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Recent News from AARP Foundation


Cape Coral News & Notes (Mar. 8, 2017)
Foundation: AARP Foundation

AARP Foundation has awarded a generous grant of more than $500,000 to Lee Health Foundation to provide a medically prescribed,...more

Volunteers are needed in Loudoun and Fauquier counties
Foundation: AARP Foundation

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide seeks volunteers for a nonprofit program, offered in .... Loudoun Symphony Association needs volunteers for...more

AARP Foundation Draws Attention to Social Isolation with the Launch of Connect2Affect
Foundation: AARP Foundation

Strong social connections are fundamental to physical and mental ... and identify innovative solutions to help adults age 50 and older build the...more

Volunteers sought; winter clothing drive under way and more
Foundation: AARP Foundation, Giants Foundation, Midlands Community Foundation

Midlands Foundation grants: The Midlands Community Foundation awarded $96,340 in grants to 18 nonprofits serving Sarpy and Cass Counties,...more

Volunteer opportunities in Loudoun and Fauquier counties
Foundation: AARP Foundation

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide seeks volunteers for a nonprofit program, offered in .... Loudoun Symphony Association needs volunteers for...more

Grant will help build emergency youth shelter
Foundation: AARP Foundation

The two grants awarded to DreamTree Project, which are renewable for three years, will support an emergency shelter for youth ages 12 to 17...more

Nonprofits encouraged to apply for Walmart Foundation Grants from $25000 to $200000
Foundation: AARP Foundation

The Walmart Foundation has opened the application period for its State Giving Program funding cycle. New Mexico nonprofits with programs...more

New program taps senior citizens to tutor kids in reading
Foundation: AARP Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Oishei Foundation

... a $200,000 grant from the AARP Foundation that was matched by the John R. Oishei Foundation and Community Foundation for Greater...more

Mentoring grants could bring $1.6M to Read to Succeed
Foundation: AARP Foundation

A volunteer tutoring program called, Read to Succeed Buffalo, is a program designed to boost children s literacy skills. The program matches children from Buffalo Public Schools with volunteers that...more

AARP Foundation announces local grant award to help grow student reading success
Foundation: AARP Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Oishei Foundation

The program will be implemented at West Hertel Academy, Waterfront Elementary and the Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence. The grant...more



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