Donor-advised fund Schwab Charitable on Tuesday said its grants to charities rose 12 percent in the third quarter compared with the same period last year.

Pennsylvania governor Edward G. Rendell yesterday doled out $12 million in grants – with $3.02 million coming to this region – for clean energy alternatives that he said will produce 1,200 full and parttime jobs, attract $118 million in private investment and reduce energy use. The grants are administered through the Pennsylvania Energy Development.

FITCHBURG — Superintendent Andre Ravenelle said some of the district’s grants may be in jeopardy given Gov.

Climate change in the Northwest is the focus of two federal grants totaling $3.2 million awarded to two University of Oregon researchers. They will work together on a pair of multi-site projects designed to help enhance biodiversity while protecting people and property from wildfires in the face of a changing climate.

The Children’s Trust Fund has awarded grants to agencies in Quincy and Rockland to fund parenting education and support programs.

School systems in nine Rhode Island communities are sharing more than $363,000 in federal grants to develop a joint security plan.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 21, 2008–Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), has announced grants of more than $14 million to support partners working in Southeast Asia and Africa to prevent the next pandemic.

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