Grants News

By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:20 PM ET

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced $32.5 million in grants to support local food. Read More

More like this in: Health, Children, Farming, Washington Post, Local Food

By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:51 AM ET

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds research on how video games can help overcome health problems. Read More

More like this in: Health, Robots, Sports, Obesity, Autism, Mobile Phones, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson

By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:31 PM ET

The new Global Technology and Innovation Fund will help Muslim-majority countries get tech savvy. Read More

More like this in: Technology, Business, Science, The Huffington Post, Egypt, Investment

By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:12 PM ET

A new seven-year, $100 million initiative by the Ford Foundation aims to fix basic problems in a broken secondary education system. Read More

More like this in: Schools, Reuters, Teaching, High School, Ford Foundation

By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:18 PM ET

Morris Animal Foundation gives $13 million to undertake more than 200 animal research studies and train more veterinary scientists. Read More

More like this in: Health, Pets, insurance, Medication, Pharmaceutical, Chimpanzees

By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:17 PM ET

The newly minted Institute for New Economic Thinking asks some really smart people to think again. Read More

More like this in: Economics, Cambridge University, George Soros

By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:58 PM ET

Rockefeller Foundation and Cities of Service offer grants to help cities increase volunteerism. Read More

More like this in: Hollywood, United We Serve, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Mayors, Cities of Service, iParticipate

By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:00 AM ET

A new three-year, $25 million program aims at providing underserved people around the nation the medical attention they need. Read More

More like this in: General Electric, Health, New York, New York City, Non-Profit, Nonprofit, Healthcare

By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:27 PM ET

Open Society Institute's new Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation will help states and organizations that are helping those the recession is hurting. Read More

More like this in: Recession, Poverty, George Soros, Foundation Center, Baltimore, The Foundation Center, Open Society Institute

By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:59 PM ET

Round three of the Gates Foundation's Grand Challenge Explorations initiative awards 76 innovative ideas on public health. Read More

More like this in: The New York Times, Associated Press, Chocolate, Malaria, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), Vaccines