Gov. Sonny Perdue said Tuesday that homeowner tax grants have helped fatten local government coffers but have been "ineffective" in driving Georgia's property taxes down.

Small-business owners interested in learning about obtaining state and federal grants and contract work with the government can attend a symposium Thursday at Florida Atlantic University.

The Emirates Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the UAE Government, is issuing grants totalling Dhs2.5m ($681,000) in an initiative to encourage educational and social non-profit organisations, reported Gulf News. Funds can be used for training, improved services, new programmes, project expansion, ...

The state's $428 million homeowner tax relief grant program has done little more than supplement the growing spending habits of local government, Gov. Sonny Perdue said Tuesday.

MacArthur Foundation, a US-based humanitarian outfit, has committed a whopping sum of $68 million in grants for various individual and national developmental projects within 17 years of its operation in Nigeria.