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$250,000 to Fisher House: Fisher House is a national non-profit organization that....
...provides housing for families of patients receiving medical care at major military and VA medical centers.
$200,000
to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund: In the wake of the devastating
earthquake in Haiti, President Obama asked former Presidents George W.
Bush and Bill Clinton to create the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund to raise
funds for long-term relief efforts in Haiti.
$125,000 to College
Summit: College Summit is a national non-profit organization that
partners with elementary and middle schools and school districts to
strengthen college-going culture and increase college enrollment rates,
so that all students graduate from high school career and college-ready.
$125,000
to the Posse Foundation: The Posse Foundation is a national non-profit
organization that identifies public high school students with
extraordinary academic and leadership potential who may be overlooked
by traditional college selection processes. Posse’s college and
university partners award Posse Scholars four-year, full-tuition
leadership scholarships. The scholars graduate at a rate of 90 percent.
$125,000
to the United Negr* College Fund: The United Negr* College Fund plays a
critical role in enabling more than 60,000 students each year to attend
college through scholarship and internship programs.
$125,000 to
the Hispanic Scholarship Fund: The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is
the nation's leading Hispanic scholarship organization, providing the
Hispanic community more college scholarships and educational outreach
support than any other organization in the country. In its 34 year
history, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund has awarded close to $280M in
scholarships to more than 90,000 students in need.
$125,000 to
the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation: A non-profit
organization funded by foundations and companies, ALEF supports and
enables young men and women from Appalachia to pursue higher education
though scholarship and leadership curriculum.
$125,000 to the
American Indian College Fund: The American Indian College Fund
transforms Indian higher education by funding and creating awareness of
the unique, community-based accredited Tribal Colleges and
Universities, offering students access to knowledge, skills, and
cultural values which enhance their communities and the country as a
whole.
The Fund disburses approximately 6,000 scholarships annually for
American Indian students seeking to better their lives through higher
education. The Fund also provides support for tribal college needs,
ranging from capital support to cultural preservation curricula.
$100,000
to AfriCare: AfriCare was founded in 1970 and has more projects in
Africa than any other U.S. based charity, reaching communities in 25
countries, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its programs address needs
in three principal areas: health and HIV/AIDS; food security and
agriculture; and water resource development.
$100,000 to the
Central Asia Institute: The Central Asia Institute promotes and
supports community-based education and literacy, especially for girls,
in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Institute’s
co-founder, Greg Mortenson, was also a Nobel Peace Prize nominee this
year, whose book, Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote
Peace, One School at a Time, recounts his attempt to successfully
establish dozens of schools and promote girls’ education in rural
Afghanistan and Pakistan.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/03/obama-nobel-prize-money.html