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Emily Peers of Presque Isle has joined the Maine Community Foundation's Aroostook County Committee.
MaineCF's county and regional committees comprise community members who live or work in the region.
They serve as ambassadors for the foundation, sharing their knowledge and providing on-the-ground leadership for the Foundation.
The committee's volunteer advisors review grant proposals for Maine CF's Community Building Grant Program and recommend grant awards from the Arostook County Fund.
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A customized collection of grant news from foundations and the federal government from around the Web.
Tootie Rinker will be honored on March 6 as the 2025 Community Star at the Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley's annual banquet.Rinker served as a blood services representative for...more
Keweenaw County Sheriff Curt Pennala: "We're coming up on the end of the $50,000 Rural Readiness grant that the county received" Louis Mayette, with OHM, presented at the Thursday meeting and...more
Oregon resumes automatic voter registration, paused for months because of DMV errors.State officials learned more than 1,600 people who might not have been U.S.citizens.Election officials removed all...more
DMV officials discovered that DMV clerical and policy errors led to more than 1,600 people mistakenly being registered to vote.Authorities said that these changes include hiring a voter registration...more
Foundation: Kansas Health Foundation
The Hunger Free Kansas mini-grants, ranging from $2,500 to $30,000, will be distributed to 20 extension units, where local agents will lead programs.Proposed initiatives include using Community...more
Foundation: Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation
Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation to host cybersecurity Link and Learn seminar.The free, educational session is open to nonprofit staff and volunteers.The session will be open to the small...more
Climate KIC relaunched as a not-for-profit foundation and signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with EIT.Climate KIC works around the world as we advise and collaborate with intergovernmental...more
The 2025 program, Moving Ahead: Energy Strategies for a Complex World, will feature insightful discussion into policy and regulation, hydrogen and low-carbon fuels, supply chains, AI, climate and...more
The world is witnessing a dangerous retreat from international solidarity, says Jessica Corredor Villamil.Far-right governments and their growing global influence are driving these decisions, she...more
More than 250 African city leaders will gather in Nairobi today for the Green & Resilient UrbanShift Africa Forum.With 92% of African cities classified as being at extreme climate risk, the forum...more
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Quad Cities Community 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.”
