Philanthropy News Digest (July 3, 2012)

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 July 3, 2012
 Volume 18, Issue 27
 
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 ::::::::::::::::::: IN THEIR OWN WORDS ::::::::::::::::::::

 "As the human services environment changes, we see an opportunity
 to help strengthen the work of frontline staff who often make
 life-and-death decisions on behalf of vulnerable children and
 families. We are proud of the contributions Casey Family Services
 has made in supporting families, working with foster parents,
 collaborating with public agencies, and providing outstanding
 care to children...."

    --  Patrick T. McCarthy, AECF president and CEO (Annie E.
        Casey Foundation Press Release 6/26/12)

 ::::::::::::::::::::::: IN THE NEWS :::::::::::::::::::::::

 The Web version of PND offers abstracts of philanthropy news
 items each day. The following are the top stories from the past
 week and their date of posting.

 1)  Western Union Foundation, USAID Announce Winners of Second
        African Diaspora Marketplace Competition (6/27/12)
 2)  Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2012 Innovation
        Challenges (6/27/12)
 3)  Charitable Donations in China Fell Nearly 18 Percent in 2011
        (6/30/12)
 4)  Cultural 'Building Boom' Offers Lessons for Arts Groups,
        Report Finds (6/29/12)
 5)  Annie E. Casey Foundation to Phase Out Funding for Casey
        Family Services (6/28/12)
 6)  Foundation Launches Effort to Place Telescope Around Sun
        (7/02/12)
 7)  Kiva City Launches in Los Angeles (7/02/12)
 8)  Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to
        Bolster Safety-Net Services (6/29/12)
 9)  Community Foundation Update (6/30/12)
 10) People in the News (7/01/12)

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 11) New York Attorney General to Investigate 'Political'
        Contributions by Chamber of Commerce, Starr Foundation
        (6/28/12)
 12) Wealthy Women Engage in 'Roll-Up-Your-Sleeves' Philanthropy
        to Support Women, Girls (7/03/12)
 13) Frey Foundation Elects 'Third Generation' Board Members
        (7/01/12)
 14) Knight Foundation, Poynter, American Press Institute Launch
        Digital Training Program (6/27/12)
 15) Laura and John Arnold Foundation Launches K-12 Education
        Database (6/29/12)
 16) New Design Lab Will Develop Games to Engage Students, Measure
        Learning (7/02/12)
 17) Rasmuson Giving Surpasses $200 Million Mark (7/03/12)
 18) Boston Foundation Announces $29.6 Million in Quarterly
        Grants, Elects Two Board Members (7/02/12)
 19) Intel Funds $12.5 Million Center to Study IT as Social,
        Cultural Phenomena (7/03/12)
 20) Inactive Marine Gives $12 Million to Marine Corps Heritage
        Foundation (7/01/12)
 21) Smithsonian Receives $10 Million to Endow Director's Position
        at National Museum of Natural History (6/28/12)
 22) Knight Foundation Awards $4 Million to Charlotte Schools
        Project (6/29/12)
 23) Meyer Memorial Trust Awards $2.4 Million in Grants (6/30/12)
 24) Kellogg Foundation, America Achieves Commit $1.5 Million to
        Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence (7/03/12)

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 1)  Western Union Foundation, USAID Announce Winners of Second
        African Diaspora Marketplace Competition (6/27/12)
 
 The United States Agency for International Development
 ( http://1.usa.gov/Lcyyj ), Western Union ( http://bit.ly/MZsBgJ ),
 and the Western Union Foundation ( http://bit.ly/qWcuG ) have
 announced the names of seventeen U.S.-based entrepreneurs who
 will receive matching grants to fund innovative business plans
 and help promote economic growth in Africa through the second
 African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM II) ( http://bit.ly/14gCYV )
 competition.
 
 Launched in 2009, ADM II is a public-private initiative that works
 to harness the knowledge and resources of U.S.-based entrepre-
 neurs to advance the ability of small and midsize enterprises
 (SMEs) in Africa to secure capital. Forty-four of the nearly five
 hundred plans submitted -- most in the categories of agribusiness,
 information and communications technology, and renewable energy --
 vied for the top awards.
 
