachers in Park Elementary School, Casper, Wyo. received $5,000 each through Qwest Teachers, Technology program: Lynn Ahrndt, Kelly Toups.

Qwest Foundation and employees pledged $1.4M to 2007 Mile High United Way campaign in metro Denver community.

Qwest Foundation awarded $12,000 to Zack Opps, teacher, Powell High School, Powell, Wyo., through teachers and technology program.

TechSoup, San Francisco, received three-year $600,000 grant from Surdna Foundation for NetSquared Initiative; TechSoup to develop online platform to match web-based nonprofits with individuals who contribute their tech skills.

Chicago School of Professional Psychology received gift from Tranwestern and Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Utigard for treatment and observation room for forensic psychology.

Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, San Diego, gave $250,000 to Granite Hills High School for synthetic turf sports field.

Teagle Foundation awarded nine grants totaling over $1M to more than 90 colleges, universities.

1-800-Charity Farms donated almost 2,000 pounds of fresh organic vegetables to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.

Qwest Foundation awarded total of more than $10,000 to three Colorado nonprofits through Family Work and Development Fund: Imagine!, Artmobile Colorado, Fox Creek Elementary School.

Planet Dog Foundation, Portland, Maine, gave $10,000 each to two organizations to support canine service programs: Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota, Children's Hospital of Boston, Working Dogs for Conservation Foundation.

California Community Foundation awarded $1,150,000 to six nonprofits to help with mortgage defaults, foreclosures in Los Angeles County: Bet Tzedek Legal Services; Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles; Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice; Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County; Public Counsel.

California Community Foundation awarded total of $1,728,000 to 13 local charitable organizations in arts, social services, health, education, affordable housing; grants range $100,000 to $300,000.

Bayer USA Foundation have $135,000 to ASSET Inc., Pittsburgh science-education reform program.

Qwest Communications and Phoenix Suns named two Arizona high-school student athletes winners of $5,000 Qwest Leadership Challenge scholarships.

Girl Scouts of the USA received $200,000 from New York Life Foundation for school-based enrichment pilot program.

MetLife Foundation, Chicago, awarded two grants totaling $815,000 to Alzheimer's Association for educational outreach to Hispanic community and training for emergency responders encountering those with Alzheimer's, dementia.

Western Union Foundation awarded 60 grants totaling more than $1.5M as part of Western Union Our World, Our Family program.

ServiceMaster awarded $1.3M to Shane Battier Franchise Scholarship Initiative, up to $1M available in Acceptance Corporation financing.

Qwest Foundation donated $350,000 to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for NetSmartz411 internet-safety program that includes bilingual telephone hotline.

National 4-H Council received $1.48M from Toyota for science, engineering, technology programs engaging over 1.3M kids nation wide.

Qwest Foundation awarded $25,000 grant to Denver Center for the Performing Arts for Living History project.

Toyota Motor Sales awarded total of $550,000 in grants to 78 science teachers across country through Toyota TAPESTRY program; 50 teachers to receive up to $10,000 each, 28 received up to $2,500 each.

Atlantic Philanthropies launching second phase o f Community Experience Partnership, which aims to assess and better understand possibilities of engaging older adults in civic life; includes support of 24 community foundations.

Staples Foundation to donate to 85 New England nonprofits as part of commitment to community.

William Randolph Hearst Foundation awarded $150,000 to Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf to endow scholarships.

California Community Foundation awarded nearly $100,000 each to four ethnic-specific, community-based arts, cultural organizations: FilAM Arts, Khmer Arts Academy, Robey Theatre, Social and Public Art Resource Center.

University of California at Santa Barbara received $500,000 from SAGE to establish endowed chair for dean of social sciences in College of Letters and Science; gift given in honor of Sara Miller McCune, SAGE's founder, publisher.

Aetna Foundation awarded $240,000 grant to BET Foundation to expand Health Education & Active Learning Academy to help prevent obesity, promote healthy lifestyles in African-American girls ages 10 to18.

