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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Serves the Community Very Differently
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Where would you expect to find our nation's largest Community Foundation? It is in the Silicon Valley, where many wealthy and generous tech entrepreneurs live. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation...more

Philanthropy and the Family Business

The author of the article argues that capitalism is the best system for our society in the United States. He cites failing socialist societies, such as Portugal, Greece and Italy to counteract the...more

Family Philanthropy

A tree, with branches that each family member can see and learn from, creating a visible map for future generations to follow, that should be the goal of a multi-generational family. Arguably, such a...more

Community Collaboration Grants
Foundation: Initiative Foundation

The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation works under a guiding principal that collaboration is a necessary component in creating communities that propel growth. During the last year, the...more

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Largest Foundation Giving for 2012

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Rank

Foundation

Grants

Total Given

Gates Foundation

1,378

2,579,354,996

Ford Foundation

1,407

471,403,757

Walton Family Foundation

614

417,696,760

Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

268

361,182,906

Kellogg Foundation

741

354,782,649

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Source: Foundation Stats (Foundation Center) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Government Grants

Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences
National Science Foundation

The Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF)and the National Institute of General Medical...more

Posted On - 2017-06-21

BLM-(MT), Upper Missouri Watershed Restoration
Bureau of Land Management

Background: This project will occur across the Ruby, Big Hole, and Beaverhead Watersheds (Beaverhead includes all tributary watersheds upstream of Clark Canyon Reservoir). These watersheds comprise...more

Posted On - 2017-06-21

Guinea Malaria Bilateral
Bureau of Land Management

The United States Government (USG) seeks to enter into a Cooperative Agreement (the Agreement) for a five-year, $28 million Malaria Bilateral Program to address critical malaria prevention and...more

Posted On - 2017-06-21

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Plains CESU
Geological Survey

The US Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK), is offering a funding opportunity to conduct a state-wide analysis for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in elk and mule deer. ...more

Posted On - 2017-06-21

Naval Medical Research Center: Research and Development of Protective Vaccines and Other Countermeasures Against Infectious Disease Agents of Military Importance
Office of Naval Research
The intent of this award is to fund an organization that can provide collaborative assistance with manpower (scientists, research associates, research assistants, laboratory aides , nurses, clinical...more

Posted On - 2017-06-21

Advanced Technology Solutions for Unconventional Oil and Gas Development
National Energy Technology Laboratory

This purpose of this announcement is to select and award projects that focus on critical gaps in our understanding of reservoir behavior and optimal completion, stimulation and wastewater disposal...more

Posted On - 2017-06-21

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