The Gates Foundation gives $100,000 grants to 104 far-fetched research projects in 22 countries, five of them in Seattle, aimed at solving toughest global health problems.

Google’s philanthropic arm Google.org announced Tuesday it issued grants of $14.8 million aimed at combating diseases in Southeast Asia and Africa, as part of its Predict and Prevent initiative.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – More than 300 high-school youth are getting together to begin the process of awarding more than $160,000 in grants to communities across the state.

The search giant’s philanthropic arm has issued $14.8m in grants aimed at preventing disease outbreaks in Southeast Asia and Africa

The provision for additional Rs 10,500 crore (Rs 105 billion) was made in the first batch of supplementary demands for grant, which was approved by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The amount has been provided, “to meet the additional requirement of the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme,” stated the supplementary demand for grants.

NEENAH The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region has reached $100 million in total grants awarded over its 22-year history from charitable funds established by donors.

NEW DELHI: Communal riots battered Orissa government on Monday rejected the Cuttack archbishops demand for Rs 3 crore for the reconstruction of damaged and demolished churches in Kandhmal district saying giving grants to religious places was against its secular ethos.

ALBANY – The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced more than 250 grants to schools, grass-roots organizations and governments to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the voyages of Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain, in 2009.

Google.org announces $14.8 million in grants aimed at preventing disease outbreaks in Southeast Asia and Africa.

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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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