James J. Schiro, CEO, Zurich Financial Services, and Paul N. Hopkins, CEO, Farmers Group, donated 10,000 books, 150 sets of education film series to Orleans, Jefferson Parish schools in New Orleans.

Goodwill Industries received $35,000 planning grant from Mott Foundation to develop micro-enterprise model for local Goodwills.

Roy M. Huffington, Houston, donated more than $10M to Southern Methodist University to endow earth sciences department; department renamed Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences.

CHOICES Education Group, Seattle, received $10,000 from Nordstrom, bringing six-year support to $252,500.

Rock Bottom Restaurants, Louisville, Colo., fed more than 1,200 homeless people during Easter Spring Gathering event.

Keep America Beautiful Inc. received $75,000 from Office Depot Foundation to redesign, enhance Clean Sweep U.S.A. website.

Rohn and Haas awarded $25,000 to For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology to support Philadelphia Regional Robotics Education Program; funds to help more than 46 high-school teams design, construct, program a robot.

Knight Foundation gave $1.05M to Habitat for Humanity of Mississippi Gulf Coast for 25^th annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project in the Gulf Coast.

Eleven San Francisco/Bay Area art teachers each received $1,500 Fund for Artists Art Teacher Fellowship awards.

Medica Foundation awarded $534, 100 in second half of 2007 for projects addressing prevention, healthy lifestyles.

Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence distributed first four grants in $2.5M Jonas Nursing Scholars program, which supports educational development of new nursing faculty: Columbia University School of Nursing, City University of New York, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.

Weinberg Foundation's Family and Informal Caregiver program to provide total of $9M in grants to assist caregivers nationwide.

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society received $36,240 from Regence, $1 for each member registered on myRegence.com in last three months of 2007; myRegence.com designed to advise users on health care, lifestyle options.

Community Reinvestment Fund, nonprofit connecting development leaders to Wall Street, received two investments totaling $800,000: $500,000 equity-equivalent investment from Deutsche Bank; $300,000 grant from Bush Foundation.

Sir Elton John, David Furnish hosted 16^th annual Elton Johns AIDS Foundation Acadamy Awards viewing party, raised record-breaking $5.1M.

Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg received $10,000 from Staples Foundation of Learning for ThinkCOLLEGE, program providing college, career advice for low-income high school students.

Breast cancer survivor Margaret Proctor Mulligan donated more than $6M to University of Missouri for breast cancer, heart disease treatment; donation will fund more than 10 endowed faculty research positions.

City of Hope and California Institute of Technology researchers awarded three-year $1.5M grant from W. M. Keck Foundation to continue study of lymphoma and nontoxic treatments.

United Health Foundation gave $49,970 to American College of Physicians to develop new Practice Improvement Workbook to help internists, staff with behavioral health support, patient education, diagnosis, treatment of acute illnesses.

Oregon Community Foundation awarded total of $633,508 to 25 groups providing early childhood services in Oregon through "Oregon! Ready to Learn" initiative.

Grant Thornton LLP, Chicago, gave $122,500 to Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization during Y-ME's annual Mother's Day event.

Knight Foundation donated $25M to become founding partner of Newseum, interactive news museum, Washington D.C.

Qbase, Dayton, Ohio, awarded gifts totaling $1.4M to nine organizations; gifts come from donations from shareholders.

Dwight Goldthorpe, Amherst College alum, bequeathed $23M to Amherst College, largest single bequest in school's history.

Fitzgerald Abott & Beardsley LLP, Oakland, Calif., gave $125,000 to Alameda County Community Food Bank to celebrate firm's 125^th year.

EMC Corp., Hopkinton, Mass., awarded total of $100,000 to seven organizations as part of EMC Heritage Trust Project awards to improve access to computers around the world: Music Library of St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Flimer Film AS, Center for the Study of Peace and Reconciliation, Chiang Mai University Library, Villa Ocampo, U'mista Cultural Society, Edgar Allan Poe Museum.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation donated $2M to Monterey Institute for Technology and Education, Monterey, Calif., for new journal publication.

