With the U.S. poverty rate at its highest in 50 years, we must focus on new and innovative ideas to build healthy, resilient and sustainable communities. The ground-breaking book Investing in What Works for America’s Communities Off-site presents...

Fort Worth, Texas - Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail presented its first-ever “Junior Achievement Impact Award” to The Miles Foundation on November 13, 2013. Junior Achievement (“JA”), is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating...

Phoenix, Arizona - University of Arizona researchers have been awarded a $200,000 two-year seed grant by the Flinn Foundation through its Promoting Translational Research in Precision Medicine grants program to find out how a virus that flies...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More Texas children with severe mental health needs receive mental health care in a juvenile detention facility, a school special education program, foster care, or when a parent relinquishes custody to the Texas...

The 2014 Mid-year Meeting session focused on the legalization of marijuana is the topic of this Grantmakers in Health blog, authored by Philanthropy Southwest Consultant Christie McElhinney.

Thanks to a valued partnership between two institutions and the Texoma Health Foundation, the East Central University at Southeastern Nursing Department in Durant is receiving a $55,000 grant to update its facility. The update will help expand...

Victor and Joe Stanzel established the Stanzel Family Foundation in 1989 to award renewable scholarships to deserving college students. This year, the Foundation funded six scholarships for the Licensed Vocational Nursing – Transition Program at...

On April 30, the Mary E. Bivins Foundation awarded $145,000 in scholarships to 21 area students. The scholarships are granted to students who meet the program criteria and are seeking a degree that prepares them to preach the Christian religion....

Twenty-eight organizations have received $714,000 in the last eighteen months from the Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation of Dallas to provide critical services in Arkansas communities. The King Foundation provides grants in the areas of...