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The county announced recently that it has $500,000 in grant funds available to fund the preservation of the county’s historic barns for the first time since 2008. Potential applicants can get help with the application process and assistance planning the scope of work to be done.

The program is funded through King County and 4Culture’s Building for Culture Initiative, which uses the county’s early payoff of Kingdome debt to provide funding for cultural facilities and historic properties throughout the county. On Vashon, the Building for Culture Initiative provided more than $1 million in funding late last year for Vashon Allied Arts’ new performing arts center, Voice of Vashon’s Storefront Studio, the replacement of Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum’s foundation and Friends of Mukai’s restoration of the Mukai House.

Grant applications are also being accepted for the county’s Youth Sports Facilities grants, which last year provided funds for improvements to Vashon Island Rowing Club’s boathouse and for the construction of indoor batting cages.

The program provides matching grant funds, ranging from $5,000 to $75,000 to qualified groups that partner with a public agency, such as a school district or parks department, to develop or renovate sports facilities.

Applications for the 2017 funding cycle are being accepted until June 17, with letters of intent due by May 6.

Proposal aims to encourage philanthropy but critics say it could impose too many restrictions

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China’s top legislature began on Wednesday to deliberate its first draft charity law, which spells out for the first time how charity groups would be able to operate in the country.

Despite hopes that such legislation could encourage more charitable activities in the world’s second-largest economy, critics said it put too many restrictions on fundraising and could further restrain the non-profit sector.

The draft charity law, submitted to the National People’s Congress for its third reading on Wednesday, lays out details on registration, fundraising, and government oversight.

According to the draft, charities would not be allowed to carry out or sponsor activities that endangered national security or the public interest.

It would also prohibit charities from launching public campaigns within two years of being officially registered.

Offline appeals for public donations could only be conducted within the area the organisation was registered.

“These limitations would pose a big challenge for the survival of newly registered charities because public appeals are an essential source of funding for them,” said Zhang Gaorong, assistant director of the China Philanthropy Research Institute.

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The draft, which had been deliberated twice at bi-monthly sessions of the NPC Standing Committee, also includes clauses on protecting the interests of donors, a major concern for the country’s super-rich.

China has the most billionaires in the world, according to wealth-ranking company Hurun Report.

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Savannah High School is keeping its name, school officials say | WSAV-TV

The Great Bend USD 428 school board approved the following contributions and grant applications on Tuesday:
Two indoor soccer goals, a value of $150, to Jefferson Elementary School, from an anonymous donor.
A $10 check and a $766 check from the Kansas Department of Corrections to Barton County Special Services toward the therapy dog initiative.
Linda Johnson, representing the school nurses, approval to submit a grant application to Cox Communication to secure a Spot Vision Screener for testing students. Cost of the unit is approximately $7,800.
The district accepts grant funding (approximate value $2,000) for financial literacy curriculum from the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund.
Generous contributions totaling $1,755 have come to the GBHS Hall of Fame from the following: Michael Allison, $25; Becker Tire, $100; CT Homes LLC, $100; Club 1 Fitness $100; Tatum Dunekack, DDS, LLC, $100; Farmers Bank and Trust, $250; Francis Financial Services, $130; Randy Goering, $50; Holste & Bowers, $100; Keller Real Estate, $250; Mark’s Custom Signs, $100; Office Products Inc., $150; Portraits by Shane, $50; Stueder Contractors, $250.
Cindy Sandy, Kansas Reading Roadmap (KRR) director at Park School, received approval to seek several grants and contributions for use at Park’s Families and Schools Together (FAST) events: Gambino’s Pizza, free pizzas for a FAST meeting; grant donations from Wichita Music for the Wichita Music Theatre; 70-80 free tickets to a special program June 30; Casey’s grant asking for pizzas; Subway grant to provide food for any school program or FAST night; apparel from Harley-Davidson to give away to kids in need or for FAST baskets; apparel from Vera Bradley for KRR students or FAST baskets; tickets to Kansas Speedway to give away to FAST families; grant application for Kansas Cosmosphere tickets.

AUSiMED fund to support medical research | SBS News

Some Australian medical research projects are set to get a money injection from a new philanthropic fund to be set up by the Australia Israel Medical Research Foundation (AUSiMED).

AUSiMED, a not-for-profit group that promotes medical research collaboration between Australia and Israel, is aiming to provide more than $3 million in funding over the next three years through a new Venture Philanthropy Fund.

Through the fund, donors can lend money at up to 16 per cent interest for medical research. If the medical research outcomes are unsuccessful, the loan can be turned into a tax-deductible donation.

Where a research project is successful and is commercialised by a start-up company, the loan may be able to be converted into shares in the start-up.

“The local and global impacts of this type of fund will significantly change and support the medical research field, which is experiencing considerable funding challenges in Australia,” the patron of AUSiMED, former Victorian premier Steve Bracks said on Wednesday.

The Venture Philanthropy Fund will initially support five collaborative medical research projects being undertaken by Australian and Israeli universities and medical institutes.

The projects include a blood test for detecting the regrowth of brain tumours after surgery; a targeted therapy for bowel and other cancers; a therapy to treat heart disease; improving chemotherapy to reduce prostate cancer recurrence; and a new way to deliver follistatin for treating, burns, scars and inflammation.

Cooks gets initial grant from Green Climate Fund | Radio New Zealand News

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The Pacific Islands Forum has congratulated the Cook Islands for becoming the first Forum country to get a readiness support grant from the Green Climate Fund.

The Forum’s secretary general, Dame Meg Taylor, says the money will help strengthen the Cooks’ capacity to effectively engage with the Fund.

She says other Forum countries need to draw on the Cooks experience in pursuing efforts to access GCF resources.

The Green Climate Fund’s Readiness Support Programme is designed to build the capacity of vulnerable developing countries to access climate change financing.

The initial GCF grant to the Cooks is US$75,000 dollars.

The Forum says it will continue to help members strengthen their national systems to improve their access to climate change finance.

Faust, awarded 10 research projects more than $1 million in grants, around a $200,000 increase from last year, according to the Office of Vice Provost for Research.

Now in its second year, the program received 34 applications, up from 19 last year, according to assistant provost for research development and planning Elizabeth Langdon-Gray. This year’s 10 winning projects, all led by Harvard faculty, focus on a wide range of topics from greenhouse gas emissions to global climate change agreements.

One of the winning teams, whose leaders include Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science Steven C. Stavins whose research seeks to inform how countries and international organizations can jointly combat climate change.

Stavins said his team began making concrete plans to advance the project as soon as they received word of the grant.

Langdon-Gray said one of the goals of the fund is to encourage interdisciplinary research that brings together scholars from various fields.

According to Wofsy, the required collaborative aspect of the research project encouraged him to go beyond his comfort zone in working with a law professor.

Paul Public Schools Foundation, which in recent years teamed with others to provide eye screenings to students and offered grants to creative educators, is closing.

Paul Public Schools Foundation has provided our students and staff throughout the past 10 years.

From classroom trends to school board decisions, Class Act will keep you updated on all the school issues followed by the Star Tribune’s education reporters.

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Gahanna Gala event coordinator Christy List displays some of the silent-auction items for the Gahanna-Jefferson Education Foundation fundraiser that will be held March 19 at the Hilton at Easton, 3900 Chagrin Drive, Columbus. KUHLMAN/THISWEEKGahanna Gala event coordinator Christy List displays some of the silent-auction items for the Gahanna-Jefferson Education Foundation fundraiser that will be held March 19 at the Hilton at Easton, 3900 Chagrin Drive, Columbus.