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For the first quarter of 2012, the Principal Financial Group Foundation has awarded eighty-two organizations in Central Iowa, focusing on the improvement and provision of health and human services in their communitites, with grants totaling $634,500. Among the grant recipients are Des Moines Health Center and WesleyLife Community Services.
The Principal Financial Group Foundation provides philanthropic investments in the communities where employees live and work through employee matching gifts, one-time major gifts, and a formal grants program.
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Foundation: San Diego Foundation
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Foundation: Walton Family Foundation
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Philanthropy Shaping A New Miami
Many people, organizations and businesses in Miami are actively committed to philanthropy. As Javier Alberto Soto, president and CEO of the Miami Foundation, puts it, “Miami is home to a young, diverse demographic that’s looking for ways to get involved, ways to improve our community that aren’t traditional, like a formal gala.”