Maine foundations are weathering the current economy by focusing on belt-tightening and increasing public donations, state officials say. The efforts are helping foundations keep their giving steady. For example, the Maine Community Foundation (MCF),...

(Deadline: Feb. 22) Entertainer Miley Cyrus partners with Youth Service America to create Get Ur Good On (www.GetUrGoodOn.org), a social network that brings together youth to support each other in their mission to do "good" in their communities. Get...

(Deadline: None) The Starbucks Shared Planet Youth Action Grants program, an effort of the coffee giant's foundation, funds programs that inspire young people to take action to create positive solutions to real local needs they see in their...

(Deadline: Feb. 19) The 2010 Fiskars Project Orange Thumb Grant Program funds community gardening programs. Approximately 20 grantees will receive awards worth up to $2,000 each in Fiskars garden tools and green goods. In 2009, grantees supplied...

(Deadline: Jan. 6) The Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship (CRF), offered by the Doris Duke Foundation, provides support for one year of full-time clinical research training. Interested medical students must be willing to take a year out from...