Pioneer awards $10,000

McCormick Foundation awarded over $2.9M from funds collected through Welcome Back Veterans partnership with Major League Baseball for mental health, job placement for veterans.

Environmental Protection Agency awarded $441,146 to American Rivers for preservation of 52-square-mile San Gregorio Creek Watershed to provide water for agriculture and protect endangered species.

Kaiser Permanente awarded total of $256,500 to provide scholarships for 102 nursing students from 27 colleges in southern California.

California Endowment awarded $7.75M to support Children's Health Initiatives to offer low-cost health insurance to 80,000 children in California.

California Endowment awarded total of over $4M in two grants to Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, for health journalism and health communication.

Wal-Mart Foundation awarded $250,000 to Illinois Food Bank Association to purchase, distribute 500,000 pounds of food to state's hungry.

Lilly Endowment awarded $15M to Indiana University at Bloomington to establish Pervasive Technology Institute for study of information technology.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $6.7M to Rural Development Institute to expand micro-land ownership program for Indian women.

Medical Assistance Programs International received $1M from anonymous donor to fund work in Latin America, Africa, Asia.

Helene Fuld Health Trust awarded nearly $1.3M to Medical College of Georgia to expand nursing education and reduce nurse shortage.

Rolex awarded $100,000 each to five laureate winners, $50,000 each to five associate-laureate winners of Rolex Awards for Enterprise.

James S. McDonnell Foundation awarded $450,000 to City of Hope for brain-tumor research.

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust awarded total of $275,000 to 11 Maricopa County, Ariz., nonprofits serving individuals, families, homeless youth.

Sallie Mae Fund awarded total of $2M in scholarships to 800 students nationwide for National Scholarship Month.

GEICO will donate total of $200,000 to charities in Washington state: Fight for Children, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington, NIH Children's Charities.