Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The Toyota USA Foundation Grants $5.2 Million For Education Programs

The Toyota USA Foundation grants $5.2 million for eight  education programs  across the U.S.

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The Toyota USA Foundation—a charitable endowment that supports K-12 programs in the fields of math, science and environmental education—recently announced it had contributed $5.2 million in grants to eight different organizations from across the country.

Among the recipients:

  • The Breakthrough Collaborative of San Francisco received $225,000 for its efforts to help students find success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) classes.
  • The College Entrance Examination Board (The College Board), in New York City, was granted $350,000 to support Advanced Placement (AP) opportunities for high-need students.
  • Earning $129,000 was the Fremont (Calif.) Education Foundation, which will use the grant for a program to link high school graduation to college enrollment, as well as to support local math education.
  • Groundwork Inc. received $375,000 for its Middle Ground program, designed to help elementary-school children succeed in the transition to middle school in the Brooklyn, N.Y., area.
  • In Plane Ridge, S.D., the Red Cloud Indian School accepted a Toyota USA Foundation grant for $420,000, to be used to update its science equipment, curriculum and facilities.
  • Granted $300,000, SAE International, located in Warrendale, Pa., will use the money to continue its ongoing “A World in Motion” program for STEM education.
  • The Nature Conservancy, based in Arlington, Va., was the recipient of $3.1 million in Toyota USA Foundation grants, which will go to expanding its Leadership for Environmental Action for the Future (LEAF) program.
  • Thomas More College of Crestview Hills, Ky., was the recipient of a $360,000 grant that will go to enhancing partnerships with local schools to improve student success in STEM courses and recruit more students into these majors in college.

Read more: http://www.toyotainthenews.com/toyota-grants-5-2-million-to-u-s-educational-programs/#more-1375

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