Leading musicians, colleges, companies donated sound libraries to One Laptop per Child, allowing children to create, share music; contributors include Berklee College of Music in Boston, Berklee Music Synthesis alumni, electronic music star BT, international Csound Developer community, M-Audio, Digidesign, and Open Path Music group.

JCPenny Afterschool Fund awarded $1.13M to National 4-H Council to help families keep, enroll children in 4-H afterschool programs.

Rockefeller Foundation awarded three-year $900,000 grant to support Urban Leaders Adaptation Initiative at Center for Clean Air Policy.

Raymond D. Nasher bequeathed bulk of estate to Nasher Foundation of Dallas to operate Nasher Sculpture Center, downtown Dallas.

Nature Conservancy received $333,000 from Northwest Airlines as part of $1M pledge to founding EarthCares partner; 33 Northwest Airlines employees traveled to Vicksburg, Miss., to plant trees in celebration.

PeaceWorks Foundation, New York, received over $1M from Skoll Foundation for to mobilize Israeli and Palestinian grassroots in support of negotiated two-state solution.

Bob Rice, Wall Street chess enthusiast, to donate all proceeds of new book "Three Moves Ahead: What Chess Can Teach You About Business," to Imus Cattle Ranch for Kids with Cancer.

Knight Foundation's "New Americans" initiative to invest more than $3M in programs helping eligible immigrants become citizens. 

Allianz Life Insurance Company, Minneapolis, donated $75,000 to each of four Minnesota charities: American Cancer Society, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities, Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery, and Helping Paws Inc.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Malvern, Pa., passed $1.5B milestone in grants to other charities; over $422M donated in 2007.

United Negro College Fund, Fairfax, Va., to provide grants to six historically black colleges to improve fundraising operations: Benedict College, Claflin University, Jarvis Christian College, Morehouse College, Philander Smith College, Wiley College.

Qwest Foundation awarded eight Arizona teachers grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 through Teachers and Technology program.

World Hongming Foundation donated $3,000 to Ashland University to support educational programs.

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust awarded $8M to Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix for improvements to school building.

Genworth Foundation's two-year $2M Homeownership Helps initiative to support three national housing organizations: HomeFree-USA, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, NeighborWorks America. 

Bubel/Aiken Foundation awarded over $500,000 in grants to support 30 recreational programs as part of Lets ALL Play program.

Coors Brewing Company, Golden, Colo., providing more than $600,000 in medical supplies, equipment to flood victims in Mexico through sponsorship of Project C.U.R.E.'s First Ladies' Luncheon.

Virginia Tech received donation of two retired No. 43 Nextel Cup cars from Petty Enterprises for motor sports research.

Chase Card Services, Wilmington, Del., donating additional $1.3M through its Financial Literacy Grant Program to various organizations to help Americans manage their finances.

Kyoto Symposium Organization, San Diego Foundation announced six recipients of 2008-2009 $10,000 Kyoto Scholarships, recognizing high school seniors from San Diego County and greater Tijuana region.

Baxter International Foundation, Deerfield, Ill., awarded total of almost $53M in charitable giving in 2007.

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, received $2M from Texas Instruments Foundation to endow Texas Instruments Distinguished Chair in Engineering Education.

Integra Foundation, Plainsboro, N.J., awarded $25,000 to American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for 75^th annual meeting in San Francisco.

PepsiCo, New York, donated $1M to United Negro College Fund for financial support.

Ashoka, Arlington, Va., received $500,000 from Staples Foundation for Learning to Support Youth Venture program.

Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, West Palm Beach, Fla., received $5M from MacArthur Foundation for affordable housing for low-income, working families.

United Way of York County, S.C., received $139,776 from Federal Emergency Management Association for emergency food, shelter programs at local agencies.

Planet Dog Foundation, Portland, Maine, gave in-kind contribution valued at $25,000 to NEADS/Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans, Princeton, Mass., to outfit service dogs.

