A small Owego Church just got a big grant. The Waits Community Historic Church was given $17,000.

The small church built in 1853 received the grant from the Mildred Faulkner Truman Foundation. A charitable organization that benefits Tioga County.

Small church gets big grant

A small Owego Church just got a big grant. The Waits Community Historic Church was given $17,000.

The historic Methodist Church located just off Waits Road is listed on the New York State and National Historic Registers. The funds will be used to repair the church's steeple and roof

Small church gets big grant.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation announced today that it has been selected for a $1 million Chairman’s Special Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for its upcoming exhibition, The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia , 1860–1989. The Guggenheim is the only museum to receive the Chairman’s Special Award for an ’s Historical and Cultural Organizations implementation grant for this grant cycle. This award represents the highest level of funding for a single project nationwide.

The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia , 1860–1989 will illuminate the dynamic and complex impact of Asian art, literary texts, music, and philosophical concepts on American art from the late 19th century to the contemporary period. Organized into seven chronological and thematic sections, this unprecedented survey exhibition will challenge the widely accepted view of the development of American modern art as a dialogue with European sources by alternatively focusing upon artists’ prolonged engagement with Asian art forms and ideas.

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Small Kresge Foundation Teaches Big Lessons in Investment Strategy – WSJ.com.

Every year, investors turn to Harvard and Yale in hopes of discovering how these revered endowment funds beat the market.

During the credit crunch, they might have been better served studying the lesser-known Kresge Foundation.

The $3.8 billion Troy, Mich., foundation returned 9.3% for the 12-month period ended in June.

That compares with a median return of negative 4.7% for foundations and endowments with $1 billion or more in assets, according to the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service.

The foundation was established in 1924 by Sebastian Kresge, who started a business of five-and-10-cent stores that would later become known as the retail chain Kmart.

Kresge offers grants to nonprofit organizations in fields ranging from libraries to food banks and hospitals.

Group 70 Foundation has awarded a total of $107,230 to 21 local community organizations, continuing the employee-created foundation's tradition of giving back to the community.

Group 70 Foundation was established in 2002 by the individual employees of Group 70 International, Inc., a Hawai'i-based firm specializing in sustainable development, architecture, planning and environmental services, interior design, and assets management. For the past six years, the foundation has provided grants to non-profit organizations whose missions focus on sustainability in the State of Hawai'i through design, education, culture, environmental sustainability and community development. Funds are administered by the Hawai'i Community Foundation.

Group 70 Foundation Gives $100,000+ To Local Charities.

The New Jersey Foundation for Aging (NJFA) established its Community Grant Program in 2000. Over the course of its history, NJFA has provided 32 grants to programs throughout the state.

The Community Grants Program provides support to programs which are considered innovative in meeting the needs of older persons or inspiring older persons in local communities. Innovation is defined by NJFA as being a new program or new growth of an existing program. Examples of innovative programs may include a new service designed to address an existing issue; a new model of delivering services; or a new intervention for a newly identified problem. NJFA believes that the definition of innovation should be broad as innovation in one community of New Jersey may differ from another community.

Foundation for Aging accepting grant proposals – NJ.com.

The Official Web Site for the Archdiocese of Detroit.

The Skillman Foundation has awarded the Archdiocese of Detroit Office for Catholic Schools a grant of $160,000 to continue the development of “professional learning communities” for eight urban elementary schools.

In September 2006, supported by a total grant amount of $522,000 from the Skillman Foundation, the Archdiocese of Detroit City School Resource Team launched a three-year school enrichment program.

Created in 1960, The Skillman Foundation is a private philanthropy whose chief aim is to help develop good schools and good neighborhoods for children.

The Archdiocese of Detroit currently has eight elementary and three high schools in Detroit, with student populations which are predominantly from low socio-economic backgrounds.

Martinsville Daily – Harvest Helps Martinsville Area Community Foundation Expand.

The Harvest Foundation will grant $80,000 to the Community Foundation of Western Virginia, Inc. on behalf of the Martinsville Area Community Foundation to go towards Organization Capacity Building.

The grant will be awarded over three years and will contribute to the community’s overall Quality of Life.

The Martinsville Area Community Foundation (MACF) was formed in 2005 with endowment funds carried over from the sale of Memorial Hospital of Martinsville & Henry County in addition to a seed grant from the Harvest Foundation.

Since inception MACF has grown to over 20 endowment funds totaling approximately $11M.

To date, the organization has made grants in excess of $1M to address important community needs.

The assets of the Martinsville Area Community Foundation are growing rapidly.

With this addition, the Director of MACF will conceivably be able to do the following: have more time available for personal interaction with the community and its major stakeholders and future donors, have the necessary time to investigate and implement creative grant initiatives that would produce a more centrally-focused, collaborative effort to directly better the community and its residents.

“MACF is thrilled that The Harvest Foundation has again stepped forward with this grant at a critical point in the Community Foundation’s development.

With this funding we will be able to take the next step forward in our growth and become even better-positioned to help local families establish new endowments for the long-term benefit of the community,” said April Haynes, Director of the Martinsville Area Community Foundation.

Fred Ricart’s Foundation Accepting Grant Applications | Ricart Automotive Group.

The Ricart family has been part of the Central Ohio charity scene from the beginning.

Right now, Fred Ricart’s own charity, the Ricart Foundation, is accepting applications from qualified charitable organizations for assistance in a variety of areas.

The Ricart Foundation has already provided funding for several events in 2008, including the 2008 Hospice of Fairfield, OH Golf Outing, the 2008 Autism Event, the 2008 Sequoia PBA Event, the 2008 20 Most Outstanding Women Event, the 2008 Mark Bloom Driving School, the 2008 Ohio Nursery Exhibit, the 2008 Fallen Heroes Event and the 2008 Ronald McDonald Golf Outing.

The process for applying for consideration is simple.

Just visit the Ricart Foundation Web site.

Tell us briefly about your organization and why you’d like to be sponsored by the Ricart Foundation.

No long complicated forms, no drawn out selection process.

The Ricart Foundation is just one more way that Fred Ricart is keeping it real and keeping it simple for families in Central Ohio!

Community Foundation Donors Contribute $6,000 to the Assistance League of Greater Placer – Roseville.

Two grants distributed through the Placer Community Foundation’s Donor Advised Funds will help provide new clothes and supplies for students in need this coming school year.

The recipient of the grants, the Assistance League of Greater Placer, works to distribute the goods to students from 92 Placer County and Black Oak Mine schools through their Operation School Bell® program.

Each of the two grants came from charitable funds established by local donors at the Placer Community Foundation.

One grant for $5,000 was made from an anonymous donor while the other, in the amount of $1,000, came from the Constantino Family Fund.

For more information about the Assistance League of Greater Placer and their Operation School Bell ® program visit their national website at www.assistanceleague.org or call the Greater Chapter at their thrift shop in Fiddler Green Plaza, (530) 885-1982.

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