Egyptian American foundation awards $5,000

J.B. Hunt Transport Services awarded $5 million gift to Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Ark.

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10th annual AM 750 and Now 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB Care-a-Thon raised over $1.4 million to support Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

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U.S. Fund for UNICEF received two-year, $1.25 million commitment from The UPS Foundation, bringing its total support for UNICEF to $2 million for 2010 and 2011.

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America awarded two grants totaling $10 million from The Leona M. Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.

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DonorsChoose.org received $1.3 million from Claire Giannini Fund.

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New York Life Foundation awarded total of $2.5 million in grants to nine New York City nonprofits  targeting young people, particularly in areas of mentoring, safe places to learn and grow, and educational enhancement.

KFC gave over $4.2 million to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, biggest gift it ever has received.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of America awarded three-year, $3 million grant from Staples Foundation for Learning.

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Open Society Foundations will match contributions dollar-for-dollar up to $500,000 from members of MoveOn and ColorOfChange.org to 18 local organizations leading long-term recovery efforts in New Orleans.

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Daniels Fund making $11 million in grants, mainly to organizations serving people in need.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded total of $2.23 million to vive projects that use technology to help residents take action to strengthen their communities -- Craigslist Foundation, Jumo, Code for America, Community PlanIt, and CEOS for Cities.

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Prudential Foundation approved $3.575 million in grants to nonprofits dedicated to quality public education, enhancing community-based economic development, and sustaining livable communities.

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GE Foundation making $2 million grant to Louisiana Public Health Institute.

Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, received bequest of 312 works of Asian art worth estimated $4.2 million, plus additional $1 million for endowment fund for acquisition of Asian art, from Dr. David A. Coffin; gift is in addition to $10 million gift given last year for 26,000-square-foot Asian Art Wing, to be completed in 2012.

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Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded over $3 million to 812 schools and nonprofits.

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Rose Community Foundation, Denver, awarded 88 grants totaling over $2.1 million second quarter 2010.

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From June 30 to August 1, over 1 million customers visited Macy's stores and gave total of over $3 million to 2010 Book A Brighter Future campaign to support Reading Is Fundamental; since 2006, Book A Brighter Future has raised over $16 million for RIF.

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Marin Community Foundation making grants of nearly $2 million to support efforts in eight schools across the county to help ensure young low-income students and students of color in Marin get off to strong start in their early education.

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Sun Life Financial's Sun Life Rising Star Award program will give over $1 Million in scholarships and grants in 2010 to organizations for their commitment to providing academic opportunities to at-risk youth, and to an exemplary student nominated by each organization.

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9th annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon on Aug. 19 and 20 raised over $3 million to support adult and pediatric cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.

Open Society Foundations to give additional $5 million to its foundation in Pakistan to respond to humanitarian crisis from flooding.

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New York Life Foundation gave two-year, $1.6 million grant to Developmental Studies Center to nationally expand access to its Afterschool KidsLit and Afterschool KidsMath enrichment programs.

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Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, or ARNOVA, received grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for new initiative designed to encourage new research focused on how public policy affects the work of nonprofits in U.S.

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Meals On Wheels Association of America awarding special grants to 41 local Meals On Wheels programs across U.S., thanks to national grant from Bank of America Charitable Foundation; half the bank's $500,000 grant being used to develop program to allow struggling Meals On Wheels programs to restore meals cut because of stressed economy.

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Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded Orphan Foundation of America two-year, $500,000 grant to provide undergraduate and graduate scholarships to students transitioning out of foster care around U.S.

UnitedHealth Group pledged $3 million to Make-A-Wish Foundation over next three years.

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Rosenberg Foundation, San Francisco, approved 18 grants totaling nearly $1.37 million to support its mission of creating fair and equitable opportunities for Californians to participate fully in state's economic, social and political life.

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Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced over $960,000 in grants from Philadelphia Theatre Initiative to 13 theater companies, presenters and theater independent artists.

