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BLOOMINGTON The Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom program and the IAA Foundation, along with the Illinois Farm Bureau, have awarded Container Garden Grants from Illinois Ag in the Classroom and Lee County Ag in the Classroom to four Dixon teachers.

The recipients are Kim Conderman and Alisha Hollowell, kindergarten teachers at Washington Elementary School; Candace Buikema, secondgrade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School; and Amy Scott, fourth grade teacher at Madison Elementary School.

They each received reusable gardening materials including an EarthBox container, money to purchase soil and seeds. NEW: May 2, 2015 – 1:15 am

Dixon teachers earn ag grants

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Recipients include Common Ground Senior Services, Friends of Rail Road Flat Elementary School, Angels Camp Museum, and Valley Springs Youth Center.

Illinois

The Chicago Community Trust has announced its plans for its centennial-year celebrations, which begin May 12, when it will launch On the Table, a public-square event in which Chicagoans share a meal and discuss ways in which they can work together to make their communities stronger, safer, and more dynamic. Additional events will be held throughout the year, including the Chicago Humanities Festival, with more than a hundred and fifty programs featuring artists, authors, scholars, journalists, and policy makers; One Book, One Chicago, an initiative of the Chicago Public Library to engage and enlighten residents through reading; and Chicago Ideas, a year-round platform that aims to turn ideas into actionable results.

Indiana

The Central Indiana Community Foundation in Indianapolis has named the 2015 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars. To be eligible, students must have an un-weighted GPA of at least 2.5 (3.0 in Hamilton County), be able to demonstrate financial need and leadership or initiative in their school or community, and promise to give back to the community upon graduation.

Louisiana

The Greater New Orleans Foundation has announced that it is partnering with La Piana Consulting on a workshop designed to help organizations reconsider how they approach partnerships. Other grants include support for the arts, education, community development, the environment, human services, health and wellness, recreation, and youth services.

Utah

The Utah Community Foundation in Salt Lake City has named Alexandra Eaton as its executive director, effective May 11. Valley Community Foundation“>Silicon Valley Community Foundation Press Release 04/28/2015. Calaveras Community Foundation Press Release 04/28/2015. Chicago Community Trust Press Release 04/28/2015. Central Indiana Community Foundation Press Release 04/24/2015. Greater New Orleans Foundation Press Release 04/27/2015. Charlevoix County Community Foundation Press Release 04/23/2015. Utah Community Foundation 04/29/2015.

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For weeks, nonprofit organizations in the Lowcountry have been sending emails, posting to Facebook, Twitter and other social media about Lowcountry Giving Day, a 24-hour crowdfunding event that takes place Tuesday starting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday

WHERE: The Sandcastle, 1 Shipwatch Road, Kiawah Island

more info: Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/1614729778763101/

Multiple organizations

WHAT: The Alley will provide food and drink specials all day, and 10 percent of all sales from the event will benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston, Carolina Youth Development Center, Florence Crittenton, Carolina Studios & First Tee of Greater Charleston.

WHEN: 1 a.m.-9 p.m. Last year’s Lowcountry Giving Day, the first, raised more than $4 million for 93 nonprofit groups in the coastal region, said Richard Hendry, interim CEO of the Coastal Community Foundation, which facilitates the event. This year, there are 179 nonprofits participating in Lowcountry Giving Day, Hendry said.

This year, Chucktown Squash will hold a squash tournament and drop-in on Giving Day, Herterich said.

In terms of number of donors, Charleston Animal Society was the big dog last year, with 489 unique donors, followed by the College of Charleston, Friends of the Charleston County School District and Crisis Ministries, now known as One80 Place. Before hosting last year’s event, the folks at Coastal Community Foundation weren’t real sure the concept of a single day of online giving would work, said Monica Tanouye, a spokeswoman for the foundation. Hendry said he thinks the community’s big donors are attracted to Lowcountry Giving Day because they put up the incentive money ahead of time, and they list the charities they want to get the match from their incentives. While not every donation is matched dollar for dollar, gifts made during Giving Day help nonprofits unlock additional funds from their incentive donors.

The secret to Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s success in raising the most money last year was that they had called their major donors and asked them to postpone giving until the day of the event.

Enlarge Students who are part of the Chucktown Squash team meet at the College of Charleston squash courts Tuesday April 28, 2015. Enlarge Za’Nayah Washington talks with assistant squash coach Patrick Hackett as students spend the afternoon practicing with Chucktown Squash at the College of Charleston squash courts.

Za’Nayah Washington talks with assistant squash coach Patrick Hackett as students spend the afternoon practicing with Chucktown Squash at the College of Charleston squash courts.

