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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Jul 18, 2020, 03:01 PM Jul 2020

Hearst Foundations awards Woodland Park Zoo,YouthCare with grants amid COVID-19 pandemic

In April and May, the Hearst Foundations awarded millions of dollars in grants to organizations in Seattle and across the country impacted by the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The Foundations granted $3 million to six Seattle-area organizations, including Northwest Harvest, Pacific Northwest Ballet Association, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Opera, University of Washington Medicine and Virginia Mason and $100,000 to the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma).

On Wednesday, Paul “Dino” Dinovitz, executive director for the Hearst Foundations, granted $100,000 to the Woodland Park Zoo to support the Living Northwest Trail exhibit and $75,000 to YouthCare to support the Education and Employment Program.

Across the country, the Foundations have granted more than $50 million in emergency funds to over 100 different organizations in an effort to help the millions of people who have been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak.

https://www.seattlepi.com/coronavirus/article/hearst-foundations-woodland-park-zoo-100-k-grant-15410313.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headlines&utm_campaign=spi_itsintheseattlepi

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