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Businesses often take out loans from banks, and some may even receive grants when they meet strict qualifications, but these situations are rare. In a rather unusual case, Rachael Tackett’s Greenwood, Mississippi women’s clothing boutique recently received $12,938 for economic development.  Greenwood, a town of less than 20,000, will benefit from Rachael’s expanding shop as [...]

The U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has the final say in whether any state will receive a portion of the grant funding from the Race to the Top’s $4 million budget, and has set a very high standard for qualification, specifically for teachers. California is one of the states that will be pushing the [...]

Local and state banks often contribute to funding grants because the money will eventually come back in their benefit, but a federal bank shelling out money for a grant speaks to the level of help and importance grants play in our country. The Frost Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas gave out $24,000 [...]

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act program has allowed Wayne State University to receive grants totaling $18 million for health research on important conditions like congestive heart failure and various forms of cancer. 27 grants totaling more than $11.2 million from the National Institutes of Health is the largest contributor to the cause so far. [...]

$6.7 million in Recovery Act funds was awarded to 10 Tribal Coalitions and 7 Tribal Governments by a non-profit organization called the Office on Violence Against Women, which is dedicated to bringing safety and preventing the danger of all women in America. There weren’t any specified project plans, but the general idea is to provide [...]

With a federal grant of $4.35 billion for schools nationwide, California’s Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, wants the biggest piece of it. He called on state legislators to put something in motion for school reforms and to end the limit of charter schools in the state. He also hopes to turn schools that can’t be completely run [...]

With the grants from Dow, The Master Gardeners Association and six other non-profit organizations will see great improvement. The $50,000 in grants will help projects like Victoria Educational Garden, which has been under construction since 2001, finally be completed. The garden will be host to activities like education about water conservation and a rainwater harvesting [...]

Trustees of the Kresge Foundation awarded 73 grants totaling $26 million for nonprofit organizations in 23 states, the District of Columbia, and Ireland after their second-quarter review. The aim to ease the struggle of enduring social, environmental, and economic problems, while trying to balance between responding to the immediate hardships arising from the downturn of [...]

The federal and state governments have usually been the best supporters of the veterans and now they have devised a way for to benefit them and us at the same time. The Veterans Workforce Investment Program is part of 17 nation wide programs creating 3000 jobs and pulling in about $7.5 million altogether for grants. [...]

The help from many non-profit organizations doesn’t end after the charity drives, such as 4 different non-profit organizations of  Springfield did. Hand in Hand Ministries was given one hundred thousand dollars for mental health and health education services in their district, while The Kitchen Inc. was given $200,000 for the primary needs of the homeless. Options Pregnancy [...]