 Winning proposals included a Kenyan agribusiness that is imple-
 menting sustainable "zero-waste" practices through the commercial
 production of high-efficiency organic fertilizer; the first legal
 technology provider in Tunisia; an alternative-power generator in
 Liberia that utilizes agricultural waste; and an online medical
 information delivery system in Nigeria. Each awardee is eligible
 for a total investment of up to $70,000, which includes up to
 $50,000 in matching cash grants and as much as $20,000 in techni-
 cal assistance.
 
 "The African Diaspora Marketplace will strengthen and help
 satisfy demand for locally produced products and services," said
 USAID administrator Rajiv Shah. "These businesses will buy, sell,
 and hire from within the communities they serve, putting money
 into the local economy, building local capacity, and fueling
 broad-based economic development."
 
 "Western Union and USAID Announce Winners of Second African
 Diaspora Marketplace." Business Wire 6/25/12.
 http://bit.ly/Nib5EA
 
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001554/1
 
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 2)  Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2012 Innovation
        Challenges (6/27/12)
 
 The Rockefeller Foundation ( http://bit.ly/80HETx ) has announced
 the winners of its 2012 Innovation Challenges
 ( http://bit.ly/Lq1Ob8 ), a competition designed to surface
 solutions to pressing global challenges such as access to fresh
 water, food insecurity, and rapid urbanization.
 
 Based on results from the foundation's 2011 Innovation Forum, the
 competition invited people and organizations around the globe to
 submit innovative ideas related to one of three topics: how to
 use data to improve quality of life for poor or vulnerable com-
 munities; how to improve or scale agricultural water use effi-
 ciency; and how to help young people enter and stay in farming.
 Selected from nearly two thousand entries, the eight winners will
 be eligible for grants of $100,000 each to develop their ideas
 further.

 The winners of the 2012 Innovation Challenges include Mali's Mo-
 bido Coulibaly, who came up with the idea for FarmQuest, a real-
 ity radio program featuring six to eight young people who compete
 over a nine- to twelve-month period to create the best new farm;
 Amos Winter of the United States, who submitted a product idea
 for a novel drip emitter that promises to reduce the cost of one-
 acre drip irrigation systems by 90 percent, putting them within
 the reach of small-scale subsistence farmers without access to
 electricity; and Brazilian Pedro Markun, who submitted an idea
 for a data platform that helps Sao Paulo residents get official
 information regarding their neighborhoods and topics of interest
 in a timely fashion.
 
 "The selection of our Innovation Challenge winners is the culmin-
 ation of a year-long process of gathering global leaders, identi-
 fying key pressing issues, and challenging the world to develop
 innovative solutions to these issues," said Rockefeller Founda-
 tion president Judith Rodin. "I am thrilled with the overwhelming
 response we received to the challenges and am excited to see our
 eight winners put their ideas into action."
 
 "The Rockefeller Foundation Announces 8 Winners of the 2012
 Innovation Challenges from Innovation Forum 2011." Rockefeller
 Foundation Press Release 6/26/12. http://bit.ly/MyKtyB
 
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001555/2
 
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 3)  Charitable Donations in China Fell Nearly 18 Percent in 2011
        (6/30/12)
 
 Donations to charities in China fell to 49.5 billion yuan
 ($7.86 billion) in 2011, a year-over-year decline of 17.7 percent,
 according to an annual report released by the Ministry of Civil
 Affairs, the China Daily reports.
 
 The decline -- from 60.1 billion yuan in 2010 -- was due in part
 to scandals involving a number of charities, including the Red
 Cross Society of China, Song Zonghe, who heads the information
 office of the ministry's China Charity and Donation Information
 Center, told China Daily. Poor management and lack of transpar-
 ency have dampened the public's enthusiasm for charity and chari-
 table giving, he added.
 
