Community Matters e-news - Partnership Grants Edition

COMMUNITY MATTERS
Community Foundation of Western Nevada.... connecting people who care with causes that matter

A monthly publication from the Community Foundation of Western Nevada

June 2011

Dear Fundholders, Grantees and Friends:

Inside this edition of Community Matters :

Partnership Grants
Calendar of Events

Thank you to our Partners.

The Partnership Grant Celebration earlier this month culminated a season of planning, fundraising and meeting with volunteers and nonprofit organizations throughout our region. We are proud of the efforts of the Program committee, volunteer grant selection committee and proud to be associated with the work and programs of these outstanding charitable organizations. Thank you to Tracy Turner for coordinating and managing, the only discretionary grant program of the Community Foundation of Western Nevada.

The Partnership Grant program is supported by our fundholders through gifts from the earnings of their donor advised funds and by generous gifts from our Board members. Thank you for believing in the power of partnership and collaboration.

The result is a partnership of giving and serving that works for our region. I am inspired and humbled by just how much well-run Nevadan charities can do with a modest grant.

Hats off to our Partnership Grant selection committee for reaching out to charitable organizations that serve the rural populations of Nevada. Grants are helping programs serve people from White Pine County to Tahoe.

Partnership Grants Given at Celebration on June 9th.

20 charitable organizations working in northern Nevada were presented with $5,000 grants at a celebration highlighting the partnership between donors of the Foundation working together to fund special Partnership Grants to the nonprofit community.

2011 Partnership Grants were awarded to help the underinsured and uninsured receive emergency prescription help through CARE Chest of the Sierra Nevada, provide dental care to the homeless through HAWC Community Health Centers and to Kids to Seniors Korner to purchase bus passes for doctor visits and co-payments for needed medication.

Reaching outside the Reno-Sparks area, grants went to the Nevada Microenterprise Initiative to match training and travel expenses for the Duckwater Tribe green house project, to The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe for a summer Language Learning and Culture program for K-6 students focusing on Paiute language and culture, and to agencies working in Storey, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing and White Pine Counties.

Board members and executives from each winning organization attended a party at Bartley Ranch to mingle with the Foundation board and fundholders who donated to the Partnership Grant program in 2011.

Nonprofit representatives from several Fallon organizations and Nixon made the trip to attend.

Partnership grant winners group photo

Hats off to our partners!

2011 Partnership Grant Winners

Artown: General support

CARE Chest of Sierra Nevada: Emergency Prescription program

Child Assault Prevention Project (CAP) workshops to at-risk WCSD and
Storey County elementary schools

Food Bank of Northern Nevada: Mobile Food Pantry

HAWC Community Health Centers: Dental Care for homeless

Kids to Seniors Korner: Bus passes for doctors visits and copay support

Nevada Diabetes Association: Camp Buck scholarships

Nevada Health Centers: Gas expense for Care Mobile serving rural counties

Nevada Microenterprise Initiative: Training and travel support for Duckwater
tribe green house project.

New Frontier Treatment Center: Purchase clothing and shoes for children

Northern Nevada HOPES:Provide 1100 bags of nutritious food to clients

Northern Nevada Immunization Coalition, a program of Saint Mary's Foundation: School-located vacination clinics at WCSD Title 1 schools and rural schools in Elko, Carson, Lyon and Douglas counties.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte:Teen Success

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe:Summer language and culture program

Shakespeare Animal Fund: Help 100 individuals with pet emergencies

Tahoe Youth & Family Services: Drop-in Center rent and basic need items
for clients.

The Holland Project: General support for all-age programs and cultural opportunities

Veterans Guest House: For remodling duplex on Taylor Street for additional lodging

VSA Nevada: Title 1 school art workshops

Washoe Legal Services: Child advocacy lawyer representing foster care
children

Foundation Calendar

Extended Scholarship Deadlines:

Reno Air Racing Foundation/General Fred Michel Career in Aviation Scholarship : June 30, 2011. Learn more.

Peggy Bowker Memorial Scholarship for Women in Engineering

July 6, 2011.Learn more.

Parties and Events See you soon!

Scholarship Ice Cream Social

Sunday July 31 2011 3 to 5PM

Legacy Society Gathering

Thursday, August 25, 2011

5 to 7:00PM

Community Foundation Annual Meeting

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

5 to 7:30PM

Quick Links

Community Foundation of Western Nevada

Who We Are

Board of Trustees

Norma Webster

Board Chair

Linda Smith

Vice Chair

Butch Anderson

Treasurer

Thomas Hall

Secretary

Sallie B. Armstrong

Kathie Bartlett

Fred Boyd

Rebecca Dickson

Brian Kennedy

Diana Kern
Cary Lurie
Jim Pfrommer
Jennifer Satre

Jim Webster

Advisory Board

John Badwick

Kim Becker

Annette Bidart

Greg Brower

Barbara Drake

Gail Humphreys

Nora James
Dong Joon "DJ" Lee

Lyle Martin

Magda Martinez-Hoffman

Lance McKenzie

Teresa Mentzer

Tina Nappe

Alicia Reban

Emeritus Board

Robert Armstrong
Richard Barnard

Kathie Dees
Mendy Elliott

Nancy Fennell

Mark Knobel

John Mulligan

David Turner

Col. William Van Allen (1914- 2004)

Ronald Zurek

Staff
Chris Askin, CSPG, CFRE

President and CEO

Sandy Shaff
Accounting Assistant

Margaret Stewart

Communications Director
Tracy Peterson Turner, PhD
Program Officer
Ralph Vroman
Controller

Animal Ark

Kids & Horses

NAACP Reno/Sparks

and

VSA arts of Nevada

linked up on the
Nonprofit Connections grid this month.

Do you wonder who
is doing what
for the causes
you care about?

Learn what each nonprofit needs most. Find out how you can make a world of difference right here at home.

Check out the new

NONPROFIT CONNECTIONS

page on our website, nevadafund.org and find out.

Nonprofit Connections Website Grid

More northern Nevada nonprofit organizations are listed every week.

We extend the invitation to participate to all area nonprofit organizations. Those that are included on the grid are those who have sent in their link.

You can help the nonprofit closest to your heart by encouraging them to mark their place on the connections grid.

(If you would like your nonprofit included on our Connections grid, email Tracy Turner
to learn how.)

Thank You

You touch the world with your generosity and kindness. Let's keep in touch.

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Contact Information

Community Foundation of Western Nevada

1885 S. Arlington Ave. Suite 103, Reno, NV 89509

775-333-5499 FAX: 775-333-5487 email: Margaret Stewart