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Comcast Donates $360,000 to Twin Cities Nonprofits in 2014 Through Foundation Grants and Community Investment – Yahoo Finance UK Comcast Donates $360,000 to Twin Cities Nonprofits in 2014 Through Foundation Grants and Community Investment

Grants help expand digital literacy, promote community service and build youth leadership skills

Press Release: Comcast 1 hour 0 minutes ago nonprofits and community organzations through its Comcast Foundation and The Comcast Foundation was pleased to award grants to eight nonprofit grants support programs aimed at the Comcast Foundation’s three primary The eight local organizations receiving Comcast Foundation grants in Comcast also responds to community needs About the Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was The Foundation has three community investment Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has

NEW YORK, March 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ –Voya Financial, Inc. Youthlink (Minneapolis) Voya has partnered with YouthLink in support of the organization’s Financial Literacy for Homeless Youth program, which provides homeless, transition-age youth with a financial literacy curriculum taught by Voya Financial employees. Clarifi (Coatesville, Pennsylvania) Clarifi is a nonprofit devoted to improving financial literacy through educational programming, regardless of economic status. Cristo Rey New York High School (New York) Voya will sponsor Cristo Rey’s Summer Academy and Business Boot Camp, a three-week program that prepares incoming students for success in the Cristo Rey school system. WJCT Public Broadcasting (Jacksonville, Florida) For the past 15 years, PBS’ Ready to Learn educational workshop has used electronic media to help millions of young children learn basic reading and math skills. Voya’s grant to WJCT will build out this national program at the local level in Jacksonville. Connecticut Science Center (Hartford, Connecticut) The Connecticut Science Center’s Women in Science lecture and program series is designed to raise the profile of women in science and to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers among young girls. Chester County Futures (Exton, Pennsylvania) Chester County Futures’ Passport to College program provides motivated, disadvantaged Chester County youth with real-world learning and student advisors. Medgar Evers College (Brooklyn, New York) The Elite Scholars program provides scholarships and educational materials to the most qualified Medgar Evers College (MEC) students studying business, finance and related fields. People’s Light (Malvern, Pennsylvania) Voya’s funding will support the People’s Light Arts Discovery program, which is designed to complement curriculum at local schools. The program uses theater arts to enhance literacy and language arts skills for a diverse set of students from Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., MADISON, Wis. and WARRENVILLE, Ill., March 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The Meemic Foundation, a non-profit organization created by Meemic Insurance Company, is reminding educators from across the state to apply for a grant of up to $1,000 prior to the March 31 deadline. Any employee of a public, private, charter or parochial school, from pre-school to post-secondary education, may apply for a Meemic Foundation grant in the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois.

“The school year may be drawing to a close, but educators are still welcome to apply for grants to fund things like spring classroom projects, field trips or even professional development opportunities for educators,” said Pamela Harlin, Spokesperson for The Meemic Foundation. “We were able to provide funding to many schools across Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois with grants for a variety of educational initiatives for the 2014-15 school year.

About Meemic Insurance Company
Meemic Insurance Company (www.meemic.com) provides personal lines insurance products solely and exclusively to teachers and other educational employees in Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois. For more than 65 years, Meemic remains a Michigan-based, teacher-founded company, proud partner of the educational community, committed to offering the finest possible protection, products and services at preferred rates. Best of all, by choosing Meemic, you’re also supporting fellow educators through The Meemic Foundation for the Future of Education, which provides exclusive educational grants for teachers.

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Sidney Davis | Trib Total Media – Sam Jampetro is a member of the Coraopolis Community Development Foundation who have started an Indiegogo campaign to raise $75,000 to repair the roof of the Coraopolis train station. Sidney Davis | Trib Total Media – Sam Jampetro is a member of the Coraopolis Community Development Foundation who have started an Indiegogo campaign to raise $75,000 to repair the roof of the Coraopolis train station. Sidney Davis | Trib Total Media – The Coraopolis Community Development Foundation have started an Indiegogo campaign to raise $75,000 to repair the roof of the Coraopolis train station. Sidney Davis | Trib Total Media – The Coraopolis Community Development Foundation have started an Indiegogo campaign to raise $75,000 to repair the roof of the Coraopolis train station. Sidney Davis | Trib Total Media – The Coraopolis Community Development Foundation have started an Indiegogo campaign to raise $75,000 to repair the roof of the Coraopolis train station.

To help

To view details about the Indiegogo campaign to raise money toward the train station’s renovation, and a video about the station, go to indiegogo.com/projects/coraopolis-train-station-project.

After nearly 40 years of seeing the Coraopolis Railroad Station deteriorate, the latest group of owners is starting an online financing campaign to raise $75,000 to restore the roof and kick-start its renovation.

Members of the Coraopolis Community Development Foundation have turned to the online fundraising site Indiegogo to raise money for the roof project.

aI’d like to see us get off to a stronger start,a said Sam Jampetro, director of the Coraopolis Community Development Foundation.

In 2006, Jampetro, his wife and three other couples bought the property as the Coraopolis Community Development Foundation, aiming to restore it for a cafA and reading room where artifacts of Coraopolis history can be displayed.

Coraopolis resident Chris Rolinson, an assistant professor of photography and photojournalism at Point Park University, did a pro-bono video of the train station project that appears on the Indiegogo website.

Jampetro, pastor of the Anglican Charis247 Community Church in Coraopolis, said what will make the difference between current and past efforts to develop the property will likely be asheer persistence.a

Chippewa Valley Educational Foundation Taste Fest supports teacher mini-grant program – Life – Voice News Guests can also participate in silent and live auctions at the event, as well as a fishbowl raffle.

“More than 200 items will be up for auction, including a grand prize drawing,” Chippewa Valley Director of School and Community Relations Diane Blain said.

