| First Quarter 2010 Grants Announced |
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MEDIA ALERT: FIRST QUARTER 2010 GRANTS ANNOUNCED
KDK-Harman Foundation awards local education-focused nonprofits $165,000
this 1st quarter. Grant recipients were as follows:
MIND Research Institute: In support of the North Central Texas Math Initiative to continue expansion of ST Math + Music: $50,000.
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Texas: To pilot a summer and after-school tutoring program, Texas AIMS, for academically struggling students using the Sylvan tutor model: $25,000.
Foundation Communities: To support quality, academic summer and afterschool programming within its affordable housing communities: $25,000.
Girlstart: To support expansion of academic afterschool programming in Williamson County and external evaluation of programming: $25,000.
Heart House: For general operating purposes and expansion planning: $40,000.
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About KDK-Harman Foundation
KDK-Harman Foundation was founded by Janet E. Harman in December 2004. The Foundation provides financial and capacity-building resources to education-focused nonprofits that assist disadvantaged Central Texas families, with a focus on women, to help them achieve educational success. The ultimate goal of such funding is to transform their lives from poverty to financial independence to enable a better life for themselves and future generations. The Foundation supports programs within Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Caldwell, Burnet and Llano counties.
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