 Another likely reason for the drop is that no major natural di-
 sasters occurred in China in 2011. The country's state-dominated
 charity system is "disaster-driven," said Deng Guosheng, a pro-
 fessor of philanthropic studies at the Tsinghua University School
 of Public Policy and Management. In addition, the Chinese philan-
 thropic sector's over-reliance on corporations may have exacer-
 bated the decline.
 
 "Our research shows that companies, especially private companies,
 are dominant contributors," said Deng. "Last year, many export
 companies suffered from the global economic downturn, so they
 didn't have much money to donate."
 
 Dan, He. "Donations From the Public to Charity Fall." China Daily
 6/22/12.
 
 Flannery, Russell. "Charity Donations in China Dropped by Nearly
 18% Last Year Amid Scandals." Forbes 6/22/12.
 http://onforb.es/NY7Cyz
 
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001556/3
 
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 4)  Cultural 'Building Boom' Offers Lessons for Arts Groups,
        Report Finds (6/29/12)
 
 Cultural institutions embarking on a major building project are
 more likely to succeed if the project is driven by the
 organization's mission and a clear and definable need, a new
 report from the Cultural Policy Center ( http://bit.ly/cddevr )
 at the University of Chicago finds.
 
 Sponsored by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Mellon,
 Kresge, and MacArthur foundations, the report, Set in Stone:
 Building America's New Generation of Arts Facilities, 1994-2008
 examined the building boom for museums, performing arts centers,
 and theater in the U.S. from 1994 to 2008 and found that while in
 some cases the projects helped to boost attendance as well as
 earned and donated income, for the most part they were more dif-
 ficult and challenging to complete than predicted and put enor-
 mous strain on the institutions that commissioned them. The re-
 port was based on interviews with more than five hundred organi-
 zations and was conducted at the request of both cultural leaders
 and major foundations that had, in many cases, provided support
 for the projects, which ranged in cost from $4 million to
 $335 million.
 
 According to the report, the South saw the greatest increase in
 the construction of cultural facilities over the fourteen-year
 period, while the metropolitan New York area led the country in
 spending on arts-related projects ($1.6 billion), followed by Los
 Angeles ($950 million) and Chicago ($870 million). The report
 also found that increases in the number of cultural facilities
 were most common in communities in which residents' personal
 income and education level also rose; that performing arts
 centers were the most common type of arts facility built during
 the period; and that more than 80 percent of the more than seven
 hundred building projects examined ran over budget, some by as
 much as 200 percent.
 
 The report's authors recommend that, before embarking on a major
 building project, leaders of cultural institution take time to
 understand the precise reasons for launching a project, determine
 whether the facility is actually needed, and assess whether there
 is adequate support in the community for its construction and,
 looking down the road, the kinds of events it plans to host.
 
 That clearly was not done in the case of the New York City-based
 American Folk Art Museum, which was forced to vacate its new
 building after experiencing post-recession revenue and attendance
 declines. "The Folk Art Museum should not have happened," Carroll
 Joynes, co-founder and senior of the Cultural Policy Center and
 co-author of the study, told the New York Times. "It was a
 wonderful museum, and they self-destructed. Our whole purpose in
 this is to say, 'There are ways to do this that can protect your
 organization and help you fulfill your mission that won't cripple
 you or take you down.'"
 
 "Careful Planning and Focus on Audience Crucial to Success of New
 Cultural Facilities." University of Chicago News 6/28/12.
 http://bit.ly/QsLLxP
 
 Pogrebin, Robin. "For Arts Institutions, Thinking Big Can Be
 Suicidal." New York Times 6/27/12. http://nyti.ms/NE6Z8V
 
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001557/4
 
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 5)  Annie E. Casey Foundation to Phase Out Funding for Casey
        Family Services (6/28/12)
 
 The Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation
 ( http://www.aecf.org/ ) has announced that it will stop providing
 direct foster care services through Casey Family Services
 ( http://bit.ly/qy3IlF ) under a new grantmaking strategy focused
 on helping nonprofit human services agencies improve their child
 welfare practices.
 
