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Issue 25, 5/14/13
The Power of the Collective
Now that Impact Grantmaking's website has been live for six months, and the concept of advocating for the needs of nonprofit organizations to increase funding has become reality, I decided to give the newsletter a name. So beginning today, the newsletter will be called Collective Impact.
I chose this name because it defines the core of how a community works. We are a collective of individuals: our nonprofit staff and volunteers collectively provide services to those in need, and we make donations that collectively create opportunities for positive change.
You, as an intricate part of the collective, have the power to co-direct outcomes in your community that support better health and happiness for those in need. Consider exercising your power today by creating a chain reaction for good. Make your donation, forward Collective Impact and ask your recipients to do the same. Not only will you personally increase a nonprofit's potential to receive funding, but you will also increase the awareness of a service that perhaps a friend may find helpful.
Best wishes,
Jennifer
Jennifer Durand
Founder
jdurand@impactgrantmaking.com
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EarthShare Oregon - Outreach
Programs in the Workplace
Support for outreach programs into the workplace to engage employees in environmental events and "green teams". Goal: $300,000 Read Proposal
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ORCO Arts - Sound Equipment Upgrades
The sound equipment currently used to support our program is outdated, large and too heavy to move easily. Upgrading our equipment so that youth can perform more frequently and with greater ease allowing them to perfect skills both as performers and technical crew. Goal: $3,900 Read Proposal
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Cobb Children's Learning Center
Child Care Furnishings
CCLC provides childcare for low-income families and/or women going through the Crossroad's residential drug/alcohol treatment. CCLC is the only childcare provider in Douglas County offering care to families where parents are in the six-month long residential treatment program. Need funds for toddler tables, shelving, easels and mirrors. Goal: $5,200 Read Proposal
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Rogue Opera - Enhance Marketing
Seeks funds to retain a marketing consulting firm to develop and implement social media strategies, brand awareness advertising in the programs of our cultural partners in the Valley and beyond, and specific marketing campaigns. Goal: Matching challenge grant of $10,000 Read Proposal
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Womenspace, Inc.
Walk-In Advocacy Services
To raise funding to revive their Emergency Walk-In Advocacy Services for intimate partner violence victims. Funding will support a full-time, bilingual advocate to serve survivors.
Goal: $50,000
Read Proposal
Food for Lane County
Emergency Generator
FFLC needs an emergency generator to enhance food security and disaster preparedness in Lane County and state. Goal: $33,500 Read Proposal
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Pearl Buck Center
Program/Operating Support
Current focus is on program's quality, efficiency, sustainability, and remaining a valuable community resource for people affected by developmental disabilities. Need general program support rather than restricted funds to allow us the flexibility to adapt quickly, and to allocate support to the areas of greatest need. Goal: $40,000 Read Proposal
ARC of Lane County
Respite Program
To add 12 Saturdays per year for their Take-A Break respite program. Gives parents a break from their child with an intellectual development disability. Goal: $25,000 Read Proposal
Sponsors Inc.
Crisis Fund
Project supports "Crisis Fund" to pay for bus passes, identification, emergency medical assistance, prescriptions for residential clients recently released from correctional institutions. Goal: $10,000
Read Proposal
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The Trauma Healing Project - Services to Traumatized Individuals
Need funding for trauma sensitive body-based therapies in a safe environment for people who have experienced emotional trauma and are making efforts to heal. Goal: $20,000 Read Proposal
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WellMama 24/7 Online Support Project
To expand 24/7 Online Support Program to include bi-lingual volunteer, handle social outreach programs and written materials to increase awareness of services. Goal: $20,400 Read Proposal
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Eugene Public Library Foundation
The Homework Center & Live Homework Help
Need funding for the Homework Center programs serving students from 4J and Bethel school districts. In 2012, over 6,600 students received help. Goal: $40,000 Read Proposal
Eugene Education Foundation
BEST After School Program
Seeks community support to sustain and grow BEST After School Program which serves over 300 students and families in need at little to no cost. Of the 300 students currently being served, 50% are students of color and 81% are students who receive free and reduced lunch (indication of family living in poverty).
Goal: $65,000 per school (4 schools) to leverage the academic investment of Eugene School District funds. Read Proposal
Parenting Now! (formerly Birth to Three) Program Support
Parenting Now! is close to achieving our goal for the year for funding our Children's Program. Donations and grants of any and all sizes will help provide fun and developmentally appropriate programs for up to 400 children while their parents participate in our critical parenting programs. Revised Goal: $4,500 Read Proposal
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The Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah
Founded in 1989, The Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah's mission is to protect and enhance native ecosystems and compatible recreation in the Mt. Pisgah area, a 4,700-acre complex of diverse habitats and multiple ownerships at the edge of Eugene/Springfield. This incredible natural treasure hosts over 250,000 visitors annually and provides a lifeline for nature, with more than 200 species that are dependent on its rare native habitats.
