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31, 2012 to raise matching funds.

This competitive grant cycle was open to non-profit agencies providing services and programs directly tied to the red flags identified in the Community Focus reports for Springfield-Greene Count.

The CFO received nearly $240,000 in requests for the $125,000 available for the challenge grants, which were reviewed by a community grant panel. 15, 2012 reception at the CFO.

The agencies participating in the 2011-12 Community Response Challenge Grant cycle are:

Big Brothers/Big Sisters: $7,100 for salaries, training materials and supplies to enhance childrens self-esteem through relationships with positive adult role models. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates): $10,000 for volunteer training and recruitment to improve outcomes for children placed in the child-protective system. Child Advocacy Center: $8,800 to fund additional forensic interviewers, child advocates, technology and legal costs to help children who may be victims of abuse. Community Partnership of the Ozarks: $6,700 for expenses for facilitator training and evaluation tool development to promote resilient children and healthy families. Crosslines: $8,800 to purchase food for the food pantry. Connections Handyman Services: $8,800 for building materials, labor costs and material delivery to provide home repairs for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. Harmony House: $8,800 for materials and services for emergency shelter services. The Kitchen: $12,500 for salary costs for office supervision, patient, pharmacy and medical assistants at the medical clinic. Lighthouse Child and Family Development Center: $9,000 to support scholarships, a family coordinator, childcare and materials for intensive family case management services. Ozarks Food Harvest: $7,000 for food, materials and support for childrens weekend backpack programs. Ozarks Regional YMCA: $12,500 for staff, supplies, facility and school rental costs for quality after-school opportunities for families who cannot afford certified childcare services. Ronald McDonald House Tooth Truck: $12,500 for supplies for pilot brushing program to provide preventative dental services to at-risk children. The Victim Center: $12,500 for services, supplies and professional development to provide prevention education, crisis intervention, counseling and assistance to crime victims.

This is the third year the CFO has offered the competitive matching grants tied to the Community Focus Report, which released its 5th edition earlier this month. The CFO is a partner in producing the report, along with the United Way, Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, Springfield-Greene County Library District and the Junior League of Springfield, to develop a broad-based consensus on the communitys strengths and challenges.

These challenge grants have successfully leveraged $1.15 million over the last two years to help our non-profit partners sustain strong existing programs that are working to mitigate poverty, strengthen families, support victims of domestic violence and help people gain access to health care, CFO Board Chairman Cliff Brown said.

The CFO has two more upcoming Metro Springfield competitive grant cycles totaling $100,000.

Foundation Fighting Blindness Invests $8.25 Million in Six Gene Therapy Research Projects Poised for Clinical Trials - MarketWatch COLUMBIA, Md., Oct 31, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness, a national nonprofit dedicated to advancing sight-saving research, announces an $8.25 million investment in six new gene therapy research projects that are targeted to have treatments ready for clinical trials within three years.

"The Foundation Fighting Blindness recognizes the great potential of gene therapy for saving and restoring vision, and we're eager to build on the clinical development of retinal gene therapies that has been accelerating at an incredible rate over the past few years," said Stephen Rose, Ph.D., chief research officer, Foundation Fighting Blindness.

Portions of the Foundation's $8.25 million investment will also go toward research happening at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the University of Florida for projects investigating gene therapy for two different LCA-causing genes. Currently supporting 30 other gene therapy efforts, including RDH12 and other genetic forms of LCA and RP, which are at various stages of development, the Foundation allocates funding toward basic research and investigation into a gene's role in disease, as well as projects poised for clinical trials.

Baldrick's Foundation Grants a Total of $455,582 to The Children's Hospital of... Baldrick's Foundation Grants a Total of $455,582 to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Baldrick's Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, has awarded two research grants to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Vandana Batra, M.D.,received a $205,582 Fellow award and Jill Ginsberg, M.D., will lead a study funded by a $250,000 Consortium Research Grant.

Worldwide, more than 160,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year, and it remains the leading cause of death by disease among children in the United States. With only 4 percent of all federal cancer research funding dedicated to pediatric cancer research, St. Vandana Batra, pediatric hematology/oncology fellow at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Baldrick's Foundation for enabling us to expand our program into a model for other children's hospitals," said Jill P. Ginsberg M.D., a pediatric oncologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the grant's principal investigator.

These grants are part of more than $19.6 million in new grants awarded by the St. All funding applications were peer-reviewed by leading pediatric cancer researchers who volunteer their time and expertise and make funding recommendations to the St.

About the Cancer Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has one of the largest pediatric cancer programs in the United States. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. The Foundation funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. Baldrick's funds are granted to some of the most brilliant childhood cancer research experts in the world and to younger professionals who will be the experts of tomorrow. Baldrick's has funded more than $76 million in childhood cancer research.

The 100% for Kids Credit Union Education Foundation has awarded $4,565 to four schools in the Alpine School District.

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Bigelow Foundation, Mardag Foundation and 1,600 other affiliates across Minnesota, and Philanthropedia, a subsidiary research arm of GuideStar, today announced the results of custom research that identifies the effectiveness of environmental nonprofits operating in the state of Minnesota.

The expert-identified, high-impact nonprofits will be highlighted on Philanthropedia's website, GuideStar's Take Action website, and MNSights magazine, a free bi-annual publication by Minnesota Philanthropy Partners, to help donors learn and connect with high-impact nonprofits. "As more and more donors demand transparency, accountability and evidence of impact from nonprofits and the foundations that recommend them, this research becomes an invaluable tool for foundations looking to provide donors with in-depth information on the effectiveness of the nonprofits operating in their own backyard."

Posted October 31, 2011 at 9:16 a.m., updated October 31, 2011 at 9:16 a.m. From left, Community Foundation Grants Committee member Kathy Collins; Senior Resource Association president and CEO Karen Deigl; Community Foundation executive director Kerry Bartlett; Annie May Stokes; and Ben Bailey, Community Foundation board member.

VERO BEACH Senior citizens struggling to maintain independence in the wake of injury or illness will have extra assistance in the coming year thanks to a pilot program being funded by the Indian River Community Foundation.

The IRCF Grants Committee recently recommended Senior Resource Association for a $20,000 grant to implement a Medication Management Intervention Project. The goal of the program proposed by the Senior Resource Association is to prevent medication-related problems, including falls, prescription drug abuse and nursing home placement for seniors identified at risk of not taking their medication properly.

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