 The move will eliminate two hundred and eighty jobs and, accord-
 ing to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, free up some $20 million a
 year for other nonprofits. While CFS will transition the majority
 of the children and foster families it currently serves to other
 providers by the end of the year, the agency will remain open
 through June 2013 to support cases that require additional time.
 
 Founded in 1976, New Haven-based CFS has provided therapeutic
 foster care services as well as family preservation, reunifica-
 tion, and post-adoption supports under state contracts in Mary-
 land, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
 Island, and Vermont. AECF's new strategy is aimed at scaling and
 sharing with the field best practices and lessons learned in
 finding permanent families for children and serving older and
 high-needs youth through effective recruitment of stable, nur-
 turing foster families, intensive counseling, and careful plan-
 ning for their aging out of foster care.
 
 To that end, the foundation will partner with child welfare
 providers to develop or scale proven models; spread effective
 practices by building awareness, providing education and
 technical assistance, and supporting efforts to secure federal
 and state funding for such practices; and create materials and
 tools that leverage the accumulated knowledge of direct service
 providers and the expertise of foundation staff. The foundation
 also plans to expand its partnerships to providers in other human
 service fields such as community change, juvenile justice, mental
 health, substance abuse, and workforce development.
 
 "As the human services environment changes, we see an opportunity
 to help strengthen the work of frontline staff who often make
 life-and-death decisions on behalf of vulnerable children and
 families," said AECF president and CEO Patrick T. McCarthy. "We
 are proud of the contributions Casey Family Services has made in
 supporting families, working with foster parents, collaborating
 with public agencies, and providing outstanding care to children.
 This success is due to a skilled and dedicated staff, and we
 deeply regret the impact this transition will have on them. We
 will honor the legacy of CFS and its people by continuing to work
 diligently to build better futures for children and families
 across the country."
 
 Di Mento, Maria. "Casey Fund to End Foster-Case Unit and Direct
 $20-Million a Year to Charities." Chronicle of Philanthropy
 6/26/12. http://bit.ly/MRABQv
 
 "Foundation Announces Plans for Human Services Frontline Practice
 Improvement Strategy." Annie E. Casey Foundation Press Release
 6/26/12. http://bit.ly/N3glK1
 
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001558/5
 
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 6)  Foundation Launches Effort to Place Telescope Around Sun
        (7/02/12)
 
 The B612 Foundation ( http://bit.ly/qLZktd ) has announced plans
 to build, launch, and operate the first privately funded deep
 space mission -- Sentinel -- a space telescope to be placed in
 orbit around the Sun for a mission of discovery and mapping, with
 particular focus on hunting for asteroids that might be on a
 collision course with Earth.
 
 Named after a planet in The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-
 Exupéry, the B612 Foundation aims to raise several hundred mil-
 lion dollars to develop and test a wide-angle, infrared telescope
 and its operations, according to Reuters. Working with Ball
 Aerospace, which has designed and will be building the Sentinel
 Infrared (IR) Space Telescope with the same expert team that
 developed the Spitzer and Kepler Space Telescopes, the Sentinel
 project is expected to take approximately five years to complete
 development and testing to ready the telescope for launch.
 
 Once in an orbit ranging up to 170 million miles from Earth,
 Sentinel will scan for every moving object with repeated
 observations in subsequent months. Data collected by Sentinel
 will be sent back to the Earth via NASA's Deep Space Network to
 the Laboratory for Space Physics in Boulder, Colorado, and used
 for tracking and navigation. In addition, the data will be
 distributed to education, research, and scientific institutions,
 as well as governments via NASA's Minor Planet Center in Cam-
 bridge, Massachusetts. As part of the B612 Foundation-NASA Space
 Act Agreement of June 2012, NASA JPL in Pasadena, California,
 will conduct a comprehensive hazard analysis, making orbit
 determinations and threat assessments.
 