DePaul University gave $10,000 fellowships to nursing faculty members Kim Amer, Paula Kagan through Nurse Educator Fellowship Program.

DePaul University received $185,000 from late Florence W. Dunbar to create Dunbar Program for Animal Law in College of Law.

Alameda County Community Food Bank, Oakland, Calif., received $19,000 from Charity Projects Entertainment Fund to expand distribution to two new sites; fund's "Idol Gives Back" campaign fights child hunger in Alameda County.

Centro San Juan Diego, Denver, received $20,000 from Western Union Company to address root causes of poverty in migrant communities.

Center for Health Transformation received $50,000 from Aetna for Health Georgia Diabetes and Obesity project.

Delta Dental Foundation, Okemos, Mich., awarded 16 grants of up to $5,000 each to address oral-health needs in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana.

Massachusetts General Hospital received five-year $20.5M grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand HIV/AIDS research program.

Qwest donating total of over $15,000 in grants to three Arizona nonprofits through Qwest Family Work & Development Fund.

Columbia University Oral History Office received grant from Agnes Gund, New York art patron, for "The Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts" program, effort to record oral history of women in arts.

American InterContinental University, Atlanta, providing 20 full-ride college scholarships, valued at up to $1.2M, through Big Brothers Big Sisters, along with funding for other efforts.

Kathy Ireland Worldwide, lifestyle products firm, donated total of $100,000 to four charities in honor of record sales in 2007: Elizabeth Taylor HIV/AIDS Foundation, Alliance for Christian Education, Safe Surfing, Help1Up.

New York City Outward Bound received multi-year $3.12M grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to build four more Expeditionary Learning schools.

Attendees at Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers conference, Westfield, N.J., donated 400 teddy bears to Minneapolis Fire Department Firehouses #4, #7.

Joe Corbi's, pizza kit producer, Baltimore, donated 10,000 pizzas to Harvest for the Hungry Spring Food Drive.

Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, Fla., received $1M from Bank of America Charitable Foundation to preserve Women's Club of Jacksonville, which will be renamed Edward W. Lane, Jr. Building.

Wallick Companies donated $10,000 in honor of late co-founder Sanford "Sandy" Goldston to create Sanford Goldston Memorial Fund for cancer research and assistance to residents of affordable housing.

Century 21 Real Estate LLC members donated more than $3.8M to Easter Seals in 2007.

PECO Energy, Philadelphia, awarded $500,000 to African American Museum in Philadelphia's $2 million campaign for a new permanent exhibit.

Nara Bancorp, Los Angeles, Calif., awarded $200,000 to Benjamin Hong Foundation, donor-advised fund at California Community Foundation, for diverse charitable activities.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded grants of up to $200,000 each to eight dental schools to improve diversity of student body or increase care in underserved areas as part of second round of funding in Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education program.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded total of $3.5M in grant to advance careers of frontline healthcare workers in eight states as part of Jobs to Careers: Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Care program.

Advancement Project, Los Angeles, received $25,000 from Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles for Alliance of Mothers of Murdered Children. Grant is one of 18 totaling $200,000 in General Community Grants.

Daniels Fund, Denver, awarded $8.2M in grants to various organizations facing economic challenges.

Alzheimer's Foundation of America awarded grants totaling $40,000 to eight organizations focusing on Alzheimers's disease.

Bank of America Charitable Foundation gave $1M to Museum of Discovery and Science, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Golfer Camilo Villegas to donate $3,000 per eagle shot during 2008 PGA Tour to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Special Olympics Georgia received $80,000 from UPS Foundation for state competitions.

Staples Foundation for Learning awarded 31 grants totaling $310,800 to nonprofits serving youth.

Washington Area Women's Foundation awarded $12,000 Open Door Capacity grant to Boat People SOS.

Ashoka received three-year $3M grant from Knight Foundation for fellowships for social entrepreneurs in journalism.

Michael J. Fox Foundation gave up to $3M for clinical trials to improve Parkinson's Disease treatments.

PECO, Exelon subsidiary, donated $500,000 to African American Museum for Philadephia's Standing on the Shoulders fundraising campaign.

