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Classy | June 15, 2022

Classy, an online fundraising platform whose mission is mobilize and empower the world for good, announced the 2022 Classy Award winners. The 13 award winners were selected from a competitive pool of over 1,700 programs that participated in the application process. Now proudly in its ninth year, the Classy Awards is one of the largest social impact awards in the country. This year's 2022 Classy Award winners include a diverse array of organizations, from internationally recogn...

American Water Employee Crisis Fund | April 06, 2020

American Water (AW) is making a $500,000 donation to COVID-19 (coronavirus) relief efforts through its American Water Charitable Foundation (AWCF). In a news release, the utility revealed that the 501(c)(3) nonprofit will distribute the money directly to several initiatives, including the American Water Employee Crisis Fund and the COVID-19 Response Fund. “Providing this donation to our charitable foundation ensures that every grant dollar will be awarded directly to organizations making a...

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas | November 06, 2020

First Federal Bank of Louisiana and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) have awarded $6,000 in Partnership Grant Program (PGP) funds to Project Build a Future (PBAF). PGP grants help qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) fund a variety of operational and administrative activities that are critical to serving their communities. PBAF strives to provide affordable housing to low-income families. The CBO builds four to six homes annually. It also provides a homebuyer counseli...

Nonprofit Technology

UNCF | December 24, 2021

UNCF announced it has received a grant for $50,000 from Bayer Fund, a philanthropic arm of Bayer in the US. This grant will support a Bayer Fund STEM Scholarship Program for students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), which UNCF will administer. In accepting the Bayer Fund grant, Ngozi Emenyeonu, area development director, UNCF noted, “This grant will not only provide support to our organization, but also the community we serve by al...