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Article: Entergy Charitable Foundation Announces $1 Million in Grants.
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- Pediatrics Week
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- July 28, 2008
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The Entergy Charitable Foundation announced the release of more than $1 million in grants to 68 organizations throughout Entergy's operating area. The grant awards bring to $3.1 million the amount distributed by the foundation so far in 2008.
Nearly one-third of the funds announced are earmarked to help rebuild homes in New Orleans. The largest grant, $200,000, is for the Volunteers of America's Coming Back Home Initiative, which is an effort by private and government groups to create 1,050 housing units for families who lost or had their homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Another $125,000 grant is going to the Louisiana Housing and Community ...