Whether you support charities directly or through the Gift Fund, your commitment to philanthropy is changing the world every day. These inspirational stories come from every region of the country.
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In California schools, children are learning the joy of music with help from a grant supporting music education programs.
Museum-goers in Florida are discovering the Renaissance thanks to a grant for an educational program on the achievements of Leonardo da Vinci.
A grant to a South Dakota nonprofit is helping to reestablish American bison on Indian lands in the Black Hills to promote cultural enhancement, spiritual revitalization, and ecological restoration.
U.S. troops in combat zones and other overseas military locations were able to call their loved ones thanks to a donor's recommendation to fund a New York based "phone home" program.
A Pennsylvania donor joined the country's fight against multiple sclerosis by recommending a grant in support of MS research.
An estuary in Maine is benefiting from a donor's recommendation to help preserve one of New England's most important waterfowl concentration areas.
A Michigan donor supports a local program that helps children with emotional disorders improve their social and educational skills.
Students at a Connecticut university have access to improved technology thanks in part to a donor's recommendation in support of "smart classrooms."
At-risk children got help from an Idaho donor who recommended a grant to take after-school activities "on wheels" to their neighborhoods.
