As much as we'd like to, it can be tough for designers to do work for the causes we care about. There is always a lack of time and money available to put toward working on projects "that matter" and have to be done pro-bono. One unique grant program, Sappi Fine Paper's Ideas that Matter, is in its 11th year of helping make this problem a little easier, having given over $10 million to designers and their favorite causes thus far. Today Sappi announced the 27 recipients for its 2010 Ideas that Matter grants, a terrific and unique funding program that simultaneously supports both great design work and meaningful nonprofit causes.
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