December 13, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
- The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $32-million grant over five years to Benetech, a technology charity in Palo Alto, Calif. The money will enable Benetech to add more than 100,000 new books to its Bookshare.org online library for people who are blind or have other disabilities, such as dyslexia, that make reading printed text difficult. The money will also help the charity provide free access to the library to students in the United States. For more information: Go to http://www.bookshare.org.
- After receiving more than 4,600 proposals for projects to get citizens more involved in their cities and towns, the Case Foundation has winnowed the field in its Make It Your Own Awards to the top 100 projects, each of which will receive $100. The 20 finalists, which will be chosen by a panel of judges, will be named in February and awarded $10,000 grants. Of those, the four projects that get the most votes from visitors to the foundation’s Web site will receive additional grants of $25,000. For more information: Go to http://miyo.casefoundation.org/top100.
