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The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi awarded more than $70,000 in grants this year to non-profit organizations.
Its current strategies are initiatives in pre-kindergarten education, prevention of childhood obesity and place-based education.
The foundation has a committment from the Hernando-based charitable Maddox Foundation to match 100 percent of endowed funds up to $10 million in a 10-year period.
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The Wall Street Journal profiles the new book \"The Good Rich and What They Cost Us.\" According to the reviewer, the book, which covers over two centuries of American philanthropy, posits that...more
Foundation: Kalamazoo Community Foundation
The Wall Street Journal profiles the new book \"The Good Rich and What They Cost Us.\" According to the reviewer, the book, which covers over two centuries of American philanthropy, posits that...more
Foundation: American India Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation
The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlights a New York Times article focusing on the growth of Asian American philanthropy. Asian-Americans who have built fortunes in finance and technology are...more
Waypoint Madge Phillips Center Shelter has recently received a $20,000 grant from The Mary Kay Foundation in observation of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. According to Anne...more
Paulding Education Foundation has recently awarded $7,500 to Paulding schools as a result of the foundation\'s School Grant Program. Recipients include South Paulding High School, Austin Middle...more
The Make-A-Wish Foundation will be holding its big fall fundraiser, a walk around Crapo Park in Burlington to help grant wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses, raising on average $8,600...more
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American India Foundation
Korean American Community Foundation
Greater New Orleans Foundation
Idaho Community Foundation
Helios Education Foundation
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation
Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa
MacArthur Foundation
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Social Entrepreneurship
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Keeping Half the Profits Beats Non-profits for Social Impact
Melbourne social enterprise Who Gives A Crap sold nearly 3 million rolls of toilet paper in 2014/15 and gave half the proceeds to WaterAid Australia, but co-founder Simon Griffiths says the donation would have been less had the startup adopted a non-profit model when it launched two years ago.
