The Central Brevard Humane Society has received two grants worth about $9,000 to provide for homeless animals. The grants come from the Community Foundation of Brevard and will offset costs for the sterilization of dogs, veterinarian fees, food supplies and operational costs.

The Ventura County Community Foundation is accepting proposals for grants to fund the programs of the county’s Latino Literacy Initiative.

By David Newble – Monday, November 17, 2008 COMMUNITY groups across the Island have benefited from grants from the Isle of Wight Community Fund which has raised more than 600,000 since it began in July this year.

Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and museums are eligible for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) grants from the National Park Service. NAGPRA provides a process for museums and federal agencies to return Native American cultural items such as human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural …

Woods Charitable Fund Inc., a private grant-making foundation, announced grants to 12 groups totaling $211,500.

Grants available for improving agricultural businesses The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry wants to grant and loan money to people and groups in Oklahoma that are trying to expand and improve their agricultural business. Diversification grants of up to $5,000 are available for agricultural producers who want to branch out and diversify their production. Interest-free loans …

MetLife Foundation today announced the grant winners of its 2008 Museum and Community Connections program. The grants, totaling $1,000,000, were awarded to 16 museums for exhibitions, artist residencies, and other programs that extend their reach into diverse communities and make art a part of people’s lives.

BEDFORD, Mass.—-iRobot Corp. today announced it has been awarded six new Phase Two Small Business Innovative Research Grants. These projects are to be funded by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center , the U.S.

NEW GLASGOW The provincial government is again handing out grants to rural Nova Scotia communities investing in green transportation projects.

Nineteen communities across Australia will share $3.6 million from the federal government to tackle binge drinking. The first round of community grants to fight excessive drinking was part of a $53 million government initiative, Health Minister Nicola Roxon said on Monday.

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Several hundred thousand dollars in charitable grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation may have been illegally diverted in several southern African nations, the Michigan-based foundation said today.

Six organizations have won grants to help pay for projects focusing on local history and heritage, the Ventura County Community Foundation announced last week.

PIERRE Eighty-five K-12 school districts are the recipients of grants totaling $548,000 from the South Dakota Department of Health to combat tobacco use. The funding is aimed at helping schools improve and promote tobacco control.

The United Way of Navarro County distributed grants worth $12,500 Friday to local charities that helped evacuees from Hurricane Ike.

CHARLESTON The Wildlife Resources Section of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is accepting applications for grants that support research, conservation or education projects, according to WRS Chief Curtis I. Taylor.

San Jacinto County Tourism Council is pleased to announce the awarding of two tourism grants in San Jacinto County.

LEBANON The Boys & Girls Club of Lebanon has received grants for $10,000 from The Collins Foundation and $2,000 from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Trust.

National grants totalling more than $6 million dollars have been awarded to the State’s premier medical research facility, the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR), in support of a range of ground-breaking, world-first research projects.

The city of Milford received $12,000 in grants to study the city’s two most accident-prone intersections.

Ocean View Elementary School and Paulding Middle School students who walk or bike to school will be a little safer, thanks to a pair of state grants.

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