The grant application cycle for spring 2012 is open at the Blanche & Julian Robertson Family Foundation. In 2011, the foundation board of directors approved 70 grants totaling $1921862 — one of...more
David Setzer, with the foundation, said one of the reasons the foundation approved the grant so far in advance was because the board that reviews grant requests won't be meeting again until next...more
Several Foundations are offering upto half a billion dollars to match federal grants that encourage education reform which will take the pressure off schools scrambling to find matching dollars they...more
A coalition of 12 foundations have offered up to $500 million to match federal grants that support educational reform.
One of the components of this effort is an internet portal that will allow...more
Twelve foundations will be spending $506 million this year on grants designed to bolster a new $650 million federal grant program for the expansion of innovative school improvement projects.
The...more
The new, collaborative effort is not a pooled fund of grants; each foundation will retain control over its contribution, and decide how it will award its ...
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First Enterprise Business Agency (FEBA), a Nottingham-based business support organization, is a contender for two categories at the first Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards to be held this coming February.