Don Wood Foundation awards $2.2M in grants
Summary
The Fort Wayne-based Don Wood Foundation this week announced $2.2 million in grants to various schools and not-for-profits throughout northeast Indiana.The funding includes grants through the organizations Camps, Clubs and Competitions Mini Grant Program.The majority of the grants, totaling $2.1 million, were awarded through the organizations quarterly rolling grants efforts. The recipients and their projects receiving support from the funding are:The foundations Camps, Clubs and Competitions Mini Grant Program is designed to fund programs that engage young people in technology, engineering or entrepreneurship in northeast Indiana.More than $72,000 was awarded to 13 recipients for the first quarter, including a robotics team that journeyed to the world competition in Texas, an entrepreneurial incubator class, and several exciting summer STEM camps for students of multiple age ranges and backgrounds.We are pleased to invest in programs that develop skills and the readiness to enter the workforce, particularly in ways that will serve participants for a lifetime, Susan Mendenhall, vice president of programs for the Don Wood Foundation, said in a news release.
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