| Grants to Carson Valley Add Up |
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From the first grant to the area in 2004 the Community Foundation of Western Nevada has made 104 grants totaling more than $2.6 million dollars to improve the quality of life in the Carson Valley.
Grants to organizations in Carson City, Minden and Gardnerville have been made from estate gifts, donor advised funds, and through the Partnership Grant Program.
Grants to Schools: $1,854,000
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Grants were made to individual elementary and parochial schools as well as a generous $472,000 to Carson City School District and $1.3 million to the Douglas County School District for improved technology in the classrooms.
Grants to Arts and Culture: $21,527
What would life be like without the symphony, the performing arts and museums?
Health and Human Resource Organizations: $134,000  | |
Young at Heart Senior Center in Gardnerville.
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From food banks, senior centers, health centers, and emergency shelters for children, grants to nonprofits are helping people every day in the Carson Valley. Grants to other types of Organizations $75,000. Boy Scouts, Booster Clubs, Service Organization projects and others receive much needed support from the Community Foundation. Grants from the Community Foundation are protecting precious and beautiful places for you and your grandchildren's children.
Carson River Preservation Project
Grants to The Nature Conservancy help preserve Jobs Peak, Sheep Flat, and the Muller Ranch area and helped build the Whit Hall Interpretive Center. Grants supported the Carson Valley Trails Association and the Tahoe Rim Trail. In addition grants from donor advised funds have helped animal care organizations in the valley. |
| Legacy Society Members Speak Up for Foundation. |
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Dieter and Hetty Meun
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Dieter and Hetty Meun are members of the Foundation's Legacy Society. They have made a generous bequest in their trust to the Community Foundation that will endow a college scholarship for Douglas High School Students.
They have also consulted with Tracy Turner, Chief Philanthropy Officer on current gifts to local nonprofits.
On May 14 Dieter and Hetty joined the Community Foundation and friends for a small party in the Carson Valley to introduce the Foundation to professional advisors and prospective clients. Dieter spontaneously spoke of his experience working with the Foundation: "Through the Foundation I have been able to check out local nonprofits,and to structure my gifts as I want."
"Above all is the immaculate reputation of CFWN and its dedication and flexibility to help realize our goals for charitable giving."
--Dieter Meun
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Trustees
Linda Smith,
Chair
Thomas J. Hall
Vice Chair
Sallie Armstrong
Kathie Bartlett
Rebecca Dickson
Barbara Drake
Matt Gray
Nora James
Brian Kennedy
Diana Kern
Cary Lurie
Jan Rude-Willson
Jennifer Satre
Norma Webster
Advisory Board
Kim Becker
Carina Black
Greg Brower
Steven Brown
Steve Frank
David Geddes
Ray Gonzalez
Gail Humphreys
Craig King
Dong-Joon (DJ) Lee
Lance McKenzie
Teresa Mentzer
Susanne Pennington
Alicia Reban
Beatriz Robinson
Nancy Rodriguez
Beth Schuler
John Solari
Lilli Trinchero
Reggie Valenzuela
Jim Webster
Staff
Chris Askin, CSPG
President and CEO
Lyndsey Crossley
Executive Assistant
Dani Lutzow
Program Officer
Maureen Mensing
Accounting Associate
Margaret Stewart
Communications Director
Melissa Tschanz, CPA
Controller
Tracy Turner, PhD
Chief Philanthropy Officer
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Partnership Grants
in the
Carson Valley
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 Partnership grants regularly go to nonprofit organizations in and beyond Reno - Sparks.
In 2013, Three of the ten nonprofit winners were from the Carson Valley.
Austin's House, FISH, and Nevada Health Centers were awarded a total of $44,000.
If you love a nonprofit in a rural community in northern Nevada make sure we have the email and contact information.
Check the website for the Partnership Grant timeline and apply.
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| Carson City Philanthropist |
Springmeyer Fund 2014 Grant.
Geneva Springmeyer left her home and rental property through her estate to the Community Foundation to fund projects that will help elderly women remain in the homes in Carson City.
The first grant after the recent settlement of her estate was sent to the Alzheimer's Association to fund a support group for caregivers in the area.
Each year another grant will be put to good use, carrying out Geneva's vision and building her legacy.
It is exciting to note that Geneva Springmeyer was just one of many generous people from the Carson Valley making estate gifts through the Community Foundation. |
Talk with your family, your advisor and then talk with Chris Askin
775-333-5499 about leaving a percentage of your estate to benefit the Nevada community you love.
Thank you
to the members of the Community Foundation Legacy Society.
You are changing lives throughout Nevada by your charitable bequests.
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