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September 2010 |
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A monthly e-newsletter for people interested in Florida philanthropy |
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Headlines |
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Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation Announces New Mission
After 37 years, the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation has announced its
new mission: "Creating Innovative Civic Solutions
Helping People Help Themselves." In line with this
mission, the foundation reached out to homelessness
experts in Central Florida to develop an innovative
solution to help a community affected by joblessness,
home loss and a weak economy. |
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Quantum Foundation
Supports Health Projects in Its Neighborhood
The Quantum Foundation awarded the 2010 grants from its Quantum
Neighborhood Initiative Fund to support community health improvements within the neighborhood surrounding its headquarters.
The grants fund collaborative grassroots and innovative projects with the potential for transformational and sustainable impact on the health of the neighborhood. |
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Economy Matters |
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Jacksonville-Area Nonprofits Stretched Thin and Financially Distressed, New Report Finds
While the nonprofit sector in Northeast Florida has grown at a healthy pace in the past decade, the sector today is stretched thin and financially distressed, according to the latest edition of the State of the Sector,
a periodic status report on the region's nonprofit sector underwritten by the Jessie Ball duPont Fund for the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida. The report notes that the financial health of the
region's nonprofits has suffered as a result of the recession, with 42% operating in the red in 2008 - up sharply from 33% in 2007.
Download the report. |
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Nonprofits Help Business by Improving Community
Charitable giving not only creates good works but pays off in jobs and improved quality of life, writes Kathy Baylis, president and CEO of the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County, in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. |
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Knight Foundation Invests in National Fund for Workforce Solutions
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded $1.1 million to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions to test local approaches to preparing jobseekers and workers for careers.
The grant directly supports the participation of the National Fund in the Social Innovation Fund. |
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Nonprofits Added Jobs
While Businesses Lost Them, Study Finds
Nonprofit employment grew by an average of 2.5% per year between the second quarter of 2007 and the second quarter of 2009, compared to a for-profit employment drop
of -3.3%, according to an analysis of 21 states by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies. |
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Giving Trends |
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Floridian Tom Monaghan Signs Gates/Buffett Giving Pledge
Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino's Pizza who now focuses his time on Catholic philanthropy, is among 40 billionaires who have signed the
Giving Pledge,
a campaign by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett
to encourage the nation's wealthiest individuals and
families to commit at least half of their wealth to
philanthropy.
Monaghan's Ave Maria School of Law moved to Naples, Fla. to be located near Ave Maria University. |
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Tax Watch |
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People |
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Siobhan Canty
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Upendo Shabazz-Phillips |
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Anthony D. Bartirome, Gene Fogarty and Ed Chiles elected to Manatee Community Foundation board of directors. |
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Veronica Brady named vice president for philanthropy and donor relations for the Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice. She was previously senior vice president of private wealth management for SunTrust Bank. |
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Siobhan Canty has joined the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as program director for strategic initiatives, where she will help identify effective strategies for engaging people in transforming their communities. Most recently, Canty served as U.S. change leader for Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. |
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John Dolan-Heitlinger appointed chairman of the Community Foundation of the Florida Keys board of directors, which also welcomed six new board members: Peter Batty Jr., Susan Cardenas, Todd German and Rita Linder, plus returning board members Karen Sharp and Robert Spottswood. |
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John Noland, a Fort Myers attorney,
is the new president of The Florida Bar Foundation, where he has served on the board of directors since 2001. |
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Upendo Shabazz-Phillips will join Allegany Franciscan Ministries as regional vice president, Palm Beach region (serving Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties) on Sept. 20. Currently, she is vice president of community impact for the United Way of Palm Beach County. |
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Jobs |
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Recent job postings on
FPN's Jobs Board: |
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Grant Opportunities |
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The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida: IMPACT Grants: The foundation is accepting applications for its IMPACT Health Care grants, which are awarded to diverse, philanthropic, community-based solutions that improve program capacity and reduce barriers to access; nurture community health leadership to reinforce local solutions;
and foster innovation and sustain quality. Deadline: Sept. 10. |
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Community Foundation of Broward: HIV/AIDS Prevention: The
Community Foundation of Broward, in partnership with the National AIDS Fund and United Way of Broward County, announces the availability of approximately $150,000 for HIV prevention programs in Broward County. Deadline: Sept. 13. |
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Welcome New FPN Members |
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Florida Philanthropic Network is a statewide association of grantmakers
working to strengthen philanthropy through research, education and public policy.
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