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Lower Manhattan Businesses to Receive $700 Million in Federal Aid
Officials estimate that the September 11 terrorist attacks have affected more than 10,000 businesses and some 377,000 workers....

British Red Cross Launches Disaster Relief Fund
The fund is being launched in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks that prompted an outpouring of donations worldwide for victims of those attacks and the subsequent military action in Afghanistan....

Red Cross Announces Independent Overseer of Liberty Fund
The Red Cross has announced that it will spend $317.5 million of its Liberty Disaster Fund on aid to families affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks and that former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell has agreed to oversee the Fund....
Kavli Foundation Gives $7.5 Million to UC Santa Barbara Physics Institute
The Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara has announced a $7.5 million gift from the Kavli Foundation, recently established by Fred Kavli, the founder and former chairman and CEO of Kavlico Corp....

New York Times 9/11 Neediest Fund Announces New Grants
The New York Times Company Foundation awarded grants to three organizations in the Washington, D.C. area to benefit people whose lives have been affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11.

Pew Trusts Award $1.8 Million to Election Improvement Center
The Improving Campaigns project will work on developing a set of best practices to demonstrate how practicing better politics can be a winning campaign strategy....
Lilly Endowment Awards $15 Million to Improve Educational Level of Indiana Workers
The Endowment supports a coalition of four northwest Indiana community foundations working to improve the educational level of thousands of workers in the northwest part of the state....

Number of Homeless Increasing in U.S. Cities
A survey by the U.S. Conference of Mayors found that requests for emergency shelter in twenty-seven cities had increased an average of 13 percent over last year....
Faculty Member Receives $3.75 Million for Children's Music Program
The goals of the show are to encourage children to feel beat, meter and rhythm; to think and sing tunes; and to respond to the expressiveness in music....
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Appoints First Executive Director
GEO names Kathleen P. Enright as the organization's first executive director....

Packard Foundation Appoints New Director of Children, Families Program
Lois Salisbury will direct and manage the $30 million annual grantmaking CFC Program....
Donor-Advised Funds Gain in Popularity
Donor-advised funds are gaining popularity among fledgling philanthropists....

Mott Foundation Announces $3.14 Million in September 11th Related Grants
The Mott Foundation has awarded grants to support disaster and humanitarian relief initiatives at home and abroad in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks....
McKnight Foundation Awards $15 Million to Support Minnesota Children, Families, and Communities
The McKnight Foundation has announced more than 75 grants to organizations that focus on children, families, and communities in Minnesota....

Federal 9/11 Compensation Fund Announces Award Guidelines
The awards are expected to average $1.65 million per family, based largely on the lost earning power of those who died in the attacks....
Mellon Foundation Announces 9/11 Grants to Aid New York Arts Organizations
The three recipients will each receive $2.65 million and will, in turn, make grants to small and mid-sized performing arts organizations in the city....

Economic Downturn May Boost Donor Involvement at Nonprofits
The slowing economy is hurting the nonprofit sector's fundraising efforts far more than the diversion of donations to September 11 efforts, but the downturn may ultimately have a positive effect on nonprofits by increasing donor involvement....
Knight Foundation Gives $2.5 Million for Akron Community Revitalization Project
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has announced a five-year, $2.5 million grant to the University Park Alliance in Akron, Ohio, to help launch a community revitalization project in the city....

Group Completes Preparatory Work for UN Global AIDS Fund
The group laying the groundwork for the United Nations' Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has completed its work, paving the way for the Fund's board to create a framework document and begin operations....
Packard Foundation Awards $9 Million in Population Program Grants
The Los Altos, California-based David and Lucile Packard Foundation has approved nearly thirty Population Program grants totaling $9 million for international family planning programs in some of the world's poorest countries....

Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute Receives $15 Million Gift
The Rockefeller family has made a $15 million contribution to the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, which was established by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) in 1999 as the first major research institute focusing on memory....
Home Depot Founders Transform Atlanta's Philanthropy
Bernard Marcus and Arthur M. Blank, the founders of Home Depot, Inc., are changing the philanthropic landscape in the city of Atlanta, which has mostly benefited from the wealth of Coca-Cola Co. in the last century....

Basic Research and Higher Education Grants Awarded to Russian Universities
The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation has awarded the third round of Basic Research and Higher Education awards to strengthen the basic research capabilities of Russian higher education institutions in the natural sciences....
United Negro College Fund Receives $1 Million for Technology Fund
The Citigroup Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant over four years to the United Negro College Fund for the organization's Technology Enhancement Capital Campaign....
Lilly Endowment Awards $650,000 for Religion and Philanthropy Research
Independent Sector has announced a $650,000 grant from the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment to support research on religion and philanthropy and their impact on society....

Packard Foundation Gives $1.9 Million to Insure Children in California
The Santa Clara Family Health Foundation has received a $1.9 million grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to support Santa Clara County's Healthy Kids program, which provides health insurance to children....
Urban Institute Examines Compensation of Nonprofit Executives
According to the Urban Institute, compensation of nonprofit executives varies significantly among different types of organizations, making new IRS regulations that tax nonprofits providing excessive executive compensation difficult to implement....

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $6 Million to Protect Forests
The New York-based Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has announced it will contribute $6 million to organizations working to promote forest conservation in the Southern Appalachian region of Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee....