Lowe's awards education grants

[from Philanthropy News Digest] In conjunction with the start of the 2011-12 school year, Lowe's has announced grants totaling more than $4 million to support education programs across the country.


Through the Lowe's Toolbox for Education initiative, Lowe's Charitable and Education Foundation awarded grants totaling $1.35 million to eighteen schools for school improvement projects, including rebuilding, repair and renovation efforts, and the installation of SMART Board technology. And as part of a larger $1 million commitment to help rebuild schools damaged by natural disasters, the foundation awarded $250,000 to schools affected by severe weather and natural disasters this spring.

Grant recipients include Teach for America, which will receive $750,000 in support of its programs; the United Negro College Fund ($500,000); the Hispanic Scholarship Fund ($250,000); and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund ($100,000). In addition, the foundation awarded $500,000 over five years to Project L.I.F.T. (Leadership and Investment for Transformation) to help support Charlotte's public school system; 140 scholarships totaling $350,000 to high school seniors planning to attend an accredited two- or four-year college or university in the United States; and fifty Carl Buchan scholarships totaling $250,000 to full- and part-time Lowe's employees, their spouses, domestic partners, and dependents.

“Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation Kicks off 2011 School Year With More Than $4 Million in Educational Grants.”Lowe's Press Release 9/26/11.