. "The Xeric Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation based in Northampton, Massachusetts, which for twenty years awarded self-publishing grants to comic book creators, as well as qualified charitable and nonprofit organizations. The Xeric Foundation was established by Peter Laird, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."@en . "Xeric Foundation"@en . . "1992Z"^^ . . "Comic book self-publishing grants; fostering environmentalism, literacy, and the arts" . . . .