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News about grants, gifts
The Boston Foundation received a record $131.7 million of
gifts and grants and gave $97.7 million in grants to nonprofits throughout
Greater Boston during fiscal year 2012-13.
Hyundai Hope On Wheels donated $10 million to the Hyundai Cancer
Institute at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County. The organization will hold eight 5K runs
through the rest of the year to raise funds and awareness of pediatric cancer.
University of Miami alumnus Joshua Cohen and his wife Megan gave $1
million to create the Cohen Family True Gentleman Endowed Scholarship Fund,
which will give scholarships to a female and a male UM student who are leaders
in their sorority or fraternity.
Virgin has become the title sponsor of
the Virgin
Kitesurfing Armada along Hayling Island in England this September. The
event benefits Snowcamp, a charity
which offers skiing, snowboarding and life-skills programs for inner city
youth.
RYOT and CrowdRise‘s #STARTARYOT
Challenge has raised in excess of $285,000 for various charities in 15 days from more
than 2,800 individual donations.
News about people, groups
Nominations have opened for the
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, which honor student volunteers. Two
nominees will be selected from each state and Washington, D.C., and 10 will
receive national honors. Applications can be submitted online through
Nov. 5.
Grinnel
College is accepting
nominations for the 2014 Grinnel Prize, which will give $100,000 to two leaders
in social justice under age 40. Nominations can be submitted online through Nov. 8.
Grace Ko was hired as the vice
president of development and alumni affairs at New York University’s Langone Medical
Center.
Shannon Pruitt and Kathy Rokita
were appointed to the board of directors of the Angelman
Syndrome Foundation.
Kathy Kaplan was named director
of development for Virginia Tech’s Division of Student Affairs.
Brian Pacheco was hired as
social media and communications strategist for the National Hispanic
Media Coalition.
Dr. George Calin,
professor of experimental therapeutics at the
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, received the 2013 Julie and Ben Rogers
Award for excellence in research.
ATT was recognized as the 2013 Supporter of the Year by Meal
Exchange, which
involves youth in fighting hunger in Canada.
Abila, formerly Sage Nonprofit Solutions, a
provider of software solutions for nonprofits and government agencies, acquired
McLean, Va.-based Avectra, a provider of web-based customer relationship management solutions for
associations and not-for-profits.
Digital
Processing Solutions
joined the Association for Retail Technology Standards’ Change4Charity team and will work to
create technology standard for retailers to collect donations at the point of
sale.
Nonprofit Finance Fund and The Good Analyst
created a partnership to offer impact investing services that allow foundations
to improve social outcomes while growing their funds.
The Cure
Breast Cancer Foundation
(CBCF) launched a newly redesigned website to inform the public about its goals
and objectives, important updates and upcoming events.
Vision2Systems
LLC, a Dallas-based
software company, has created an online/offline platform that can add
fundraising and giving functionalities to websites.
News about opportunities, initiatives
The Junior League has partnered with Colgate
Bright Smiles, Bright Futures to provide children’s oral care through
mobile vans at underserved communities in four countries.
The Bark
Business Breakfast Tour seeks to raise at $100,000 for K9s for Warriors, which trains
shelter dogs to serve veterans suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome. The
tour, which features writer Windy Diamond and TV and sports celebrities, will
visit eight cities through November. For details, click here.
The National Association for the Self-Employed and Business and Professional Women’s Foundation created a partnership to help women
veterans and military spouses start their own small businesses.
The Brooke Jackman Foundation,
a children’s literacy organization, holds the 4th annual BJF
Read-a-thon at the Barnes Noble Tribeca on Sept. 7.
The 6th annual Friends of
the Poor Walk/Run on Sept. 28, organized by the U.S. Society of St. Vincent de Paul, will
raise money for anti-poverty programs. For details on locations, click here.
MomsRising seeks volunteers to join
the Good
Food Force‘s fall campaign and help raise awareness of healthy school
foods, junk food marketing targeted at children and strategies to reduce
childhood obesity.
Home for Our Troops, Volvo Rents and
HGTV star Ahmed Hassan are building three new homes for severely injured
veterans in Temecula and El Cajon, Calif.
In partnership with The Mission
Continues, Benjamin Moore
donated 550 gallons of paint and labor from its employees to refurbish
locations used by firefighters and other first responders in Washington, D.C.,
St. Louis, New York, Dallas and Phoenix.
HealthCare Access
Maryland social care workers will give support to patients at two Johns Hopkins Medicine hospitals in
an effort to reduce hospital readmissions.
Nancy Lieberman Foundation and The Jim Utley Foundation, which offer programs for underserved
youth, will host the 2nd annual Nancy Lieberman Celebrity Golf
Classic on Oct. 7 at Gleneagles
Country Club in Plano, Texas.
United HomeCare in Miami is
offering a nine-week program to teach caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s or
dementia stress management and coping techniques.
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