CitySoft Inc. and TechSoup donating Community Enterprise open-source software to U.S. and Canadian nonprofits.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Minneapolis, to deliver more than $320M in dividends to members in 2008.

Northern Arizona University's "GEAR UP" program received $12,242 from Qwest Foundation to renovate broadcast studio at Crane Middle School, Yuma, Ariz.

United Health Foundation gave $25,000 to American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Wal-Mart Foundation awarded two-year $2.5M grant to American Association of Community Colleges.

Art Writers Grant Program awarded a total of $300,000 to 16 authors in 2007 to promote coverage of contemporary art.

National Center for Women & Information Technology, Boulder, Colo., named winners of second round of Academic Alliance Seed Fund awards.

Travelers Companies, Saint Paul, Minn., gave more than $17M to nonprofit across country in 2007.

Wal-Mart Foundation awarded $500,000 to Scholarship America Dreamkeepers Emergency Financial Aid program.

Roots & Branches Foundation, Denver, awarded $94,570 to nine projects benefiting Jews ages 25-40.

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announced philanthropic giving in 2007 of over $49M.

Royal Bank of Canada pledged $500,000 to complete Tides Canada Foundation's Great Bear Rainforest Campaign.

Blue Shield of California Foundation, San Francisco, awarded $13.1M to improve patient safety, access to healthcare in Calif.

Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, Ala., awarded five-year $75,000 grant to United Negro College Fund for scholarships.

Wal-Mart Foundation gave $400M in 2007 through donations and contributions by customers, associates.

Two University of Calgary sales management classes donated over $21,000 from sale of Cutco cutlery to Children's Wish Foundation of Canada.

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, gave more than $49M in 2007, and more than $465M over 56 years.

3,000 "Cure Breast Cancer" license plates have been issued in Commonwealth of Boston since Oct. 31, 2006, raising $100,000.

Rohm and Haas to award $30,000 each to four Delaware Valley communities in which company operates.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Washington D.C., awarded 25 grants totaling almost $6.4M in 2007.

 

Seventeen projects to share $2M in MacArthur Foundations' Digital Media and Learning Competition.

 

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Center Fund received $1M from Lockheed Martin, $500,000 from Marathon Oil.

 

New York Life Foundation gave $1.6 M to National 4-H Council to create 90 Youth in Governance Clubs in Cleveland, Minneapolis, NYC.

 

Annenberg Foundation, California Community Foundation, Grantsmanship Center providing grantmaking training to L.A. groups.

Sackler Foundation donated $50,000 for visiting neurologist endowment at University of Toledo's College of Medicine.

Infants' Home Child & Family Services, Ashfield, Australia, received grant from Herbalife Family Foundation for nutrition program.

Digital Check, Northfield, Ill., gave $5,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Opportunity Houston gave $200,000 to Rice University Business Plan Competition.

Donald Bren, chair, Irvine Company, gave $8.5M for after-school program expansion in southern California.

Volkswagen of America raised $4,000 for New Hampshire Food Bank through test drive campaign.

Verizon Foundation awarded total of $2.1M to 190 Massachusetts nonprofits in 2007.

Kaiser Family Foundation gave $50M to University of Oklahoma to improve community health.

MIT Sloan Management School students volunteered in New Orleans weekend of Feb. 16.

Seattle Division of Safeway Inc. gave more than $32.5M to nonprofits in 2007.

Wells Fargo gave $500,000 each to NeighborWorks America, National Foundation for Credit Counseling, Housing Partnership Network.

Safeco gave $15,000 to Red Cross for tornado relief in Jackson, Tenn.

Qwest Foundation, S.D. Department of Education named10 teachers to share $25,000 for tech-related projects.

Wal-Mart Foundation, HP gave combined $1.5M to 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games.

Safeco awarded total of $1.8M in Foundation Grants; total of $500,000 in Community Hero Awards.

Smith, Kogod Family Foundations gave $10M to renovate Smith Center, George Washington University.