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billion Japanese Yen (JPY) loan from JICA to support polio eradication in Pakistan through 2013
TOKYO, Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ms. Sadako Ogata, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Mr. Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today announced a strategic partnership to ensure continued progress in the fight against polio. As the first step in this formal partnership, Ms. Ogata and Mr. Gates also announced an innovative financing agreement to support the polio campaign in Pakistan.
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Mavs star pledges his support to helping local school in need
DALLAS -- Dallas Mavericks guard and 10-time NBA All-Star Jason Kidd today announced t...
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NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and its US chapter have teamed up with the world- renowned American Museum of Natural History to support the Museum's conservation efforts in the biologically rich and diverse Solomon Islands. To mark this collaborative partnership, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between them has been signed.
The MoU underscores the mutual missions and goals of the two organizations and agreement to the co-ordination of future projects, knowledge-sharing, and fund-raising activities and events. Under this two year, renewable agreement, the Foundation and the Museum will each appoint a representative to a coordination committee to oversee joint activities.To kick-off the alliance, the Foundation's US chapter will grant...
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Provided by Redlands Educational Partnership Foundation
REDLANDS - Lean economic times have a way of bringing focus and clarity to the programs of the Redlands Educational Partnership Foundation.
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Funding Forums" Address Venture Capital and Government Funding Opportunities
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 60 innovative medical technology companies have been competitively selected to present company profiles before potential investors, partners and industry stakeholders, October 19 and 20 at AdvaMed 2010: The MedTech Conference. Selected companies represent innovation at all stages of development from various medical device sectors, and come from across the United States, Austria, Canada, Chile, Israel, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. New this year are 20 company presentations from Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnership Universities and two "Funding Forums" to highlight venture capital and government funding opportunities for ...
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The Portland Education Partnership is being transformed into a new foundation that organizers hope will be more volunteer-driven and operate like similar groups in surrounding communities that support local schools.
The partnership's former board of directors elected a transitional board in May that will oversee the change through the coming months, said Mary Gross, vice president of both boards. Its first fundraiser, a garden tour, is scheduled for June 27.
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LAURA BUSH DELIVERS REMARKS AT A NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP SUMMIT ON PARTNERSHIP AND PHILANTHROPY, AUSTIN, TEXAS, AS RELEASED BY...
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HAF and HRB launch program to educate Spanish-speaking taxpayers
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Hispanic Access Foundation has announced it has partnered with H&R Block, the world's largest tax services provider, to educate Spanish-speaking taxpayers about tax issues affecting where they live, work and play.
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Dade Community Foundation announces the awarding of $425,000 in grants to 11 nonprofit organizations dedicated to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS through its Community AIDS Partnership Foundation special initiative. The Community AIDS Partnership represents collaboration between private funders and the public sector, with significant funding support from Miami-Dade County. Since it's founding in 1990, the Partnership has awarded more than $3 million to local agencies battling against the spread of HIV/AIDS. This round of grant making also includes funding awarded to the Foundation through the national Johnson and Johnson/National AIDS Fund's Women and Families Initiative.
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NEW YORK & BEIJING -- Alcoa Foundation has joined a strategic partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Communities and other worldwide companies...