WKKF: Grants

Center for Effective Philanthropy, Inc.: $200,000

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Center for Effective Philanthropy, Inc.
Commitment: $200,000
Start Date: 1 Jan 2008
Purpose: help the organization to broaden its research agenda, expand its assessment tool offerings, undertake important programming, and develop a stronger infrastructure through new hiring, investments in technology, and the establishment of a West C

Council on Foundations, Inc.: $28,000

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Council on Foundations, Inc.
Commitment: $28,000
Start Date: 1 Jan 2008
Purpose: explore the feasibility of bringing more efficiency to the process of cross-border grantmaking by creating a centralized repository of information on non-United States non-governmental organizations that could be used to facilitate equivalency

Center for Michigan: $997,000

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:45:09 EST

Grantee: Center for Michigan
Commitment: $997,000
Start Date: 1 Jun 2007
Purpose: help improve Michigan's economy by creating a statewide citizen movement

Mississippi Center for Education Innovation: $16,286,790

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:45:09 EST

Grantee: Mississippi Center for Education Innovation
Commitment: $16,286,790
Start Date: 1 Jan 2008
Purpose: transform Mississippi's education system by engaging traditionally under-represented community stakeholders, leveraging goodwill generated in the region post-Hurricane Katrina, and establishing early childhood education as a statewide priority

Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development: $200,000

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:45:09 EST

Grantee: Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development
Commitment: $200,000
Start Date: 1 Sep 2007
Purpose: build organizational adaptive capacity to allow the Innovation Center to flourish in a rapidly changing business climate, respond to the needs of partners, and access resources to support its work

National Coalition on Health Care: $399,600

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:45:09 EST

Grantee: National Coalition on Health Care
Commitment: $399,600
Start Date: 1 Jun 2008
Purpose: implement a program of work designed to advance the prospects for comprehensive reform of the American health care system

West Michigan TEAM: $120,000

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:45:09 EST

Grantee: West Michigan TEAM
Commitment: $120,000
Start Date: 1 Mar 2008
Purpose: improve the lives of workers, increase the success of businesses, and intensify the impact of government in Battle Creek

Mangwe Rural District Council: $942,288

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Mangwe Rural District Council
Commitment: $942,288
Start Date: 1 Mar 2008
Purpose: strengthen existing smallholder beef breeding associations to engage in commercial cattle production and marketing

National Conference of State Legislatures: $245,293

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:45:09 EST

Grantee: National Conference of State Legislatures
Commitment: $245,293
Start Date: 1 Jul 2008
Purpose: inform state legislators about policies that will help to support healthy lifestyles nationwide through increased opportunities for physical activity; availability of healthy, nutritious food in schools, workplaces, and communities; and improv

Grand Valley State University: $183,000

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Grand Valley State University
Commitment: $183,000
Start Date: 1 Apr 2008
Purpose: develop a peer-reviewed journal devoted specifically to philanthropy

Chicago Foundation for Women: $375,000

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Chicago Foundation for Women
Commitment: $375,000
Start Date: 1 Jan 2008
Purpose: implement strategies that will stabilize society's most vulnerable families--low-income, single female-headed households--in partner regions of the Midwest, South, East, and West, and on a national level, through a multi-year collaborative ini

Rutgers University Foundation: $175,000

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Rutgers University Foundation
Commitment: $175,000
Start Date: 1 Mar 2008
Purpose: promote socioeconomic sustainability in the rebuilding and transformation of the Gulf Coast region and promote and encourage knowledge building, learning, and dissemination by building relationships and collaborations among local and national

Delta Citizens Alliance, Inc.: $250,000

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Delta Citizens Alliance, Inc.
Commitment: $250,000
Start Date: 1 Apr 2008
Purpose: create a way to share learning and expertise gained through the Mid South Delta Initiative with other Delta rural communities in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi

Women's Funding Network: $300,000

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Women's Funding Network
Commitment: $300,000
Start Date: 1 Mar 2008
Purpose: provide leadership training and economic justice workshops in preparation for a network-wide anti-poverty grantmaking program

Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis: $800,000

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis
Commitment: $800,000
Start Date: 1 Jan 2008
Purpose: create a model for social change in Memphis through community, public, and private partnerships to empower women, children and families to achieve economic self-sufficiency

Council on Foundations, Inc.: $139,000

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Council on Foundations, Inc.
Commitment: $139,000
Start Date: 1 Mar 2008
Purpose: strengthen the 21st Century definition, role, and vision of philanthropy by supporting the first session of the organization's town hall interactive plenary

Search for Common Ground: $50,000

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Search for Common Ground
Commitment: $50,000
Start Date: 1 Jan 2008
Purpose: create bipartisan and consensus-based recommendations and actions to improve United States-Muslim relations

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: $450,000

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Commitment: $450,000
Start Date: 1 Jan 2008
Purpose: align programs to the Institute's new mission and develop new initiatives to promote rural development, sustainable agriculture, and improved food access for low-income communities and improve financial stability through a more diverse funding

Instituto de Responsabilidade e Investimento Social: $79,525

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Instituto de Responsabilidade e Investimento Social
Commitment: $79,525
Start Date: 1 Jun 2008
Purpose: promote the practice of social responsibility and social investment in the private and public sectors in the state of Bahia, northeast Brazil

Youth Against AIDS Organization: $150,000

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:45:08 EST

Grantee: Youth Against AIDS Organization
Commitment: $150,000
Start Date: 1 Mar 2008
Purpose: increase behavior change through information, education and communication, and improved care and support to those affected and infected with the HIV/AIDS pandemic