News about foundations and the organizations they fund crosses the desks at the Foundation Center on a regular basis. Here's another installment in a series of posts featuring a summary of the latest information and news.
Crain's Cleveland Business reports that the Burton D. Morgan Foundation awarded $1.2 million in grants in June, nearly half aimed at youth entrepreneurship education. The largest grant ($250,000) was awarded to BioEnterprise, a nonprofit that identifies, evaluates and accelerates the most promising bioscience ventures in Northeast Ohio. Other grants included $50,000 to the Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy to support planning for a demonstration and training center to help farm entrepreneurs; $30,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland to support Money Matters: Make it Count, a financial literacy program; and $75,000 to Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion Network (WIRE-net) to support the Great Lakes Wind Network, which is working to develop a wind-industry supply chain for Ohio.
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The Ohio State University announced having received grants totaling $1.465 million from Nationwide Foundation to provide support to Columbus City Schools from the College of Education and Human Ecology and to support key University diversity programs. Support for the Columbus City Schools includes the development of the Knowledge Bank, a database of proven tools and techniques for use by teachers and administrators in addition to support for evaluating the effectiveness of Project Mentor, a program that is a partnership between Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio and the Columbus City Schools, which matches adult mentors with students. Diversity initiatives supported include the Critical Difference for Women Scholarship Fund, the Office of Minority Affairs President and Provost's Diversity Lecture and Cultural Arts Series, and the Multicultural Center's Nationwide Diversity Leadership Transcript Program.
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Akron Community Foundation announced that it is accepting requests for funding programs that will reduce the local stray cat population. The Animal Welfare Fund of Akron Community Foundation was established in 2007 through an anonymous gift to reduce the overpopulation and suffering of Summit County’s untamed stray or feral cats. In August, it will award grants totaling $10,000 to $15,000 to one or more nonprofits working toward this mission.
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