 "We believe our goal of opening up the solar system and protec-
 ting humanity is one that will resonate worldwide," said Ed
 Lu, chairman and CEO of the foundation and an astronaut who has
 flown in the Space Shuttle, the Russian Soyuz, and the Interna-
 tional Space Station. "We've garnered the support and advice of
 a number of individuals experienced with successful philanthropic
 capital campaigns of similar size or larger, and will continue to
 build our network. We've been given a gift, and the gift is that
 we have the ability now to go out there and actually do something
 which positively affects the future of humanity on Earth."
 
 "The B612 Foundation Announces the First Privately Funded Deep
 Space Mission." B612 Foundation Press Release 6/28/12.
 http://bit.ly/NFSEZr
 
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001559/6
 
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 7)  Kiva City Launches in Los Angeles (7/02/12)
 
 
 In collaboration with the Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Small
 Business ( http://bit.ly/LjvugH ), the Valley Economic
 Development Center ( http://bit.ly/4PuHjB ), and Visa
 ( http://bit.ly/prnQ8d ), Kiva ( http://bit.ly/cJH2Am ) has
 announced the launch of a Web portal that will provide small
 business owners in the Greater Los Angeles area with access to
 microloans.
 
 The third Kiva city after Detroit and New Orleans, Kiva City Los
 Angeles aims to fill the lending gap for small businesses through
 crowdfunding loans ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. According to
 the U.S. Small Business Administration, small businesses create
 two out of every three new jobs, employ more than half of all
 private sector employees, and produce over half the nonfarm GDP.
 Yet, small businesses often do not have access to microloans,
 because such loans cost banks nearly the same to process as
 larger loans.
 
 Through the Kiva City LA Web site, lenders can browse small
 business owners' profiles and make a loan of $25 or more.
 Interested business owners can visit the VEDC site and apply to
 participate. VEDC will use its networks to identify qualified
 small businesses in the area and post their profiles to the Kiva
 site.
 
 "Small businesses are the backbone of our local economy," said
 Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "There is no shortage of
 passionate and successful small business owners in Los Angeles
 who, collectively, have the power to accelerate job growth and
 economic opportunity for all of us. We are thrilled to partner
 with Kiva and VEDC to help Angelenos bridge the lending gap and
 help small businesses thrive."
 
 "Kiva City LA Offers a Way for Everyone to Lend Support to Small
 Businesses." Kiva.org Press Release 6/26/12.
 http://on.mktw.net/LzIChl
 
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001560/7
 
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 8)  Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to
        Bolster Safety-Net Services (6/29/12)
 
 The Silicon Valley Community Foundation has announced grants
 totaling $1.5 million to nonprofit organizations providing
 safety-net services in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.
 
 In its second collaboration with San Mateo County since the re-
 cession began, SVCF matched the county's contribution of $500,000
 to its 2012 Food and Shelter Grant Program with $1 million in
 grants to nineteen nonprofits working to provide food, clothing,
 shelter, and health care to the county's most vulnerable resi-
 dents. Grants awarded include $150,000 to Samaritan House;
 $150,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank; and $30,000 to the Mental
 Health Association of San Mateo County.
 
 The foundation also awarded grants totaling $560,000 to eighteen
 nonprofits in Santa Clara County, including $50,000 to InnVision
 the Way Home in support of emergency shelter, transitional
 housing, and other homeless services; $50,000 to Sacred Heart
 Community Service to provide groceries to low-income and homeless
 families; and $30,000 to Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence
 for its Domestic Violence Emergency Shelter Program.
 
 "It is clear that many individuals and families continue to
 struggle with the effects of the recession, rising prices, and
 poverty," said Erica Wood, vice president of community leadership
 and grantmaking at SVCF. "Through our Community Opportunity Fund,
 we've helped increase the availability of both food and shelter
 for those with chronic needs and for residents who have sought
 help for the first time."
 
 For complete lists of grant recipients in San Mateo and Santa
 Clara counties, visit the SVCF Web site.
 