Direct Relief International made initial commitment of up to $5 million in medical material aid for emergency flood-relief efforts in Pakistan.

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Walmart Foundation giving $2.6 million donation to YouthBuild USA to support education and job training for low-income youth while giving participants opportunity to earn high-school diploma or GED.

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Best Buy Co. says teens participating in its @15 Exchange directed $250,000 to four nonprofits through company's teen-focused @15 program.

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Cardinal Health Foundation, Dublin, Ohio, for third straight year awarded over $1 million to help U.S. hospitals, health systems and community health clinics improve efficiency and quality of care.

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Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust announced 11 Arts Restructuring and Transformation Fund grants totaling $1.2 million.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded $600,000 grant to Masterworks Season at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County to provide classical music and dance performances through 2013.

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DePaul University received $1.5 million gift from Merle Reskin for The Theatre School; $1 million matching grant from Harrison I. Stearns and family for scholarships; $100,000 from Council of Independent Colleges/Walmart Foundation for Internship Plus program; other foundation grants totaling almost $500,000.

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Children's Foundation, Minneapolis & St. Paul, received $17.5 million from UnitedHealthcare for creation of Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus.

Nonprofit Finance Fund received $1 million investment from Trinity Health in Novi, Mich., to improve access to capital for Michigan nonprofits.

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NBC Universal Foundation to award awarded total of $800,000 in grants to 26 nonprofits in six cities across U.S. to improve secondary education in underserved communities.

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Standard Charitable Foundation, Standard Insurance Company and corporate employees and retirees awarded total of over $2.3 million to nonprofits across U.S. last year.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation awarded $42 million for endowment at Cal Poly Pomona to increase access to educational opportunities, largest cash gift ever to California State University system.

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UPS and its employees and retirees this summer will have made $1 billion in total contributions to United Way since company began annual workplace campaigns in 1982.

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Northwest Area Foundation, St. Paul, Minn., awarded grants totaling $1.9 million to seven state universities to expand work of Horizons, leadership-development program for rural towns.

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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation awarded grants totaling over $3.2 million to Flint Cultural Center, Flint, Mich.

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Healthcare Georgia Foundation awarded grants totaling $738,000 to nine organizations and programs.

Open Society Foundations pledged total of $5.5 million to Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, New York City Center for Economic Opportunity and New Profit Inc. to strengthen communities and spur economic growth; investment to be matched by federal Social Innovation Fund and private dollars.

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Plaid Enterprises donated $2 million in arts and crafts supplies to Kansas City-based Children International.

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Fidelity Investments and HandsOn Network partnering to help revitalize learning environments in 11 middle schools across U.S.; effort will involve more than 3,000 Fidelity employees volunteering over 30,000 hours, mainly on weekends.

Minneapolis Foundation awarded 58 community grants totaling $2.8 million to transform education, promote economic vitality and build social capital.

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Micron Foundation giving $1.2 million over four years to University of Idaho to help identify what creates barriers to learning in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math.

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New York Life Foundation giving $450,000 over three years to The Children's Aid Society to support Next Generation Center help at-risk youth and those who have aged out of foster care.

Project On Government Oversight received investment commitment of up to $1 million over three years from Omidyar Network to strengthen its government watchdog efforts and expand its communication and outreach.

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NYU Langone Medical Center received over $80 million in philanthropic gifts to support research, education and patient care between December 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, from donors including The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, and former patients.

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To help combat high school dropout rate among at-risk students, AT&T giving $1.5 million to Communities In Schools to strengthen and advance its core program.

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation established five-year, $10 million grant to fund emergency services for Holocaust survivors residing in North America through Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (The Claims Conference).

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Komen for the Cure announced $59 million in 2010 breast-cancer research grants to 65 institutions; Komen has invested nearly $500 million in research funding globally over past 30 years.

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St. Baldrick's Foundation awarded $12.8 million to fund pediatric oncology researchers in 47 states.