The organizations will receive a total of $476,575, part of the foundation's latest $7.8 million statewide round of grants recently approved by its board of directors.

The organizations include:

* 4-Sight Counseling, $100,000, to help provide mental health services to low-income patients

* Jackson Senior Center, $100,000, to pay for new vans to deliver meals to seniors and the disabled

* The Youth Substance Abuse Coalition, $64,000, to provide substance abuse prevention, awareness and education programs

* Saint Francis Medical Center, $123,510, to assist the medical center expand its smoking-cessation programming

* Southeast Missouri Safe House for Women, $89,065, to expand its therapy services and reduce post-traumatic stress disorder in women who are victims of sexual and domestic violence

The Jackson Senior Center had applied for years, but this marked the first time the center received a foundation grant, said executive director Debbie Stockton.

At the Safe House For Women, executive director Linda Garner said they've received several grants from the foundation over the past few years.

The foundation, which has nearly $1 billion in assets, is the state's largest provider of nongovernmental community health projects and the not-for-profit provides $50 million in grants each year, Johnson said.

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JOLIET The Joliet Township High School Foundation is seeking student and teacher applications for its Fall Student and Staff Grant Program.

All JTHS students and certified teachers are eligible to apply for grants that support projects or purchase supplies that are not within budgetary limits.

Last year, grant funding provided student tuition to summer camps and teachers with supplemental learning supplies.

In the last 20 years, the foundation has distributed more than $190,000 in grants to faculty, students, clubs and special programs. This year the foundation will divide approximately $18,000 between the two campuses.

Grant applications are available in the principal's office at both Central and West Campus or online at www.jths.org.

The Rochester Area Community Foundation is expanding its service region to Yates and Seneca counties, and is simultaneously launching the Yates Community Endowment, which will provide community capital to meet changing needs, enrich cultural life and spur sustainable growth under the guidance of a newly named local advisory board.

By reaching out to Yates and Seneca counties, we hope to help residents, towns and nonprofit organizations meet local needs by expanding community philanthropy, says Jennifer Leonard, president and executive director of the Community Foundation.

The Yates Community Endowment will raise funds specifically for Yates County under the guidance of a local advisory board co-chaired by Katie Nord Peterson of Penn Yan and Tom Argust of Rochester and Town of Italy. Argust is a former Community Foundation board president who retired in 2003 as Rochesters Commissioner of Community Development.

26, the Yates Community Endowment introduced their advisory board and announced the first matching gifts at an event at Esperanza Mansion.

Nationwide, community foundations are a popular way to support such local giving, both during lifetime and through planned gifts, because donors can support their favorite communities, causes and charities through a named fund that lasts forever.

Yates County residents will be able to create or add to funds that support the countys general needs, and to help specific causes or organizations.

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Constellation Energy seeking applications for "Energy to Educate" Grant Program - MarketWatch Constellation Energy seeking applications for "Energy to Educate" Grant Program Grant awards will fund student projects focused on energy innovation and technology

BALTIMORE, Aug 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Constellation Energy applications for its E(2): Energy to Educate Grants program ("E(2)

The E(2) Grants program targets projects that advance energy science and engineering needed to address energy challenges; new energy

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Martinez Ballet Folklorico, Chamberlain Performing Arts, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Dallas Childrens Theater, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Opera, Dallas Summer Musicals, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Theater Center, Dallas Zoo, the Nasher Sculpture Center, the Richardson Symphony Orchestra and the Turtle Creek Chorale.

The TI Foundation gives to the arts because the community has so much to gain, said Ann Pomykal, executive director of the TI Foundation. This is where local foundations and corporations can step up and ensure that our communitys arts and culture continue to thrive.

According to an economic impact study produced by the North Texas Business Council for the Arts and Deloitte last year, North Texas non-profit arts and cultural organizations contributed more than $3 billion to the regions economy over the past three years.

Dallas Childrens Theater is one of the organizations that received one of these TI Foundation grants.

This year, TI Foundation stepped forward to contribute much-needed funding to arts and cultural programming in North Texas, says Robyn Flatt, Executive Artistic Director at Dallas Childrens Theater. Given the difficult economic climate faced by many arts organizations, this increase in funding shows TI Foundations steadfast commitment to the arts in our community.The Dallas Symphony is deeply grateful for this invaluable support.

Pomykal added, The TI Foundation board has to make the difficult grant choices, but theres no more important time to support the arts.While we cannot respond to all funding requests, we believe that weve invested in arts partners who are cornerstones of our community. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts, said Investing in the arts not only improves community quality of life but also helps attract and retain a skilled workforce and build new markets.

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The Unified Prevention (UP!) Coalition for a Drug Free Do-a Ana County, an initiative of the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico, is gearing up to educate residents about the dangers of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs with help from those who know the community well.

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The goal is to better equip the community at large with information to build community collaboration and work collectively to reduce and prevent underage drinking, tobacco and illicit drug use.

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