 "Santa Clara County Nonprofits Receive $500,000 for Safety Net
 Services." Silicon Valley Community Foundation Press Release
 6/26/12. http://bit.ly/MRph9t
 
 "Safety Net Gets $1 Million Boost From SVCF-San Mateo County
 Partnership." Silicon Valley Community Foundation Press Release
 6/26/12. http://bit.ly/LVFb4Z
 
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001561/8
 
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 9)  Community Foundation Update (6/30/12)
 
 
 California
 
 The Fresno Regional Foundation has announced $370,000 in grants
 to organizations working in the areas of human services and teen
 pregnancy prevention in Fresno, Tulare, Madera, Kings, Merced,
 and Mariposa counties. The foundation, with support from the
 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will award $250,000 to
 organizations working to reduce teen pregnancy in the San Joaquin
 Valley and $120,000 for capacity-building strategies.
 
 Louisiana
 
 The Greater New Orleans Foundation has announced grants to two
 local nonprofit organizations providing housing for the city's
 most vulnerable residents, while a third grant will be used to
 strengthen urban planning in the region. The grants include
 $200,000 to the M.W. McCaleb Education Fund to house homeless and
 underemployed individuals by renovating an abandoned hotel in
 Central City; $100,000 to help transform the Andrew Bell School
 Campus in the Treme neighborhood into a multifaceted arts complex
 that will provide seventy-three artists with a place to live and
 work; and $175,000 to the University of New Orleans Department of
 Planning and Urban Studies to enhance its graduate program in
 planning.
 
 Massachusetts
 
 The Greater Lowell Community Foundation is working to increase
 its outreach to neighboring areas and become a greater resource
 for local nonprofits, the Lowell Sun reports. After nearly a year
 at the helm, executive director Ray Riddick said the foundation
 will debut a new program on local television called "Spotlight on
 Community Giving" and initiate donor tours to show potential
 donors how their gifts are used by nonprofits in the area. During
 2011, the foundation awarded more than $916,000 in discretionary
 grants and saw the value of its endowment surpass $23 million.
 
 Michigan
 
 The Capital Region Community Foundation in Lansing has awarded
 ninety-five grants and scholarships totaling more than $323,000,
 Mlive.com reports. Grantees include the Greater Lansing Housing
 Coalition for the Tuesday Toolmen program, Allen Neighborhood
 Center for food storage in the Allen Street Food Hub, and the
 Mid-Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross for disaster
 services.
 
 Ohio
 
 The Greater Cincinnati Foundation has announced 159 grants
 totaling almost $150,000 through its Summertime Kids initiative.
 Recipients include BLOC Ministries, Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding
 and Horsemanship, and Northern Kentucky Harvest.
 
 Oregon
 
 Portland State University has announced that the Oregon
 Geographic Alliance was awarded a $200,000 grant from the John
 and Betty Gray Geography Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation
 to improve geography education in Oregon's K-12 schools. The
 grant will help support professional development programs for
 teachers, community outreach, and advocacy, as well as the
 creation and dissemination of educational materials.
 
 West Virginia
 
 The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation in Charleston has awarded a
 total of $481,350 in scholarships for the 2012-13 academic year,
 the Gazette-Mail reports. Students received scholarships ranging
 from $1,000 to $5,000.
 
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 "Fresno Regional Foundation to Grant $370,000 for Human Services
 and Teen Pregnancy Prevention." Fresno Regional Foundation Press
 Release 6/27/12. http://bit.ly/NtAwkr
 
 "Greater New Orleans Foundation Invests in Creative Housing
 Solutions." Greater New Orleans Foundation Press Release 6/22/12.
 http://bit.ly/L0FFBV
 
 Myers, Jennifer. "Greater Lowell Community Foundation Sets New
 Sights." Lowell Sun 6/27/12. http://bit.ly/LuXaKV
 
 Wittrock, Angela. "Capital Region Community Foundation Issues
 More Than $300K in Grants to Greater Lansing Area Organizations."
 MLive.com 6/26/12. http://bit.ly/Qe6Hsq
 
