About GAR
Recent Grant Awards Summary
2009 Grants Awarded Total: $4,545,846 |
Education
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GAR Foundation awarded new grants totaling $4,545,846 to more than 97 non-profit organizations in 2009. This is in addition to the payments made on prior year commitments or fulfilled challenge grants, bringing the total grants paid in 2009 to $6,486,750. The funds were distributed across GAR’s major areas of priority, with marked reductions in the number of awards and the overall total dollars granted due to the lingering effects of the economic recession. GAR received more grant requests for services to support basic needs in the community, and the Foundation was as responsive as possible given our reduced grant making capacity.
Grant recipients used GAR funding to support their operations, deliver valuable programs and services, and provide need-based tuition assistance. While capital and endowment grant making was and continues to be suspended at GAR Foundation, we recognize the importance of building/rebuilding and investing in our community, and we look forward to accepting applications for these particular needs as soon as the market recovery remains stable. In the pages that follow, we list GAR grants awarded in the Foundation’s major areas of giving over this past year.
