Computers for Preschoolers
Foundation: Midland Area Community Foundation
Through Midland Area Community Foundation's Gladwin Youth Action Council grant, more than 100 preschoolers in four classrooms now have access to new computers. Each computer will have age...more

Long-Vacant Pontiac School Poised for New Use with $12.6M State Grant
Pontiac, Mich., used to have six community centers; now it has none. "We keep hearing this over and over again, but nobody is working on building new community centers," Coleman Yoakum, executive...more

Patients Could Have Faster Access to Ground-Breaking Stem Cell Treatment with Manufacturing ...
"This isn't the stuff of science fiction," Dr. Marc Bailey, chief science and innovation officer at the UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, says of the future of stem cell...more

Innovative Beeping Egg Hunt Lights Up Easter for Visually Impaired Children in Nepa
When a Pennsylvania bomb squad offered to wiring their expertise to create beeping Easter eggs seven years ago, the idea was born. Now, kids with visual impairments in the area can participate in...more

Baltimore Teens Create Innovative Climate Resilience Solutions - Mirage News
Microsoft and Johns Hopkins University teamed up for a second annual "HackGood4 Baltimore" hackathon last week, where more than 60 high school students from three Baltimore high schools came up with...more

Amount Of BCF For Good Grants Grows
Foundation: Berrien Community Foundation
The amount of money non-profits in Berrien County, Mich., can get from a community foundation has gone up by 50%. The Berrien Community Foundation has increased the amount of its For Good Grants...more

Live Healthy: Legislation Passes to Grow Florida'S Health Care Workforce
Florida is taking a page from Texas' playbook in its quest to reduce health care costs. State Sen. Gayle Harrell, a Republican, has introduced what she calls the "Live Healthy" bill, which...more

Artist Raymond Floyd Influenced Many Art Students in Spartanburg County
Raymond Floyd, the first black art teacher in a South Carolina school district, has died at the age of 76. He died of complications from pneumonia Sunday at his home in Spartanburg, his daughter,...more

Our Fund Launches South Florida LGBT Community Assessment Survey
Our Fund was more than happy to announce the launch of the South Florida LGBT Community Assessment Survey. The launch was inspired by Our Fund's desire to conduct a study to better understand the...more

Western Indiana Community Foundation Announces Lilly Endowment CommunityScholarship Winner
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
A high school senior in Indiana has become the state's latest recipient of a prestigious scholarship. Luke Foxworthy, a student at Fountain Central High School in Covington, was awarded the Lilly...more