The Friends believe people and nature need each other. We work as guest-stewards, providing resources and expertise to the different Mt. Pisgah area landowners including Lane County, The Nature Conservancy, Oregon State Parks, Willamalane, and the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum. Historically, the Friends have raised and invested over $3 million in cash, volunteers have clocked 50,000 hours of labor (worth an additional $8 million) into habitat and recreation enhancements. Major highlights include:
- Bringing the 1270-acre parcel formerly owned by the Wildish family into conservation ownership by The Nature Conservancy.
- Enhancing 400 acres of native prairie, oak savanna, and floodplain habitat on Buford Park through brush removal, prescribed fire, selective thinning of conifers, and seeding with natives.
- Re-connecting side channels to the main Coast Fork Willamette river to improve aquatic habitat and water quality.
- Developing a new 2-mile trail system with interpretive features in the restored floodplain of Buford Park's South Meadow.
- Re-routing and re-building trails to protect fragile wet meadow habitat and improve safety for horse riders and hikers at Buford Park.
- Developing a 2-acre native nursery to provide genetically-local plant materials for restoration projects throughout the southern Willamette Valley
The Friends cultivate a culture of stewardship for this amazing place through volunteer service to insure local citizens have a stake in its future. The Friends received the 2008 Stewardship Award from Oregon Parks and Recreation Association for leadership in habitat restoration and management, and the Eugene Parks Foundation's 2009 Community Hero award for ambitious restoration projects involving multiple partnerships and hundreds of volunteers.
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Sweet Home Emergency Ministries (SHEM) - Front Door Replacement
Needs funds to replace the current front door as it does not provide a weather-tight seal, and safe, secure access to enter and exit the building. The proposed replacement door will provide durable, secure protection of the premises. Comes equipped with a commercial grade lever entrance lock-set. Goal:$975.00 Read Proposal
Little Promises Children's Program - Security System
Seeking to install a comprehensive security system, to ensure that all who enter building are authorized and/or cleared to enter. Exterior cameras will assist in keeping grounds secure from unwanted visitors (as well as the occasional cougar sighted in the area). Goal: $45,237 Read Proposal
Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Santiam - Summer Adventures
The B&G Club seeks funds to provide an enhanced summer program for East Linn County children. The Summer Adventure is designed to engage elementary age children in fun, educational, well-supervised activities that they might not otherwise experience due to lack of affordable care options suitable for this age range, summer learning loss, lack of family resources to pay for "summer fun activities. Goal: $52,786 Read Proposal
Sweet Home Friends of the Library - Chairs and Table
The Friends of the Library (FOL) is seeking funding to purchase eight (8) light-weight portable chairs and a small table to enable people to sit and browse through various sections at their leisure. Goal: $453.00
Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Santiam - Roy Johnston Field Renovations
The Roy Johnston Sports Field is managed by the Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Santiam. Two years ago it was decided to close the fields so major renovations could be made. Multiple upgrades have been completed and more are in progress. The goal of this partnership is to help complete three projects that will allow the B&G Club to use the four sports fields by the start of this baseball/softball season. Goal: $5,843 Read Proposal
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Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah -
Sponsor a Plot!
Want to have a bit of IMPACT for the good of the greater Mt. Pisgah area? Look no further than the Friends' Native Seed Nursery at Buford Park. As a Seed Plot Sponsor, you'll help restore our natural heritage, provide beauty for people and food for wildlife, and create a future filled with flowers instead of weeds in our backyard wilderness! Goal: 89 plots available to sponsor!
- $250 (10' x 10' plot)
- $500 (10' x 40' plot)
- $1000 (10' x 100' plot)
Read Proposal
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Community LendingWorks -
Fund A Farmer or Food Business
Your gift will support a seasonal loan for a farmer or seasonal market vendor through their Market Loan program. Goal: $500 per Farmer Read Proposal
NEDCO - Sprout! Kitchen Supplies
Support for local food by purchasing kitchen supplies for the entrepreneurs who will use the Sprout! Regional Food Hub. Goal: $10 to $500+ Read Proposal
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South Willamette FFA Foundation - Increase Awareness and Expand
The South Willamette FFA Foundation seeks support for raising awareness, garnering public interest and support, building consensus among regional schools, and helping a Creswell High School teacher receive the required endorsement to teach technical assistance and establish an FFA chapter. Goal: $10,000 Read Proposal
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