 "Grants Make Summer Fun." Greater Cincinnati Foundation Press
 Release 6/19/12. http://bit.ly/MkSVVJ
 
 "Oregon Geographic Alliance Receives $200,000 Grant to Improve
 K-12 Geography Education." Portland State University Press
 Release 6/25/12. http://bit.ly/LLV8W3
 
 "Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Announces Scholarship
 Recipients." Gazette-Mail 6/23/12. http://bit.ly/MR3M9b
 
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001562/9
 
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 10) People in the News (7/01/12)
 
 The W.M. Keck Foundation has announced the appointment of JAMES
 R. UKROPINA as president.
 
 Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies has announced the appointment
 of TED CHEN as director of evaluation for its three grantmaking
 entities, the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, Anne Ray Charitable
 Trust, and Akaloa Resource Foundation.
 
 The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has announced the
 appointments of KATHERINE WILKENS as deputy director of its
 Middle East Program and FREDERIC WEHREY as a senior associate in
 that program.
 
 Unbound Philanthropy has announced the promotion of TED WANG,
 senior program officer for its United States Program, to director
 of that program; named WILL SOMERVILLE, a senior policy analyst
 for the Migration Policy Institute, as director of its United
 Kingdom Program; promoted CARMEN MARIA PÉREZ, office manager, to
 the position of operations and administration officer; and
 announced the appointments of CELESTE DADO as grants manager,
 ADEY FISSEHA as program officer, KATE BRICK as strategic
 opportunities analyst, BERNADETTE CRASTO as executive assistant
 to the executive director, and JAKE LEE as program officer.
 
 The ASPCA has announced the election of TIM F. WRAY as board
 chair.
 
 In other news, the Tibet Fund has announced the appointment of
 JESSICA COX as development director.
 
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 "W.M. Keck Foundation Announces New President." W. M. Keck
 Foundation Press Release 6/28/12. http://bit.ly/N8xDJY
 
 "Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Adds Director of Evaluation."
 Minnesota Council on Foundations Press Release 6/27/12.
 http://bit.ly/NBSvq1
 
 "Carnegie Announces New Middle East Scholars." Carnegie Endowment
 for International Peace Press Release 6/26/12.
 http://bit.ly/MGti1K
 
 "Unbound Philanthropy Adds New Staff." Unbound Philanthropy Press
 Release 6/27/12.
 
 "ASPCA Elects Tim F. Wray to Chair of the Board." American
 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Press Release
 6/27/12. http://bit.ly/O0AcuT
 
 "The Tibet Fund Appoints Jessica E. Cox as Development Director."
 Tibet Fund Press Release 6/24/12.
 
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 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001564/11
 
 12) Wealthy Women Engage in 'Roll-Up-Your-Sleeves' Philanthropy
        to Support Women, Girls (7/03/12)
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001565/12
 
 13) Frey Foundation Elects 'Third Generation' Board Members
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 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001566/13
 
 14) Knight Foundation, Poynter, American Press Institute Launch
        Digital Training Program (6/27/12)
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001567/14
 
 15) Laura and John Arnold Foundation Launches K-12 Education
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 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001568/15
 
 16) New Design Lab Will Develop Games to Engage Students, Measure
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 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001569/16
 
 17) Rasmuson Giving Surpasses $200 Million Mark (7/03/12)
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001570/17
 
 18) Boston Foundation Announces $29.6 Million in Quarterly
        Grants, Elects Two Board Members (7/02/12)
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001571/18
 
 19) Intel Funds $12.5 Million Center to Study IT as Social,
        Cultural Phenomena (7/03/12)
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001572/19
 
 20) Inactive Marine Gives $12 Million to Marine Corps Heritage
        Foundation (7/01/12)
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001573/20
 
 21) Smithsonian Receives $10 Million to Endow Director's Position
        at National Museum of Natural History (6/28/12)
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001574/21
 
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        Project (6/29/12)
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001575/22
 
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 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001576/23
 
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        Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence (7/03/12)
 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001577/24
 
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