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The Heat And Warmth Fund THAW is an independent non-profit agency that provides low-income individuals and families with emergency energy assistance and advocates for long-term solutions to energy issues. Charity Navigator has rated THAW a FOUR STAR charity ( the highest rating available ) for six years in a row. This means that THAW "exceeds industry standards and outperforms most charities." Last year only 8 percent of THAW's budget was spent on administrative and fundraising costs, while 92 percent of every dollar THAW received directly helped those in need. Since its inception, $90.4 million in assistance has been distributed to more than 143, 000 Michigan households, including elderly, unemployed, underemployed, disabled individuals who found themselves in temporary crisis. During the 2009-2010 heating season, THAW distributed more than $7.4 million in energy assistance to more than 8, 700 households.The Heat And Warmth Fund ( THAW ) is an independent non-profit agency that provides low-income individuals and families with emergency energy assistance and advocates for long-term solutions to energy issues.

SmithGroup is an international architecture, engineering, interiors, planning and landscape firm specializing in the health, learning, science and technology, workplace, and urban design and planning markets. The firm is one of the largest architecture, engineering, planning and interiors firms in the nation. SmithGroup has designed numerous bioscience facilities and labs across the United Stated. Its projects have included the University of California, Davis Genome Biomedical Facility, Davis, Calif.; Texas Tech University Research Facility, El Paso, Texas; Pfizer-Diversey Technology Center, Plymouth Township, Mich.; BASF Bioresearch Corporation Research Center, Worchester, Ma; the University of California, San Francisco; and Mission Bay Genentech Hall, San Francisco. The firm also provided a master plan for the National Institutes of Health multi-campus facilities program, Bethesda and Poolesville, Md.