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December 17, 2009

The James Irvine Foundation Announces $7 Million in New Grants; Grants Fund Arts Service Organizations, Support Civic Engagement Practices Among Local Public Officials, Restructure a High School

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The Board of Directors of The James Irvine Foundation has approved 23 grants totaling more than $7 million in support of the Foundation's mission of expanding opportunity for the people of California to participate in a vibrant, successful and inclusive society.

(For a list of approved grants, go to http://irvine.org/news/newsroom/newsreleases/2009/1069).

Of the $7 million, $755,000 will fund arts service organizations as part of Irvine's Arts program. Another $1.2 million California Democracy program grant will fund the Institute for Local Government to develop civic engagement practices among local public officials. Additionally, a grant in the Youth program provides $400,000 to the Green Dot Education Project to help restructure Alain Leroy Locke Senior High School into nine small schools.

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