Auction items will include golf packages such as Dearborn TPC, overnight stays, custom art pieces, spa packages, jewelry, and a game of kickball for a classroom with Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel and Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham.

The Chippewa Valley Educational Foundation is a non-profit organization designed to raise funds and encourage community and business partnerships to support education in the district.

“We seek community partnerships in things like supporting our Taste Fest, supporting our high school scholarship program and in helping with programs like LEGO Robotics,” Blain said.

The Taste Fest event is designed to benefit the foundation’s mission of providing additional educational opportunities to the over 16,000 students attending the Chippewa Valley School District. Specifically, the majority of the money raised from the event will benefit a teacher mini-grant project that the foundation sponsors, said Chippewa Valley Educational Foundation President Tim Tomlinson.

“Obviously one of the primary donations out of the funds raised is for the mini-grant program for teachers and educators in the district, to assist in providing the best education they can to students,” Tomlinson said.

Blain said that the foundation hopes to raise about $26,000 for the annual teacher mini-grant program. Guests can also participate in silent and live auctions at the event, as well as a fishbowl raffle.

“More than 200 items will be up for auction, including a grand prize drawing,” Chippewa Valley Director of School and Community Relations Diane Blain said.

Auction items will include golf packages such as Dearborn TPC, overnight stays, custom art pieces, spa packages, jewelry, and a game of kickball for a classroom with Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel and Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham.

The Chippewa Valley Educational Foundation is a non-profit organization designed to raise funds and encourage community and business partnerships to support education in the district.

“We seek community partnerships in things like supporting our Taste Fest, supporting our high school scholarship program and in helping with programs like LEGO Robotics,” Blain said.

The Taste Fest event is designed to benefit the foundation’s mission of providing additional educational opportunities to the over 16,000 students attending the Chippewa Valley School District. Specifically, the majority of the money raised from the event will benefit a teacher mini-grant project that the foundation sponsors, said Chippewa Valley Educational Foundation President Tim Tomlinson.

“Obviously one of the primary donations out of the funds raised is for the mini-grant program for teachers and educators in the district, to assist in providing the best education they can to students,” Tomlinson said.

Blain said that the foundation hopes to raise about $26,000 for the annual teacher mini-grant program.

“The annual Taste Fest benefits our teacher mini-grant program, which provides funds for new and innovative classroom learning.

Foundation Center Launches Foundation Maps Professional 2.0 With Free Trial

ATLANTA, Ga., March 19, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via PRWEB – In its 20th year of supporting the delivery of pro bono financial planning, the Foundation for Financial Planning is pleased to reflect on 20 years of uninterrupted service to the underserved.

The Foundation for Financial Planning meets its mission daily by connecting financial planners with underserved populations and has helped provide more than 350,000 people with pro bono financial planning. The Foundation has provided more than $5.7 million in grants to local, regional and national nonprofits in support of pro bono financial planning, including providing financial planning resources free of charge to the military and has connected more than 13,000 financial planners with volunteer opportunities.

The expansion is an example of the IKEA Foundation’s commitment to working with smaller, local partners as well as larger humanitarian aid organisations improving the lives of children in India.

The announcement came as the Foundation published its 2014 annual review, 178 million smiles, which also revealed that last year alone it gave 104 million in grants and in-kind donations to 40 partners operating in 46 countries. During the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, IKEA Foundation made six new grants to UNICEF, amounting to 24.9 million, boosting its commitment to children.

Per Heggenes, Chief Executive Officer, IKEA Foundation said, “Completion of 15 years in India is a very important milestone for us. In India, the IKEA Foundation works with 12 partners on long term programmes that change attitudes towards child labour, provide education and healthcare and empower women so children and families can break the cycle of poverty.

Other highlights from the report show that the Foundation gave 10 million in grants for disaster and emergency relief in 2014, including its biggest-ever emergency donation of 5 million to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to fight Ebola in West Africa, had helped 1.2 million babies get much-needed specialist care through UNICEF in India by the end of 2014, supplied 6,000 IKEA toys for UNICEF’s Early Childhood Development kits, which were sent to 11 countries in 2014, including Syria, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan and donated a total of 150,000 IKEA mattresses, quilts and quilt covers to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) for Syrian refugees living in Iraq.

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Apps to Use When Shopping for Health Insurance Win National Competition – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Princeton, N.J. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has named Washington, D.C.-based Consumers’ CHECKBOOK as the winner of its first ‘Plan Choice Challenge,’ a nationwide competition facilitated by Health 2.0 to design a technology application that helps people evaluate their health insurance options.

Stride Health (San Francisco, Calif.) and Clear Health Analytics (Stamford, Conn.) took second and third place, respectively. “The response to this challenge has been overwhelming, and the creativity and talent on display in these applications confirms that developers will play a vital role in moving this market forward.”

The winning application, Consumers’ CHECKBOOK’s Plan Compare tool, enables consumers to scroll through all available plans on a single webpage and compare for each plan: 1) estimated average total yearly cost (premium plus out-of-pocket) for people of the same family size, ages, health status, and other characteristics as the user, 2) risk (the total cost in a very high health-care-usage year), 3) an overall quality rating that the user can personalize based on what quality dimensions matter most to the user; and 4) which of a list of preferred doctors the user has identified participate in the plan. “We know if they don’t get quick answers, ideally in less than five minutes, they’ll take shortcuts like choosing based on lowest premium alone or lowest deductible and end up wasting thousands of dollars.”

Stride Health secured second place with its mobile application billed as the ‘world’s first health insurance recommendation engine,’ which recommends a health plan by intelligently forecasting total annual costs based on demographics, medical conditions, prescription drugs, and financial information input by the consumer.