It has been reported that the National Science Foundation has suspended more than $2 million in grants to the University of Connecticut.

The move came after a foundation investigation found that two of the university’s professors used the grant money to buy products from their own company, Connecticut state auditors revealed Friday.

Auditors John Geragosian and Robert Ward also said that officials of the university failed to inform the auditors about the suspended grants.

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KUSP may sell license to large classical music syndicator

KUSP Foundation Annual Meeting:

What: Foundation to vote on selling license.

Santa Cruz >> Santa Cruz public radio station KUSP’s foundation is set to vote Monday on whether to sell its license to a national classical music syndication company.

After buying expensive National Public Radio programs to stay competitive in a challenging market and with NPR-affiliate KAZU neighboring, KUSP faces bankruptcy. The station has a $1 million budget and owes $280,000 in loan debt and $435,000 in deferred payments to NPR.

If its staff and volunteers decide not to move forward with the Classical Public Radio Network, which is operated by the University of Southern California and runs stations throughout the United States, KUSP 88.9 FM might explore potential partnerships with KCRW in Santa Monica and KAZU in Seaside.

This option would allow the station to move forward with the possibility of some local programming by restoring financial health.

What that rebirth could look like would depends on listeners, said KUSP general manager Terry Green.

“I think there’s widespread agreement that news about our community and a connection to the arts and cultural scene here are very important services KUSP provides,” he said.

In response to declining listenership and membership in 2008, KUSP increased its NPR programming and saw some success.

“Listening to KUSP increased, as we hoped,” Green said.

Former KUSP host and journalist Rachel Goodman said that the station’s leaders shouldn’t give up yet.

“The real issue is about having local access to your local media, and having people who care about your local community on the air,” she said, later adding, “When you give away a license, you lose access to the airwaves for the local community.”

But Green disagrees.

“If we proceed to a negotiation with Classical Public Radio Network, I’m confident that local elements would remain an essential consideration for KUSP,” Green said.

Prize patrol delivers $49,000 in grants to KISD campuses – The Killeen Daily Herald: Education

A celebration is underway Friday at Cavazos Elementary School, one of 10 schools to receive a visit from the Killeen Independent School District Education Foundation grant patrol. Seven Cavazos Elementary educators will attend a Visible Learning conference thanks to a grant.

The Killeen ISD Education Foundation professional learning grants awarded Friday included:

Brookhaven: $4,466 Capturing Kids Hearts

Hay Branch: $5,289 Wired Differently Conference

Cavazos: $5,431 Visible Learning

Nolanville: $1,123 Texas Music Educators Association Conference

Eastern Hills: $5,832 Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching

Mountain View: $7,079 Visible Learning

Liberty Hill: $4,000 Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching

Liberty Hill: $3,660 Conference for the Advancement of Math Teaching

Ellison: $4,540 Visible Learning

Iduma: $3,154 Concept Based Learning

Pershing Park: $4,675 Whatas New in Childrenas Literature Program

Source: Killeen ISD

On Friday, the Killeen Independent School District Education Foundation grant patrol, composed of district and foundation staff and board members, visited 10 district schools and delivered 11 professional development grants totaling about $49,000.

Mable Brooks, a kindergarten teacher at Brookhaven Elementary School, might have been just as surprised when she received a $4,466 grant to go with a group to a conference to learn to teach relational and problem solving skills.

Seven Cavazos Elementary School educators will attend a Visible Learning conference to learn a variety of best practices to create high-achieving learning environments.

Three campuses won grants tied to Visible Learning, and will hear this summer from education researcher John Hattie about narrowing the student achievement gap.

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During the Predators’ time in Nashville, the hockey organization has shown itself to be as deeply committed to the wellbeing of the greater Nashville community as it is to excellence on the ice. The team’s charitable arm, the Nashville Predators Foundation, has distributed $4.5 million in grants to further its mission, “to meet the educational, social, health and cultural needs of our community by offering unique resources and financial support to local youth-oriented organizations.”

Given the many needs of the organizations that serve Nashville youth, the Predators Foundation receives many requests for funds, from causes as diverse as Alive Hospice, Inc., OASIS Center, and the Nashville Chess Center, to name a few. According to the Foundation website, this means that even some worthy causes go unfunded, and it adds, “The grant review process is the most challenging time of year for our Foundation as we wish we could fund every grant application.”

This year, for the first time, the Tennessee Equality Project applied for a grant from the Predators Foundation, according to TEP Executive Director Chris Sanders.

The Nashville Predators Foundation funds distributed to TEP will be used to support Spirit Day activities this fall that focus on bullying of youth.

Indian Valley Vocational Center receives grant – The Times: Local