by Charlena Wynn | Jul 11, 2016 | News, Philanthropy Journal
News about grants, gifts Lowe’s donated $250,000 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief to help those affected by the recent flooding in West Virginia. Lowe’s is also working with its national nonprofit partners to provide both immediate and long-term...
by Charlena Wynn | Jul 5, 2016 | News, North Carolina, Philanthropy Journal
News about grants, gifts Habitat for Humanity of Craven County received a $30,000 grant from the Cannon Foundation to support their renovation project of the ReStore facility in New Bern. Community Foundation of Henderson County scholarships totaling $180,650...
by Charlena Wynn | Jul 5, 2016 | News, Philanthropy Journal
News about grants, gifts JPMorgan Chase & Co. donated $175,000 to support Baltimore YouthWorks summer youth employment. With the grant, 8,000 Baltimore young people between the ages of 14-21 seeking summer jobs will work this summer. Balfour Beatty Communities...
by Charlena Wynn | Jul 5, 2016 | Features, Human Services, Philanthropy Journal
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Lisa Northrop A recent State Employees Credit Union (SECU) Family House guest donated a kidney to her best friend’s husband last summer. She marveled at the Family House while staff admired her bravery. She said that she...
by Charlena Wynn | Jul 5, 2016 | Features, Human Services, Philanthropy Journal
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Emily Elliott A sixth-grade girl experiencing homelessness in Charlotte in 2009 remarked over dinner, “I swear, sometimes my school feels invisible.” Investigating further, I saw that less than half of the students were...
