In August, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice approved more than $1.2 million in grants to create new jobs in the region, to support services for children and families and to help local arts organizations expand.

The Venice Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation received $196,210 to support the Gulf Coast Partnership for Regional Job Creation, a joint project of the Venice Area Chamber and the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce to drive business development and create new jobs through the use of interactive technology. This collaboration among several area chambers will include a regional business resource Web site, video teleconferencing connections at the Venice and Sarasota chambers, and a virtual business networking platform.

Foundation grants target jobs and arts expansion | HeraldTribune.com | Southwest Florida’s Information Leader.

The St. Croix Valley Community Foundation announced today that $30,000 in grants will be available to enhance music education in the region’s public and private schools.

Each year the Foundation awards grants to enhance the music education experience for K-12 students in the St. Croix Valley — Washington and Chisago counties in Minnesota and Pierce, Polk and St. Croix counties in Wisconsin.

Foundation offers music grants |  New Richmond News  | New Richmond, Wisconsin.

MADISON, WI Thanks to $5,000 grant from the Alliant Energy Foundation, the Janesville Performing Arts Center will be able to offset a large portion of their flood damage repair cost and affiliated lost revenues. The dollars are coming from the Foundation’s Rebuilding Our Communities Grant Program. The program was established to provide unrestricted grants to help non-profit groups throughout Alliant Energy’s utility service territory with recovery from this summer’s flooding.

The Alliant Energy Foundation’s Rebuilding Our Communities Grant Program was created in response to the extensive flooding across Alliant Energy’s utility service territory in Wisconsin , Iowa and Minnesota . The Foundation has allocated $1 million for the program and non-profit groups can apply through October 1st for $5,000, $10,000, $15,000 or $20,000 unrestricted flood recovery grants. Funds are to be used to help non-profits resume or maintain operations.

Non-profit groups can request funds by submitting a brief application form explaining their need and the population they serve that was affected by the flooding. A determination of grant eligibility will be made within 14 days of submission.

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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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